diff --git a/internal/cmd/agent/deployer/normalizers/status_test.go b/internal/cmd/agent/deployer/normalizers/status_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..69fedebc2a
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+++ b/internal/cmd/agent/deployer/normalizers/status_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+package normalizers
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"testing"
+
+	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/unstructured"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
+)
+
+func TestStatusNormalizer_Normalize(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name  string
+		obj   runtime.Object
+		check func(object runtime.Object) error
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "object with status",
+			obj: &corev1.Pod{
+				Status: corev1.PodStatus{
+					PodIP: "1.2.3.4",
+				},
+			},
+			check: func(obj runtime.Object) error {
+				if obj.(*corev1.Pod).Status.PodIP != "" {
+					return errors.New("status was not removed")
+				}
+				return nil
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:  "object without status",
+			obj:   &corev1.ConfigMap{},
+			check: func(_ runtime.Object) error { return nil },
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			un, err := runtime.DefaultUnstructuredConverter.ToUnstructured(tt.obj)
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatal(err)
+			}
+			if err := (StatusNormalizer{}).Normalize(&unstructured.Unstructured{Object: un}); err != nil {
+				t.Fatal(err)
+			}
+			if err := runtime.DefaultUnstructuredConverter.FromUnstructured(un, tt.obj); err != nil {
+				t.Fatal(err)
+			}
+			if err := tt.check(tt.obj); err != nil {
+				t.Error(err)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}