diff --git a/test/KubeOps.Operator.Test/Controller/EntityController.Integration.Test.cs b/test/KubeOps.Operator.Test/Controller/EntityController.Integration.Test.cs
index fee650d9..c8c21f1c 100644
--- a/test/KubeOps.Operator.Test/Controller/EntityController.Integration.Test.cs
+++ b/test/KubeOps.Operator.Test/Controller/EntityController.Integration.Test.cs
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 namespace KubeOps.Operator.Test.Controller;
 
-public class EntityControllerIntegrationTest : IntegrationTestBase
+public sealed class EntityControllerIntegrationTest : IntegrationTestBase
 {
     private readonly InvocationCounter<V1OperatorIntegrationTestEntity> _mock = new();
     private readonly IKubernetesClient _client = new KubernetesClient.KubernetesClient();
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ public class EntityControllerIntegrationTest : IntegrationTestBase
     [Fact]
     public async Task Should_Call_Reconcile_On_New_Entity()
     {
-        await _client.CreateAsync(new V1OperatorIntegrationTestEntity("test-entity", "username", _ns.Namespace));
+        await _client.CreateAsync(new V1OperatorIntegrationTestEntity("test-entity", "username", _ns.Namespace, true));
         await _mock.WaitForInvocations;
 
         _mock.Invocations.Count.Should().Be(1);
@@ -119,12 +119,22 @@ protected override void ConfigureHost(HostApplicationBuilder builder)
             .AddController<TestController, V1OperatorIntegrationTestEntity>();
     }
 
-    private class TestController(InvocationCounter<V1OperatorIntegrationTestEntity> svc) : IEntityController<V1OperatorIntegrationTestEntity>
+    private sealed class TestController(
+        InvocationCounter<V1OperatorIntegrationTestEntity> svc,
+        IKubernetesClient client) : IEntityController<V1OperatorIntegrationTestEntity>
     {
-        public Task<ReconciliationResult<V1OperatorIntegrationTestEntity>> ReconcileAsync(V1OperatorIntegrationTestEntity entity, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+        public async Task<ReconciliationResult<V1OperatorIntegrationTestEntity>> ReconcileAsync(V1OperatorIntegrationTestEntity entity, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
         {
+            if (entity.Spec.CouldChangeStatus)
+            {
+                // status change: issue 1001 (https://github.com/dotnet/dotnet-operator-sdk/issues/1001)
+                entity.Status.Status = "reconciled";
+                entity = await client.UpdateStatusAsync(entity, cancellationToken);
+            }
+
             svc.Invocation(entity);
-            return Task.FromResult(ReconciliationResult<V1OperatorIntegrationTestEntity>.Success(entity));
+
+            return ReconciliationResult<V1OperatorIntegrationTestEntity>.Success(entity);
         }
 
         public Task<ReconciliationResult<V1OperatorIntegrationTestEntity>> DeletedAsync(V1OperatorIntegrationTestEntity entity, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
diff --git a/test/KubeOps.Operator.Test/IntegrationTestCollection.cs b/test/KubeOps.Operator.Test/IntegrationTestCollection.cs
index fba46a9d..549408d8 100644
--- a/test/KubeOps.Operator.Test/IntegrationTestCollection.cs
+++ b/test/KubeOps.Operator.Test/IntegrationTestCollection.cs
@@ -59,12 +59,12 @@ public sealed class TestNamespaceProvider : IAsyncLifetime
     private readonly IKubernetesClient _client = new KubernetesClient.KubernetesClient();
     private V1Namespace _namespace = null!;
 
-    public string Namespace { get; } = Guid.NewGuid().ToString().ToLower();
+    public string Namespace { get; } = $"kubeops-{Guid.NewGuid().ToString().ToLower()}";
 
     public async Task InitializeAsync()
     {
         _namespace =
-            await _client.CreateAsync(new V1Namespace()
+            await _client.CreateAsync(new V1Namespace
             {
                 Metadata = new() { Name = Namespace },
             }.Initialize());
diff --git a/test/KubeOps.Operator.Test/TestEntities/V1OperatorIntegrationTestEntity.cs b/test/KubeOps.Operator.Test/TestEntities/V1OperatorIntegrationTestEntity.cs
index 3e9547c4..dd31c6b4 100644
--- a/test/KubeOps.Operator.Test/TestEntities/V1OperatorIntegrationTestEntity.cs
+++ b/test/KubeOps.Operator.Test/TestEntities/V1OperatorIntegrationTestEntity.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 // The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the Apache 2.0 License.
 // See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
 
+using System.Text.Json.Serialization;
+
 using k8s.Models;
 
 using KubeOps.Abstractions.Entities;
@@ -18,10 +20,11 @@ public V1OperatorIntegrationTestEntity()
         Kind = "OperatorIntegrationTest";
     }
 
-    public V1OperatorIntegrationTestEntity(string name, string username, string ns) : this()
+    public V1OperatorIntegrationTestEntity(string name, string username, string ns, bool couldChangeStatus = false) : this()
     {
         Metadata.Name = name;
         Spec.Username = username;
+        Spec.CouldChangeStatus = couldChangeStatus;
         Metadata.NamespaceProperty = ns;
     }
 
@@ -30,6 +33,8 @@ public V1OperatorIntegrationTestEntity(string name, string username, string ns)
     public sealed class EntitySpec
     {
         public string Username { get; set; } = string.Empty;
+
+        public bool CouldChangeStatus { get; set; }
     }
 
     public sealed class EntityStatus