diff --git a/hack/e2e-install-cozystack.bats b/hack/e2e-install-cozystack.bats
index aa737e32..b3143d8e 100644
--- a/hack/e2e-install-cozystack.bats
+++ b/hack/e2e-install-cozystack.bats
@@ -7,6 +7,13 @@
   fi
 }
 
+@test "Pre-pull platform images" {
+  # Pull timing-sensitive images to all nodes before Cozystack installation.
+  # Cluster-member workloads (OVN raft, LINSTOR) fail if replicas start at
+  # different times due to image-pull stagger. See hack/e2e-prepull-images.sh.
+  hack/e2e-prepull-images.sh
+}
+
 @test "Install Cozystack" {
   # Pre-create the cozy-system namespace with the labels the operator pod needs.
   # The chart no longer ships a Namespace resource (helm v3's --create-namespace
diff --git a/hack/e2e-prepull-images.sh b/hack/e2e-prepull-images.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..209d04dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hack/e2e-prepull-images.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Pre-pull timing-sensitive platform images to all cluster nodes.
+#
+# Some workloads (OVN raft, LINSTOR controller) are sensitive to peer-readiness
+# at startup: if nodes pull the image at different speeds, one replica boots
+# before its peers are reachable, exhausts its raft connection retries, and the
+# HelmRelease install times out. Pre-pulling to all nodes eliminates the pull
+# stagger so all replicas start within milliseconds of each other.
+#
+# Add an entry whenever you find a new workload with peer-dependent startup.
+# Update versions here when bumping the corresponding chart dependency.
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Image list
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Format: <registry>/<repo>:<tag>[@sha256:<digest>]
+# Each image is pulled as an init container (imagePullPolicy=IfNotPresent),
+# so this is a no-op if the image is already cached on that node.
+#
+# Source of each image and version is noted in the comment above it.
+
+read -r -d '' PREPULL_YAML <<'YAML' || true
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: DaemonSet
+metadata:
+  name: e2e-image-prepuller
+  namespace: kube-system
+  labels:
+    app: e2e-image-prepuller
+spec:
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: e2e-image-prepuller
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        app: e2e-image-prepuller
+    spec:
+      tolerations:
+      # Tolerate all taints so the DaemonSet reaches every node including
+      # control-plane nodes and nodes still coming up.
+      - operator: Exists
+      initContainers:
+      # kube-ovn: OVN raft cluster, 3 ovn-central replicas must elect a leader.
+      # Staggered pulls cause "failed to connect to peer" and raft timeout.
+      # Source: packages/system/kubeovn/charts/kube-ovn/values.yaml
+      - name: pull-kubeovn
+        image: docker.io/kubeovn/kube-ovn:v1.15.10
+        command: ['sh', '-c', 'exit 0']
+        imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+        resources:
+          requests:
+            cpu: 1m
+            memory: 1Mi
+      # piraeus-server: LINSTOR controller/satellite cluster.
+      # Satellites must register with the controller before storage is usable.
+      # Source: packages/system/linstor/values.yaml (.piraeusServer.image)
+      - name: pull-piraeus-server
+        image: ghcr.io/cozystack/cozystack/piraeus-server:1.33.2@sha256:553f313ab35dc2e345ef3683156d29e75c23177e2750e9af3a83aa9e23941cbb
+        command: ['sh', '-c', 'exit 0']
+        imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+        resources:
+          requests:
+            cpu: 1m
+            memory: 1Mi
+      # linstor-csi: CSI driver sidecar shipped on every storage node.
+      # Large-ish image; pre-pulling avoids a slow first-mount on the first PVC.
+      # Source: packages/system/linstor/values.yaml (.linstorCSI.image)
+      - name: pull-linstor-csi
+        image: ghcr.io/cozystack/cozystack/linstor-csi:v1.10.5@sha256:b8f59b5659fb1791cb764d3f37df4cf29920aadcc10637231ba7d857233f377d
+        command: ['sh', '-c', 'exit 0']
+        imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+        resources:
+          requests:
+            cpu: 1m
+            memory: 1Mi
+      containers:
+      # Pause container keeps the pod Running after init containers complete.
+      # Running state is our signal that all images have been pulled on this node.
+      - name: pause
+        image: registry.k8s.io/pause:3.10
+        imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+        resources:
+          requests:
+            cpu: 1m
+            memory: 1Mi
+YAML
+
+kubectl apply -f - <<<"${PREPULL_YAML}"
+
+node_count=$(kubectl get nodes --no-headers 2>/dev/null | wc -l)
+echo "Waiting for e2e-image-prepuller on ${node_count} nodes (timeout 5m)..."
+
+# A pod is Running when all init containers have exited 0 and the main
+# container has started. That means every image in the init list was pulled.
+timeout 300 sh -ec "
+  until [ \$(kubectl get pods -n kube-system \
+    -l app=e2e-image-prepuller \
+    --field-selector=status.phase=Running \
+    --no-headers 2>/dev/null | wc -l) -ge ${node_count} ]; do
+    sleep 3
+  done
+"
+
+kubectl delete daemonset e2e-image-prepuller -n kube-system --ignore-not-found
+echo "Image pre-pull complete on all ${node_count} nodes."