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+#### CUSTOM JOBS
+presubmits:
+  kubernetes/kops:
+
+  - name: pull-kops-aws-distro-al2023-canary
+    cluster: k8s-infra-kops-prow-build
+    branches:
+    - master
+    always_run: false
+    optional: true
+    skip_report: false
+    labels:
+      preset-service-account: "true"
+      preset-aws-ssh: "true"
+      preset-dind-enabled: "true"
+    decorate: true
+    decoration_config:
+      timeout: 90m
+    path_alias: k8s.io/kops
+    spec:
+      containers:
+      - image: gcr.io/k8s-staging-test-infra/kubekins-e2e:v20250717-57d1ca3de9-master
+        imagePullPolicy: Always
+        command:
+        - runner.sh
+        args:
+        - bash
+        - -c
+        - |
+            make test-e2e-install
+            kubetest2 kops \
+            -v 2 \
+            --up --build --down \
+            --cloud-provider=aws \
+            --create-args="--image='137112412989/al2023-ami-2023.7.20250609.0-kernel-6.1-x86_64' --channel=alpha --networking=calico" \
+            --kubernetes-version=https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt \
+            --kops-binary-path=/home/prow/go/src/k8s.io/kops/.build/dist/linux/amd64/kops \
+            --test=kops \
+            -- \
+            --test-args="-test.timeout=60m" \
+            --test-package-marker=stable.txt \
+            --parallel=25
+        securityContext:
+          privileged: true
+        env:
+        - name: KUBE_SSH_KEY_PATH
+          value: /etc/aws-ssh/aws-ssh-private
+        - name: KUBE_SSH_USER
+          value: ec2-user
+        - name: GOPATH
+          value: /home/prow/go
+        resources:
+          limits:
+            cpu: "4"
+            memory: 6Gi
+          requests:
+            cpu: "4"
+            memory: 6Gi
+    annotations:
+      test.kops.k8s.io/cloud: aws
+      test.kops.k8s.io/distro: al2023
+      test.kops.k8s.io/k8s_version: stable
+      test.kops.k8s.io/kops_channel: alpha
+      test.kops.k8s.io/networking: calico
+      testgrid-dashboards: kops-presubmits, presubmits-kops, sig-cluster-lifecycle-kops
+      testgrid-days-of-results: '90'
+      testgrid-tab-name: e2e-al2023