diff --git a/devspace.yaml b/devspace.yaml
index 0615b26..3a3a7a0 100644
--- a/devspace.yaml
+++ b/devspace.yaml
@@ -501,6 +501,12 @@ hooks:
     silent: true
     events: ["before:deploy:metallb"]
 
+  - name: wait-for-metallb-hook
+    command: |
+      echo >&2 "I: Waiting for MetalLB controller rollout..."
+      kubectl rollout status deployment/metallb-controller -n metallb-system --timeout=300s
+    events: ["after:deploy:metallb"]
+
   - name: update-cluster-dns-hook-darwin
     os: darwin
     command: devspace run update-cluster-dns
@@ -518,6 +524,7 @@ hooks:
         echo >&2 "I: Waiting for root CA to be available..."
         sleep 5
       done
+      echo >&2 "I: Root CA imported successfully."
     events: ["after:deploy:cert-chain"]
 
   - name: cert-chain-hook-linux
@@ -551,6 +558,7 @@ pipelines:
       PHASES=(
         "etcd gateway-api-crds"
         "cert-manager metallb reflector prometheus"
+        "metallb-resources"
         "cert-chain trust-manager"
         "istio-base"
         "istiod"
@@ -572,6 +580,7 @@ pipelines:
           create_deployments "${final[@]}"
         fi
       done
+
       create_deployments --all --except ${PHASES[@]}
       if is_in "grafana" "$enabled"; then
         # These dashboard ConfigMaps are too large for client-side apply's last-applied annotation.
diff --git a/tests/e2e/cmd/smoke/main.go b/tests/e2e/cmd/smoke/main.go
index 2c5db69..e834cf0 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/cmd/smoke/main.go
+++ b/tests/e2e/cmd/smoke/main.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"io"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"path/filepath"
@@ -109,10 +110,15 @@ func run() error {
 	}
 
 	testEnv := append(env, "CGO_ENABLED=1")
-	goArgs := append([]string{"test", "-count=1", "-v", "-timeout", cfg.testTimeout.String()}, cfg.testArgs...)
+	goArgs := append([]string{"test", "-count=1", "-timeout", cfg.testTimeout.String()}, cfg.testArgs...)
 	goArgs = append(goArgs, "./tests/install")
-	if err := runStep(ctx, testEnv, "go", goArgs...); err != nil {
+	if output, err := runStepCapture(ctx, testEnv, "go", goArgs...); err != nil {
 		collectDiagnostics(env, cfg.diagnosticTimeout)
+		summary := formatInstallTestOutputSummary(output)
+		if summary != "" {
+			writeStepSummary(summary)
+			fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, summary)
+		}
 		return err
 	}
 
@@ -282,6 +288,25 @@ func runStep(ctx context.Context, env []string, name string, args ...string) err
 	return nil
 }
 
+func runStepCapture(ctx context.Context, env []string, name string, args ...string) (string, error) {
+	fmt.Printf("smoke: running %s %s\n", name, strings.Join(args, " "))
+	cmd := exec.CommandContext(ctx, name, args...)
+	cmd.Env = env
+
+	var output bytes.Buffer
+	cmd.Stdout = io.MultiWriter(os.Stdout, &output)
+	cmd.Stderr = io.MultiWriter(os.Stderr, &output)
+
+	if err := cmd.Run(); err != nil {
+		if ctx.Err() != nil {
+			return output.String(), fmt.Errorf("%s %s timed out: %w", name, strings.Join(args, " "), ctx.Err())
+		}
+		return output.String(), fmt.Errorf("%s %s failed: %w", name, strings.Join(args, " "), err)
+	}
+
+	return output.String(), nil
+}
+
 func commandOutput(ctx context.Context, env []string, name string, args ...string) (string, error) {
 	cmd := exec.CommandContext(ctx, name, args...)
 	cmd.Env = env
@@ -294,6 +319,37 @@ func commandOutput(ctx context.Context, env []string, name string, args ...strin
 	return stdout.String(), nil
 }
 
+func formatInstallTestOutputSummary(output string) string {
+	output = strings.TrimSpace(output)
+	if output == "" {
+		return ""
+	}
+
+	var b strings.Builder
+	b.WriteString("## Install test output\n\n```text\n")
+	b.WriteString(output)
+	b.WriteString("\n```")
+	return b.String()
+}
+
+func writeStepSummary(summary string) {
+	path := os.Getenv("GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY")
+	if path == "" || summary == "" {
+		return
+	}
+
+	file, err := os.OpenFile(path, os.O_APPEND|os.O_CREATE|os.O_WRONLY, 0o644)
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "smoke: failed to write GitHub step summary: %v\n", err)
+		return
+	}
+	defer file.Close()
+
+	if _, err := file.WriteString(summary + "\n"); err != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "smoke: failed to append GitHub step summary: %v\n", err)
+	}
+}
+
 func splitArgs(value string) []string {
 	return strings.Fields(value)
 }
diff --git a/tests/install/host_routes.go b/tests/install/host_routes.go
index e8d91bd..167f9a9 100644
--- a/tests/install/host_routes.go
+++ b/tests/install/host_routes.go
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ package install_test
 import (
 	"crypto/tls"
 	"crypto/x509"
+	"errors"
 	"io"
+	"net"
 	"net/http"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
@@ -19,20 +21,44 @@ func assertHTTPSGet(t *testing.T, description, url string) {
 	}
 
 	client := &http.Client{
-		Timeout: 15 * time.Second,
+		Timeout: 5 * time.Second,
 		Transport: &http.Transport{
 			TLSClientConfig: &tls.Config{RootCAs: pool, MinVersion: tls.VersionTLS12},
 		},
 	}
-	resp, err := client.Get(url)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("%s through gateway failed: %v", description, err)
+
+	deadline := time.Now().Add(45 * time.Second)
+	for {
+		resp, err := client.Get(url)
+		if err == nil {
+			defer resp.Body.Close()
+			body, _ := io.ReadAll(io.LimitReader(resp.Body, 4096))
+			if resp.StatusCode < 200 || resp.StatusCode >= 300 {
+				t.Fatalf("%s returned %s: %s", description, resp.Status, strings.TrimSpace(string(body)))
+			}
+			return
+		}
+
+		if time.Now().After(deadline) || !isRetryableHTTPGetError(err) {
+			t.Fatalf("%s through gateway failed: %v", description, err)
+		}
+
+		time.Sleep(2 * time.Second)
 	}
-	defer resp.Body.Close()
-	body, _ := io.ReadAll(io.LimitReader(resp.Body, 4096))
-	if resp.StatusCode < 200 || resp.StatusCode >= 300 {
-		t.Fatalf("%s returned %s: %s", description, resp.Status, strings.TrimSpace(string(body)))
+}
+
+func isRetryableHTTPGetError(err error) bool {
+	var dnsErr *net.DNSError
+	if errors.As(err, &dnsErr) {
+		return true
+	}
+
+	var netErr net.Error
+	if errors.As(err, &netErr) {
+		return true
 	}
+
+	return false
 }
 
 func httpbinRouteInstalled(t *testing.T) bool {