e2e flake: no tests where able to be started

[evan-forbes]

breaking apart this issues originally from #4028

no tests where able to be started

time="2024-10-02T14:38:45Z" level=info msg="Pod statuses" file="k8s/pod_status.go:100" pod_statuses="Pending: 4 , Running: 6 "
time="2024-10-02T14:39:45Z" level=warning msg="Pods pending for too long" file="k8s/pod_status.go:99" pending_pods="knuu-preloader-5b27e367-mgl9f, knuu-preloader-5b27e367-sc8ht, knuu-preloader-5b27e367-vvgwk, val3-6664ee73-cwqkt"
time="2024-10-02T14:39:45Z" level=info msg="Pod statuses" file="k8s/pod_status.go:100" pod_statuses="Running: 6 , Pending: 4 "
2024/10/02 14:39:55 failed to upgrade node: error waiting for instance to be running: error checking if instance 'val3-6664ee73' is running: failed to get pod val3-6664ee73: replicasets.apps "val3-6664ee73" not found
exit status 1

we should post links to specific runs here each time we see this flake