diff --git a/challenges/misc/a-true-connection/README.md b/challenges/misc/a-true-connection/README.md
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+# A true connection
+
+An example challenge to demonstrate an instanced TCP challenge.
diff --git a/challenges/misc/a-true-connection/challenge.yml b/challenges/misc/a-true-connection/challenge.yml
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+++ b/challenges/misc/a-true-connection/challenge.yml
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+# yaml-language-server: $schema=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ctfpilot/challenge-schema/refs/heads/main/schema.json
+
+enabled: true
+name: A true connection
+slug: a-true-connection
+author: The Mikkel
+category: misc
+difficulty: beginner
+tags: [
+  Instanced,
+  TCP,
+  Example
+]
+type: instanced
+instanced_type: tcp
+instanced_name: null
+instanced_subdomains: []
+connection: null
+flag:
+- flag: ctfpilot{what-a-connection-you-have-made!}
+  case_sensitive: false
+points: 1000
+decay: 75
+min_points: 100
+description_location: description.md
+handout_dir: handout
+dockerfile_locations:
+- location: src/Dockerfile
+  context: src/
+  identifier: null
+
diff --git a/challenges/misc/a-true-connection/description.md b/challenges/misc/a-true-connection/description.md
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+++ b/challenges/misc/a-true-connection/description.md
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+# A true connection
+
+**Difficulty:** Beginner  
+**Author:** The Mikkel  
+
+What a connection you can make, if you can connect to the endpoint below!
diff --git a/challenges/misc/a-true-connection/handout/.gitkeep b/challenges/misc/a-true-connection/handout/.gitkeep
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+++ b/challenges/misc/a-true-connection/handout/.gitkeep
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+# This file is used to keep the directory in the repository.
+# This directory is used to store files that are handed out, for the challenge. The files are automatically zipped and copied to the files directory.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/challenges/misc/a-true-connection/k8s/challenge/k8s.yml b/challenges/misc/a-true-connection/k8s/challenge/k8s.yml
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+++ b/challenges/misc/a-true-connection/k8s/challenge/k8s.yml
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+apiVersion: kube-ctf.ctfpilot.com/v1
+kind: instancedChallenge
+metadata:
+  name: "a-true-connection"
+  labels:
+    challenges.ctfpilot.com/type: "tcp"
+    challenges.ctfpilot.com/name: "a-true-connection"
+    challenges.ctfpilot.com/category: "misc"
+    ctfpilot.com/component: "instanced-challenge"
+spec:
+  expires: 3600
+  available_at: 0
+  type: tcp
+  template: |
+    apiVersion: apps/v1
+    kind: Deployment
+    metadata:
+      name: "ctf-{{ deployment_id }}"
+      namespace: ctfpilot-challenges-instanced
+      labels:
+        challenges.ctfpilot.com/type: "tcp"
+        challenges.ctfpilot.com/name: "a-true-connection"
+        challenges.ctfpilot.com/category: "misc"
+        instanced.challenges.ctfpilot.com/deployment: "{{ deployment_id }}"
+        instanced.challenges.ctfpilot.com/owner: "{{ owner_id }}"
+        ctfpilot.com/component: "instanced-challenge"
+      annotations:
+        janitor/expires: "{{ expires }}"
+    spec:
+      replicas: 1
+      selector:
+        matchLabels:
+          instanced.challenges.ctfpilot.com/deployment: "{{ deployment_id }}"
+          instanced.challenges.ctfpilot.com/owner: "{{ owner_id }}"
+      template:
+        metadata:
+          labels:
+            role: "tcp"
+            challenges.ctfpilot.com/type: "tcp"
+            challenges.ctfpilot.com/name: "a-true-connection"
+            challenges.ctfpilot.com/category: "misc"
+            instanced.challenges.ctfpilot.com/deployment: "{{ deployment_id }}"
+            instanced.challenges.ctfpilot.com/owner: "{{ owner_id }}"
+            ctfpilot.com/component: "instanced-challenge"
+        spec:
+          enableServiceLinks: false
+          automountServiceAccountToken: false
+          imagePullSecrets:
+            - name: dockerconfigjson-github-com
+          dnsPolicy: None
+          dnsConfig:
+            nameservers:
+              - 1.1.1.1
+              - 8.8.8.8
+          tolerations:
+            - key: "cluster.ctfpilot.com/node"
+              value: "scaler"
+              effect: "PreferNoSchedule"
+          affinity:
+            nodeAffinity:
+              requiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution:
+                nodeSelectorTerms:
+                  - matchExpressions:
+                      - key: "cluster.ctfpilot.com/node"
+                        operator: In
+                        values:
+                          - scaler
+          containers:
+            - name: tcp
+              image: ghcr.io/ctfpilot/challenges-example-misc-a-true-connection:3
+              imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+              resources:
+                limits:
+                  cpu: 200m
+                  memory: 256Mi
+                requests:
+                  cpu: 10m
+                  memory: 32Mi
+              ports:
+                - containerPort: 8080
+                  name: tcp
+    ---
+    apiVersion: v1
+    kind: Service
+    metadata:
+      name: "ctf-{{ deployment_id }}"
+      namespace: ctfpilot-challenges-instanced
+      labels:
+        challenges.ctfpilot.com/type: "tcp"
+        challenges.ctfpilot.com/name: "a-true-connection"
+        challenges.ctfpilot.com/category: "misc"
+        instanced.challenges.ctfpilot.com/deployment: "{{ deployment_id }}"
+        instanced.challenges.ctfpilot.com/owner: "{{ owner_id }}"
+        ctfpilot.com/component: "instanced-challenge"
+      annotations:
+        janitor/expires: "{{ expires }}"
+    spec:
+      selector:
+        role: "tcp"
+        instanced.challenges.ctfpilot.com/deployment: "{{ deployment_id }}"
+      ports:
+        - port: 8080
+          name: tcp
+          targetPort: tcp
+    ---
+    apiVersion: traefik.io/v1alpha1
+    kind: IngressRouteTCP
+    metadata:
+      name: "ingress-ctf-{{ deployment_id }}"
+      namespace: ctfpilot-challenges-instanced
+      labels:
+        challenges.ctfpilot.com/type: "tcp"
+        challenges.ctfpilot.com/name: "a-true-connection"
+        challenges.ctfpilot.com/category: "misc"
+        instanced.challenges.ctfpilot.com/deployment: "{{ deployment_id }}"
+        instanced.challenges.ctfpilot.com/owner: "{{ owner_id }}"
+        ctfpilot.com/component: "instanced-challenge"
+      annotations:
+        janitor/expires: "{{ expires }}"
+        traefik.ingress.kubernetes.io/router.priority: "100"
+    spec:
+      entryPoints:
+        - websecure
+      routes:
+        - match: HostSNI(`{{ deployment_id }}.{{ domain }}`)
+          services:
+            - name: "ctf-{{ deployment_id }}"
+              port: 8080
+      tls:
+        secretName: kubectf-cert-challs
diff --git a/challenges/misc/a-true-connection/k8s/config/Chart.yaml b/challenges/misc/a-true-connection/k8s/config/Chart.yaml
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index 0000000..7ab72d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/challenges/misc/a-true-connection/k8s/config/Chart.yaml
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+apiVersion: v2
+name: configmap-a-true-connection
+version: 1.3.0
+description: Challenge configmap for a-true-connection in category misc
+appVersion: "1.3.0"
+type: application
diff --git a/challenges/misc/a-true-connection/k8s/config/templates/k8s.yml b/challenges/misc/a-true-connection/k8s/config/templates/k8s.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8e2417a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/challenges/misc/a-true-connection/k8s/config/templates/k8s.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  name: "challenge-misc-a-true-connection"
+  labels:
+    challenges.ctfpilot.com/type: "tcp"
+    challenges.ctfpilot.com/name: "a-true-connection"
+    challenges.ctfpilot.com/category: "misc"
+    challenges.ctfpilot.com/version: "3"
+    challenges.ctfpilot.com/configmap: "challenge-config"
+    challenges.ctfpilot.com/enabled: "true"
+    ctfpilot.com/component: "challenge-config"
+data:
+  name: "a-true-connection"
+  path: "challenges/misc/a-true-connection"
+  repository: "ctfpilot/challenges-example"
+  generated_at: "2025-12-20 19:25:35"
+  challenge: |
+    {
+      "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ctfpilot/challenge-schema/refs/heads/main/schema.json",
+      "enabled": true,
+      "name": "A true connection",
+      "slug": "a-true-connection",
+      "author": "The Mikkel",
+      "category": "misc",
+      "difficulty": "beginner",
+      "tags": [
+        "Instanced",
+        "TCP",
+        "Example"
+      ],
+      "type": "instanced",
+      "instanced_type": "tcp",
+      "instanced_name": null,
+      "instanced_subdomains": [],
+      "connection": null,
+      "flag": [
+        {
+          "flag": "ctfpilot{what-a-connection-you-have-made!}",
+          "case_sensitive": false
+        }
+      ],
+      "points": 1000,
+      "decay": 75,
+      "min_points": 100,
+      "description_location": "description.md",
+      "handout_dir": "handout",
+      "dockerfile_locations": [
+        {
+          "location": "src/Dockerfile",
+          "context": "src/",
+          "identifier": null
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+
+  description: |
+    # A true connection
+    
+    **Difficulty:** Beginner  
+    **Author:** The Mikkel  
+    
+    What a connection you can make, if you can connect to the endpoint below!
+
diff --git a/challenges/misc/a-true-connection/k8s/config/values.yaml b/challenges/misc/a-true-connection/k8s/config/values.yaml
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index 0000000..d6782a9
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+++ b/challenges/misc/a-true-connection/k8s/config/values.yaml
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+challenge:
+  enabled: true
+  name: a-true-connection
+  category: misc
+  type: tcp
+  version: 3
+  path: challenges/misc/a-true-connection
+kubectf:
+  expires: 3600
+  availableAt: 0
+  host: example.com
diff --git a/challenges/misc/a-true-connection/k8s/files/.gitkeep b/challenges/misc/a-true-connection/k8s/files/.gitkeep
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index 0000000..ef3682f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/challenges/misc/a-true-connection/k8s/files/.gitkeep
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+# This file is to keep the directory in git.
diff --git a/challenges/misc/a-true-connection/solution/README.md b/challenges/misc/a-true-connection/solution/README.md
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index 0000000..7fcdc60
--- /dev/null
+++ b/challenges/misc/a-true-connection/solution/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# Solution
+
+Connect to the service using the provided connection details.  
+From here, the user has to send a message to the server, which will respond with the flag.
diff --git a/challenges/misc/a-true-connection/src/.gitkeep b/challenges/misc/a-true-connection/src/.gitkeep
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..76376a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/challenges/misc/a-true-connection/src/.gitkeep
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# This file is used to keep the directory in the repository.
+# This directory is used to store source files for the challenge.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/challenges/misc/a-true-connection/src/Dockerfile b/challenges/misc/a-true-connection/src/Dockerfile
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index 0000000..726f8c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/challenges/misc/a-true-connection/src/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# Dockerfile for misc - A true connection
+FROM istio/tcp-echo-server:1.1
+
+CMD [ "8080", "FLAG: ctfpilot{what-a-connection-you-have-made!} | Your message: " ]
diff --git a/challenges/misc/a-true-connection/src/docker-compose.yml b/challenges/misc/a-true-connection/src/docker-compose.yml
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index 0000000..d840188
--- /dev/null
+++ b/challenges/misc/a-true-connection/src/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+services:
+  a-true-connection:
+    build: .
+    ports:
+      - "8080:8080/tcp"
diff --git a/challenges/misc/a-true-connection/template/.gitkeep b/challenges/misc/a-true-connection/template/.gitkeep
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..709b816
--- /dev/null
+++ b/challenges/misc/a-true-connection/template/.gitkeep
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# This file is used to keep the directory in the repository.
+# This directory is used to store templates for the challenge deployment.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/challenges/misc/a-true-connection/template/k8s.yml b/challenges/misc/a-true-connection/template/k8s.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f55c8c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/challenges/misc/a-true-connection/template/k8s.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: "ctf-{{ deployment_id }}"
+  namespace: ctfpilot-challenges-instanced
+  labels:
+    challenges.ctfpilot.com/type: "{{ CHALLENGE_TYPE }}"
+    challenges.ctfpilot.com/name: "{{ CHALLENGE_NAME }}"
+    challenges.ctfpilot.com/category: "{{ CHALLENGE_CATEGORY }}"
+    instanced.challenges.ctfpilot.com/deployment: "{{ deployment_id }}"
+    instanced.challenges.ctfpilot.com/owner: "{{ owner_id }}"
+    ctfpilot.com/component: "instanced-challenge"
+  annotations:
+    janitor/expires: "{{ expires }}"
+spec:
+  replicas: 1
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      instanced.challenges.ctfpilot.com/deployment: "{{ deployment_id }}"
+      instanced.challenges.ctfpilot.com/owner: "{{ owner_id }}"
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        role: "{{ CHALLENGE_TYPE }}"
+        challenges.ctfpilot.com/type: "{{ CHALLENGE_TYPE }}"
+        challenges.ctfpilot.com/name: "{{ CHALLENGE_NAME }}"
+        challenges.ctfpilot.com/category: "{{ CHALLENGE_CATEGORY }}"
+        instanced.challenges.ctfpilot.com/deployment: "{{ deployment_id }}"
+        instanced.challenges.ctfpilot.com/owner: "{{ owner_id }}"
+        ctfpilot.com/component: "instanced-challenge"
+    spec:
+      enableServiceLinks: false
+      automountServiceAccountToken: false
+      imagePullSecrets:
+        - name: dockerconfigjson-github-com
+      dnsPolicy: None
+      dnsConfig:
+        nameservers:
+          - 1.1.1.1
+          - 8.8.8.8
+      tolerations:
+        - key: "cluster.ctfpilot.com/node"
+          value: "scaler"
+          effect: "PreferNoSchedule"
+      affinity:
+        nodeAffinity:
+          requiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution:
+            nodeSelectorTerms:
+              - matchExpressions:
+                  - key: "cluster.ctfpilot.com/node"
+                    operator: In
+                    values:
+                      - scaler
+      containers:
+        - name: tcp
+          image: ghcr.io/{{ CHALLENGE_REPO }}-{{ DOCKER_IMAGE }}:{{ CHALLENGE_VERSION }}
+          imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+          resources:
+            limits:
+              cpu: 200m
+              memory: 256Mi
+            requests:
+              cpu: 10m
+              memory: 32Mi
+          ports:
+            - containerPort: 8080
+              name: tcp
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  name: "ctf-{{ deployment_id }}"
+  namespace: ctfpilot-challenges-instanced
+  labels:
+    challenges.ctfpilot.com/type: "{{ CHALLENGE_TYPE }}"
+    challenges.ctfpilot.com/name: "{{ CHALLENGE_NAME }}"
+    challenges.ctfpilot.com/category: "{{ CHALLENGE_CATEGORY }}"
+    instanced.challenges.ctfpilot.com/deployment: "{{ deployment_id }}"
+    instanced.challenges.ctfpilot.com/owner: "{{ owner_id }}"
+    ctfpilot.com/component: "instanced-challenge"
+  annotations:
+    janitor/expires: "{{ expires }}"
+spec:
+  selector:
+    role: "{{ CHALLENGE_TYPE }}"
+    instanced.challenges.ctfpilot.com/deployment: "{{ deployment_id }}"
+  ports:
+    - port: 8080
+      name: tcp
+      targetPort: tcp
+---
+apiVersion: traefik.io/v1alpha1
+kind: IngressRouteTCP
+metadata:
+  name: "ingress-ctf-{{ deployment_id }}"
+  namespace: ctfpilot-challenges-instanced
+  labels:
+    challenges.ctfpilot.com/type: "{{ CHALLENGE_TYPE }}"
+    challenges.ctfpilot.com/name: "{{ CHALLENGE_NAME }}"
+    challenges.ctfpilot.com/category: "{{ CHALLENGE_CATEGORY }}"
+    instanced.challenges.ctfpilot.com/deployment: "{{ deployment_id }}"
+    instanced.challenges.ctfpilot.com/owner: "{{ owner_id }}"
+    ctfpilot.com/component: "instanced-challenge"
+  annotations:
+    janitor/expires: "{{ expires }}"
+    traefik.ingress.kubernetes.io/router.priority: "100"
+spec:
+  entryPoints:
+    - websecure
+  routes:
+    - match: HostSNI(`{{ deployment_id }}.{{ domain }}`)
+      services:
+        - name: "ctf-{{ deployment_id }}"
+          port: 8080
+  tls:
+    secretName: kubectf-cert-challs
diff --git a/challenges/misc/a-true-connection/version b/challenges/misc/a-true-connection/version
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e440e5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/challenges/misc/a-true-connection/version
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+3
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