diff --git a/ci-operator/config/stolostron/policy-collection/stolostron-policy-collection-main__ocp4.22.yaml b/ci-operator/config/stolostron/policy-collection/stolostron-policy-collection-main__ocp4.22.yaml
index 7c648df07abcf..4f1199716a1d2 100644
--- a/ci-operator/config/stolostron/policy-collection/stolostron-policy-collection-main__ocp4.22.yaml
+++ b/ci-operator/config/stolostron/policy-collection/stolostron-policy-collection-main__ocp4.22.yaml
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ tests:
     - ref: acm-fetch-managed-clusters
     - ref: acm-opp-app
     - ref: interop-tests-ocs-tests
-    - ref: quay-tests-quay-interop-test
+    - ref: interop-tests-opp-quay-smoke
     - ref: acm-tests-observability
     - ref: acm-tests-grc
     - ref: acm-tests-alc
diff --git a/ci-operator/config/stolostron/policy-collection/stolostron-policy-collection-main__ocp5.0.yaml b/ci-operator/config/stolostron/policy-collection/stolostron-policy-collection-main__ocp5.0.yaml
index 2efc0cc8ee622..a80e72ba1635f 100644
--- a/ci-operator/config/stolostron/policy-collection/stolostron-policy-collection-main__ocp5.0.yaml
+++ b/ci-operator/config/stolostron/policy-collection/stolostron-policy-collection-main__ocp5.0.yaml
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ tests:
     - ref: acm-fetch-managed-clusters
     - ref: acm-opp-app
     - ref: interop-tests-ocs-tests
-    - ref: quay-tests-quay-interop-test
+    - ref: interop-tests-opp-quay-smoke
     - ref: acm-tests-observability
     - ref: acm-tests-grc
     - ref: acm-tests-alc
diff --git a/ci-operator/config/stolostron/policy-collection/stolostron-policy-collection-main__ocp5.1.yaml b/ci-operator/config/stolostron/policy-collection/stolostron-policy-collection-main__ocp5.1.yaml
index 84e618d000c94..2f6e98ffabbd1 100644
--- a/ci-operator/config/stolostron/policy-collection/stolostron-policy-collection-main__ocp5.1.yaml
+++ b/ci-operator/config/stolostron/policy-collection/stolostron-policy-collection-main__ocp5.1.yaml
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ tests:
     - ref: acm-fetch-managed-clusters
     - ref: acm-opp-app
     - ref: interop-tests-ocs-tests
-    - ref: quay-tests-quay-interop-test
+    - ref: interop-tests-opp-quay-smoke
     - ref: acm-tests-observability
     - ref: acm-tests-grc
     - ref: acm-tests-alc
diff --git a/ci-operator/step-registry/interop-tests/opp-quay-smoke/OWNERS b/ci-operator/step-registry/interop-tests/opp-quay-smoke/OWNERS
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..0ce20c59fb95d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci-operator/step-registry/interop-tests/opp-quay-smoke/OWNERS
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+approvers:
+- cspi-qe-ocp-lp
+reviewers:
+- cspi-qe-ocp-lp
diff --git a/ci-operator/step-registry/interop-tests/opp-quay-smoke/interop-tests-opp-quay-smoke-commands.sh b/ci-operator/step-registry/interop-tests/opp-quay-smoke/interop-tests-opp-quay-smoke-commands.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000..f726090036915
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci-operator/step-registry/interop-tests/opp-quay-smoke/interop-tests-opp-quay-smoke-commands.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,334 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -euo pipefail
+shopt -s inherit_errexit
+
+ARTIFACT_DIR="${ARTIFACT_DIR:=/tmp/artifacts}"
+mkdir -p "${ARTIFACT_DIR}"
+typeset junitFile="${ARTIFACT_DIR}/junit_quay_interop.xml"
+typeset imageTag="${BUILD_ID:-$(date +%s)}"
+
+typeset -A testStatus
+typeset -A testDuration
+typeset -A testFailureMsg
+typeset -a allTests=(
+    "[sig-interop][Jira:INTEROP][Feature:Quay] Push and pull image via Quay route"
+    "[sig-interop][Jira:INTEROP][Feature:Quay] Verify ODF PVC backing Quay storage"
+    "[sig-interop][Jira:INTEROP][Feature:Quay] ACS scan of pushed Quay image"
+)
+
+for t in "${allTests[@]}"; do
+    testStatus["${t}"]="skipped"
+    testDuration["${t}"]=0
+    testFailureMsg["${t}"]="Test did not run"
+done
+
+typeset -i suiteStart=0
+suiteStart=$(date +%s)
+
+function RecordResult () {
+    typeset name="${1}"; shift
+    typeset status="${1}"; shift
+    typeset msg="${1:-}"; shift || true
+    typeset dur="${1:-0}"; shift || true
+    testStatus["${name}"]="${status}"
+    testDuration["${name}"]="${dur}"
+    testFailureMsg["${name}"]="${msg}"
+}
+
+# shellcheck disable=SC2329
+function GenerateJunit () {
+    typeset -i total=${#allTests[@]}
+    typeset -i failures=0 skipped=0
+    typeset -i elapsed=$(( $(date +%s) - suiteStart ))
+
+    for t in "${allTests[@]}"; do
+        [[ "${testStatus[${t}]}" == "failed" ]] && failures=$((failures + 1))
+        [[ "${testStatus[${t}]}" == "skipped" ]] && skipped=$((skipped + 1))
+    done
+
+    cat > "${junitFile}" <<EOF
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<testsuites>
+  <testsuite name="interop-tests-opp-quay-smoke" tests="${total}" failures="${failures}" errors="0" skipped="${skipped}" time="${elapsed}">
+EOF
+
+    for t in "${allTests[@]}"; do
+        typeset escaped_name
+        escaped_name=$(printf '%s' "${t}" | sed 's/&/\&amp;/g; s/</\&lt;/g; s/>/\&gt;/g; s/"/\&quot;/g')
+        typeset escaped_msg
+        escaped_msg=$(printf '%s' "${testFailureMsg[${t}]}" | sed 's/&/\&amp;/g; s/</\&lt;/g; s/>/\&gt;/g; s/"/\&quot;/g')
+
+        if [[ "${testStatus[${t}]}" == "failed" ]]; then
+            echo "    <testcase name=\"${escaped_name}\" classname=\"interop-tests-opp-quay-smoke\" time=\"${testDuration[${t}]}\"><failure message=\"${escaped_msg}\"><![CDATA[${testFailureMsg[${t}]}]]></failure></testcase>" >> "${junitFile}"
+        elif [[ "${testStatus[${t}]}" == "skipped" ]]; then
+            echo "    <testcase name=\"${escaped_name}\" classname=\"interop-tests-opp-quay-smoke\" time=\"${testDuration[${t}]}\"><skipped message=\"${escaped_msg}\"/></testcase>" >> "${junitFile}"
+        else
+            echo "    <testcase name=\"${escaped_name}\" classname=\"interop-tests-opp-quay-smoke\" time=\"${testDuration[${t}]}\"/>" >> "${junitFile}"
+        fi
+    done
+
+    cat >> "${junitFile}" <<EOF
+  </testsuite>
+</testsuites>
+EOF
+    cat "${junitFile}"
+}
+
+trap GenerateJunit EXIT
+
+function DiscoverQuay () {
+    QUAY_NS=$(oc get quayregistry --all-namespaces -o jsonpath='{.items[0].metadata.namespace}')
+    QUAY_REGISTRY=$(oc get quayregistry -n "${QUAY_NS}" -o jsonpath='{.items[0].metadata.name}')
+    QUAY_HOST=$(oc get quayregistry -n "${QUAY_NS}" "${QUAY_REGISTRY}" -o jsonpath='{.status.registryEndpoint}')
+    QUAY_HOST="${QUAY_HOST#https://}"
+    export QUAY_NS QUAY_REGISTRY QUAY_HOST
+}
+
+function GetQuayAuth () {
+    typeset configSecret
+    configSecret=$(oc get quayregistry -n "${QUAY_NS}" "${QUAY_REGISTRY}" -o jsonpath='{.spec.configBundleSecret}')
+    if [[ -z "${configSecret}" ]]; then
+        configSecret="${QUAY_REGISTRY}-config-bundle"
+    fi
+
+    QUAY_USER=$(oc get secret -n "${QUAY_NS}" "${configSecret}" -o jsonpath='{.data.SUPER_USER_EMAIL}' 2>/dev/null | base64 -d || echo "")
+    if [[ -z "${QUAY_USER}" ]]; then
+        QUAY_USER="quayadmin"
+    fi
+    QUAY_PASSWORD=$(oc get secret -n "${QUAY_NS}" "${configSecret}" -o jsonpath='{.data.SUPER_USER_PASSWORD}' 2>/dev/null | base64 -d || echo "")
+
+    if [[ -z "${QUAY_PASSWORD}" ]]; then
+        typeset initSecret="${QUAY_REGISTRY}-init-config-bundle-secret"
+        QUAY_PASSWORD=$(oc get secret -n "${QUAY_NS}" "${initSecret}" -o jsonpath='{.data.superuser-password}' 2>/dev/null | base64 -d || echo "")
+    fi
+
+    if [[ -z "${QUAY_PASSWORD}" ]]; then
+        for secret in $(oc get secrets -n "${QUAY_NS}" -o jsonpath='{.items[*].metadata.name}' | tr ' ' '\n' | grep -i "quay.*config"); do
+            QUAY_PASSWORD=$(oc get secret -n "${QUAY_NS}" "${secret}" -o go-template='{{index .data "config.yaml"}}' 2>/dev/null | base64 -d | grep -oP "(?<=SUPER_USER_PASSWORD: ).*" || echo "")
+            [[ -n "${QUAY_PASSWORD}" ]] && break
+        done
+    fi
+
+    export QUAY_USER QUAY_PASSWORD
+}
+
+function PreflightCheck () {
+    if ! curl -sk --connect-timeout 15 "https://${QUAY_HOST}/api/v1/discovery" | grep -qi "quay"; then
+        echo "ERROR: Quay route not reachable at ${QUAY_HOST}" >&2
+        return 1
+    fi
+}
+
+function CreateTestOrg () {
+    typeset signinPayload
+    signinPayload=$(python3 -c "import json,sys; print(json.dumps({'user':sys.argv[1],'pass':sys.argv[2]}))" "${QUAY_USER}" "${QUAY_PASSWORD}")
+    typeset token
+    token=$(curl -sk -X POST "https://${QUAY_HOST}/api/v1/signin" \
+        -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+        -d "${signinPayload}" | \
+        python3 -c "import sys,json; print(json.load(sys.stdin).get('token',''))" 2>/dev/null || echo "")
+
+    if [[ -z "${token}" ]]; then
+        token=$(curl -sk -H "Authorization: Basic $(echo -n "${QUAY_USER}:${QUAY_PASSWORD}" | base64)" \
+            "https://${QUAY_HOST}/api/v1/user/" | \
+            python3 -c "import sys,json; d=json.load(sys.stdin); print(d.get('token',''))" 2>/dev/null || echo "")
+    fi
+
+    QUAY_TOKEN="${token}"
+    export QUAY_TOKEN
+
+    curl -sk -X POST "https://${QUAY_HOST}/api/v1/organization/" \
+        -H "Authorization: Bearer ${QUAY_TOKEN}" \
+        -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+        -d '{"name":"interop-smoke-test","email":"interop-test@example.com"}' || true
+}
+
+################################################################################
+# Test Case 1: Push and pull image via Quay route
+################################################################################
+function RunPushPull () {
+    typeset testName="[sig-interop][Jira:INTEROP][Feature:Quay] Push and pull image via Quay route"
+    typeset -i start elapsed
+    start=$(date +%s)
+
+    typeset pushTarget="${QUAY_HOST}/interop-smoke-test/ubi-smoke:${imageTag}"
+    typeset authFile="/tmp/quay-auth.json"
+
+    cat > "${authFile}" <<EOF
+{"auths":{"${QUAY_HOST}":{"auth":"$(echo -n "${QUAY_USER}:${QUAY_PASSWORD}" | base64)"}}}
+EOF
+
+    if ! skopeo copy --dest-tls-verify=false \
+        --dest-authfile="${authFile}" \
+        docker://registry.access.redhat.com/ubi9-minimal:latest \
+        "docker://${pushTarget}" 2>&1; then
+        elapsed=$(( $(date +%s) - start ))
+        RecordResult "${testName}" "failed" "skopeo push to Quay failed" "${elapsed}"
+        return 1
+    fi
+
+    if ! skopeo inspect --tls-verify=false \
+        --authfile="${authFile}" \
+        "docker://${pushTarget}" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+        elapsed=$(( $(date +%s) - start ))
+        RecordResult "${testName}" "failed" "Image not pullable from Quay after push" "${elapsed}"
+        return 1
+    fi
+
+    elapsed=$(( $(date +%s) - start ))
+    RecordResult "${testName}" "passed" "" "${elapsed}"
+    return 0
+}
+
+################################################################################
+# Test Case 2: Verify ODF PVC backing Quay storage
+################################################################################
+function RunOdfPvcCheck () {
+    typeset testName="[sig-interop][Jira:INTEROP][Feature:Quay] Verify ODF PVC backing Quay storage"
+    typeset -i start elapsed
+    start=$(date +%s)
+
+    typeset pvcCount
+    pvcCount=$(oc get pvc -n "${QUAY_NS}" -l app=quay -o json 2>/dev/null | python3 -c "
+import sys, json
+data = json.load(sys.stdin)
+items = data.get('items', [])
+print(len(items))
+" 2>/dev/null || echo "0")
+
+    if [[ "${pvcCount}" == "0" ]]; then
+        pvcCount=$(oc get pvc -n "${QUAY_NS}" -o json | python3 -c "
+import sys, json
+data = json.load(sys.stdin)
+items = [i for i in data.get('items', []) if 'quay' in i['metadata'].get('name','').lower()]
+print(len(items))
+" 2>/dev/null || echo "0")
+    fi
+
+    if [[ "${pvcCount}" == "0" ]]; then
+        elapsed=$(( $(date +%s) - start ))
+        RecordResult "${testName}" "failed" "No Quay-related PVCs found in ${QUAY_NS}" "${elapsed}"
+        return 1
+    fi
+
+    typeset unboundPvcs
+    unboundPvcs=$(oc get pvc -n "${QUAY_NS}" -o json | python3 -c "
+import sys, json
+data = json.load(sys.stdin)
+items = [i for i in data.get('items', []) if 'quay' in i['metadata'].get('name','').lower()]
+unbound = [i['metadata']['name'] for i in items if i['status'].get('phase') != 'Bound']
+print(' '.join(unbound))
+" 2>/dev/null || echo "")
+
+    if [[ -n "${unboundPvcs}" ]]; then
+        elapsed=$(( $(date +%s) - start ))
+        RecordResult "${testName}" "failed" "Unbound PVCs: ${unboundPvcs}" "${elapsed}"
+        return 1
+    fi
+
+    typeset odfBacked
+    odfBacked=$(oc get pvc -n "${QUAY_NS}" -o json | python3 -c "
+import sys, json
+data = json.load(sys.stdin)
+items = [i for i in data.get('items', []) if 'quay' in i['metadata'].get('name','').lower()]
+sc_names = set(i['spec'].get('storageClassName','') for i in items)
+odf = any('ocs' in s or 'ceph' in s or 'odf' in s for s in sc_names)
+print('true' if odf else 'false')
+" 2>/dev/null || echo "false")
+
+    if [[ "${odfBacked}" != "true" ]]; then
+        elapsed=$(( $(date +%s) - start ))
+        RecordResult "${testName}" "failed" "Quay PVCs not using ODF/Ceph storage class" "${elapsed}"
+        return 1
+    fi
+
+    elapsed=$(( $(date +%s) - start ))
+    RecordResult "${testName}" "passed" "" "${elapsed}"
+    return 0
+}
+
+################################################################################
+# Test Case 3: ACS scan of pushed Quay image
+################################################################################
+function RunAcsScan () {
+    typeset testName="[sig-interop][Jira:INTEROP][Feature:Quay] ACS scan of pushed Quay image"
+    typeset -i start elapsed
+    start=$(date +%s)
+
+    typeset acsHost acsPassword
+    acsHost=$(oc get route -n stackrox central -o jsonpath='{.spec.host}' 2>/dev/null || echo "")
+    if [[ -z "${acsHost}" ]]; then
+        elapsed=$(( $(date +%s) - start ))
+        RecordResult "${testName}" "failed" "ACS Central route not found" "${elapsed}"
+        return 1
+    fi
+
+    acsPassword=$(oc get secret -n stackrox central-htpasswd -o jsonpath='{.data.password}' 2>/dev/null | base64 -d || echo "")
+    if [[ -z "${acsPassword}" ]]; then
+        elapsed=$(( $(date +%s) - start ))
+        RecordResult "${testName}" "failed" "ACS admin password not found" "${elapsed}"
+        return 1
+    fi
+
+    typeset pushTarget="${QUAY_HOST}/interop-smoke-test/ubi-smoke:${imageTag}"
+    typeset -i attempts=0 maxAttempts=20
+
+    while (( attempts < maxAttempts )); do
+        typeset scanResult
+        scanResult=$(curl -sk -u "admin:${acsPassword}" \
+            "https://${acsHost}/v1/images?query=Image:${pushTarget}" 2>/dev/null || echo "")
+
+        if echo "${scanResult}" | python3 -c "
+import sys, json
+data = json.load(sys.stdin)
+images = data.get('images', [])
+sys.exit(0 if len(images) > 0 else 1)
+" 2>/dev/null; then
+            elapsed=$(( $(date +%s) - start ))
+            RecordResult "${testName}" "passed" "" "${elapsed}"
+            return 0
+        fi
+
+        attempts=$((attempts + 1))
+        sleep 15
+    done
+
+    elapsed=$(( $(date +%s) - start ))
+    RecordResult "${testName}" "failed" "ACS did not detect pushed image within 5 minutes" "${elapsed}"
+    return 1
+}
+
+################################################################################
+# Main execution
+################################################################################
+
+function Main () {
+    DiscoverQuay
+    GetQuayAuth
+    PreflightCheck || { echo "FATAL: Quay not reachable; skipping all tests" >&2; exit 1; }
+    CreateTestOrg
+
+    typeset -i status=0
+    RunPushPull || status=1
+    RunOdfPvcCheck || status=1
+    RunAcsScan || status=1
+
+    rm -f /tmp/quay-auth.json
+
+    if [[ "${MAP_TESTS}" == "true" ]]; then
+        eval "$(
+            typeset -a _fURL=()
+            type -t wget 1>/dev/null && _fURL=(wget --timeout=30 -qO-) || _fURL=(curl --connect-timeout 10 --max-time 30 -fsSL)
+            "${_fURL[@]}" \
+                https://raw.githubusercontent.com/RedHatQE/OpenShift-LP-QE--Tools/refs/heads/main/libs/bash/ci-operator/interop/common/ExitTrap--PostProcessPrep.sh
+        )" || true
+        if type -t ExitTrap--PostProcessPrep 1>/dev/null; then
+            LP_IO__ET_PPP__NEW_TS_NAME="${DR__RP__CR_COMP_NAME}--%s" \
+                ExitTrap--PostProcessPrep || true
+        fi
+    fi
+
+    exit "${status}"
+}
+
+Main "$@"
diff --git a/ci-operator/step-registry/interop-tests/opp-quay-smoke/interop-tests-opp-quay-smoke-ref.metadata.json b/ci-operator/step-registry/interop-tests/opp-quay-smoke/interop-tests-opp-quay-smoke-ref.metadata.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..d63af8c878633
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci-operator/step-registry/interop-tests/opp-quay-smoke/interop-tests-opp-quay-smoke-ref.metadata.json
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+	"path": "interop-tests/opp-quay-smoke/interop-tests-opp-quay-smoke-ref.yaml",
+	"owners": {
+		"approvers": [
+			"cspi-qe-ocp-lp"
+		],
+		"reviewers": [
+			"cspi-qe-ocp-lp"
+		]
+	}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ci-operator/step-registry/interop-tests/opp-quay-smoke/interop-tests-opp-quay-smoke-ref.yaml b/ci-operator/step-registry/interop-tests/opp-quay-smoke/interop-tests-opp-quay-smoke-ref.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..eb2e58149f440
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci-operator/step-registry/interop-tests/opp-quay-smoke/interop-tests-opp-quay-smoke-ref.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+ref:
+  as: interop-tests-opp-quay-smoke
+  from: cli
+  cli: latest
+  commands: interop-tests-opp-quay-smoke-commands.sh
+  timeout: 30m0s
+  grace_period: 5m0s
+  resources:
+    requests:
+      cpu: 100m
+      memory: 256Mi
+  documentation: |-
+    Validates Quay as a cross-product registry within the OPP bundle.
+    Tests image push/pull via the Quay route, verifies ODF-backed PVC storage,
+    and confirms ACS detects and scans the pushed image.
+  env:
+    - name: DR__RP__CR_COMP_NAME
+      default: "lp-interop--Quay"
+      documentation: Component Readiness component name for junit remapping
+    - name: MAP_TESTS
+      default: "false"
+      documentation: When true, remap junit test suite names for Component Readiness routing