diff --git a/images/virtualization-artifact/pkg/kubeapi/kubeapi.go b/images/virtualization-artifact/pkg/kubeapi/kubeapi.go
index 40eb1505d7..2e76672c09 100644
--- a/images/virtualization-artifact/pkg/kubeapi/kubeapi.go
+++ b/images/virtualization-artifact/pkg/kubeapi/kubeapi.go
@@ -79,14 +79,8 @@ func isResourceV1Enabled(clientset kubernetes.Interface) (bool, error) {
 }
 
 func HasDRAFeatureGates() bool {
-	count := 0
-	for feature := range strings.SplitSeq(os.Getenv("KUBE_APISERVER_FEATURE_GATES"), ",") {
-		switch feature {
-		case "DRAResourceClaimDeviceStatus", "DRADeviceBindingConditions", "DRAConsumableCapacity":
-			count++
-		}
-	}
-	return count == 3
+	env := os.Getenv("KUBE_APISERVER_FEATURE_GATES")
+	return strings.Contains(env, "DRAResourceClaimDeviceStatus") && strings.Contains(env, "DRADeviceBindingConditions") && strings.Contains(env, "DRAConsumableCapacity")
 }
 
 func HasDRAPartitionableDevices() bool {
diff --git a/images/virtualization-artifact/pkg/kubeapi/kubeapi_test.go b/images/virtualization-artifact/pkg/kubeapi/kubeapi_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..57f83e3fda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/images/virtualization-artifact/pkg/kubeapi/kubeapi_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2026 Flant JSC
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package kubeapi
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"testing"
+
+	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2"
+	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
+)
+
+func TestKubeApi(t *testing.T) {
+	RegisterFailHandler(Fail)
+	RunSpecs(t, "KubeApi Suite")
+}
+
+var _ = Describe("kubeapi", func() {
+	It("HasDRAFeatureGates", func() {
+		err := os.Setenv("KUBE_APISERVER_FEATURE_GATES", `["APIResponseCompression","APIServerIdentity","APIServerTracing","AggregatedDiscoveryRemoveBetaType","AllowParsingUserUIDFromCertAuth","AnonymousAuthConfigurableEndpoints","AnyVolumeDataSource","AuthorizeNodeWithSelectors","AuthorizeWithSelectors","BtreeWatchCache","CPUManagerPolicyBetaOptions","CPUManagerPolicyOptions","CRDValidationRatcheting","CSIMigrationPortworx","ComponentSLIs","ConsistentListFromCache","ContainerCheckpoint","ContextualLogging","CronJobsScheduledAnnotation","CustomResourceFieldSelectors","DRAAdminAccess","DRAConsumableCapacity","DRADeviceBindingConditions","DRAPartitionableDevices","DRAPrioritizedList","DRAResourceClaimDeviceStatus","DRASchedulerFilterTimeout","DeclarativeValidation","DetectCacheInconsistency","DisableAllocatorDualWrite","DisableCPUQuotaWithExclusiveCPUs","DisableNodeKubeProxyVersion","DynamicResourceAllocation","ExecProbeTimeout","ExternalServiceAccountTokenSigner","GracefulNodeShutdown","GracefulNodeShutdownBasedOnPodPriority","HonorPVReclaimPolicy","ImageMaximumGCAge","InOrderInformers","InPlacePodVerticalScaling","JobBackoffLimitPerIndex","JobManagedBy","JobPodReplacementPolicy","JobSuccessPolicy","KubeletCgroupDriverFromCRI","KubeletFineGrainedAuthz","KubeletPSI","KubeletPodResourcesDynamicResources","KubeletPodResourcesGet","KubeletPodResourcesListUseActivePods","KubeletSeparateDiskGC","KubeletServiceAccountTokenForCredentialProviders","KubeletTracing","ListFromCacheSnapshot","LoadBalancerIPMode","LogarithmicScaleDown","LoggingBetaOptions","MatchLabelKeysInPodAffinity","MatchLabelKeysInPodTopologySpread","MatchLabelKeysInPodTopologySpreadSelectorMerge","MemoryManager","MultiCIDRServiceAllocator","NFTablesProxyMode","NodeInclusionPolicyInPodTopologySpread","NodeSwap","OpenAPIEnums","OrderedNamespaceDeletion","PodDeletionCost","PodIndexLabel","PodLevelResources","PodLifecycleSleepAction","PodLifecycleSleepActionAllowZero","PodObservedGenerationTracking","PodReadyToStartContainersCondition","PodSchedulingReadiness","PortForwardWebsockets","PreferSameTrafficDistribution","PreventStaticPodAPIReferences","ProbeHostPodSecurityStandards","ProcMountType","RecoverVolumeExpansionFailure","RecursiveReadOnlyMounts","RelaxedDNSSearchValidation","RelaxedEnvironmentVariableValidation","ReloadKubeletServerCertificateFile","RemoteRequestHeaderUID","ResilientWatchCacheInitialization","RetryGenerateName","RotateKubeletServerCertificate","SELinuxChangePolicy","SELinuxMountReadWriteOncePod","SchedulerAsyncPreemption","SchedulerPopFromBackoffQ","SchedulerQueueingHints","SeparateTaintEvictionController","ServiceAccountNodeAudienceRestriction","ServiceAccountTokenJTI","ServiceAccountTokenNodeBinding","ServiceAccountTokenNodeBindingValidation","ServiceAccountTokenPodNodeInfo","ServiceTrafficDistribution","SidecarContainers","SizeBasedListCostEstimate","SizeMemoryBackedVolumes","StatefulSetAutoDeletePVC","StatefulSetSemanticRevisionComparison","StorageNamespaceIndex","StorageVersionHash","StreamingCollectionEncodingToJSON","StreamingCollectionEncodingToProtobuf","StrictCostEnforcementForVAP","StrictCostEnforcementForWebhooks","StructuredAuthenticationConfiguration","StructuredAuthenticationConfigurationEgressSelector","StructuredAuthorizationConfiguration","SupplementalGroupsPolicy","SystemdWatchdog","TokenRequestServiceAccountUIDValidation","TopologyAwareHints","TopologyManagerPolicyBetaOptions","TopologyManagerPolicyOptions","TranslateStreamCloseWebsocketRequests","UnauthenticatedHTTP2DOSMitigation","UserNamespacesSupport","VolumeAttributesClass","WatchList","WinDSR","WinOverlay","WindowsGracefulNodeShutdown"]`)
+		Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+
+		Expect(HasDRAFeatureGates()).To(BeTrue())
+	})
+})