diff --git a/config/jobs/kubernetes-sigs/kueue/kueue-periodics-main.yaml b/config/jobs/kubernetes-sigs/kueue/kueue-periodics-main.yaml
index 9fbce4227155..16dfa507844a 100644
--- a/config/jobs/kubernetes-sigs/kueue/kueue-periodics-main.yaml
+++ b/config/jobs/kubernetes-sigs/kueue/kueue-periodics-main.yaml
@@ -507,14 +507,61 @@ periodics:
               cpu: "7"
               memory: "10Gi"
   - interval: 12h
-    name: periodic-kueue-test-e2e-customconfigs-main
+    name: periodic-kueue-test-e2e-sequential-baseline-main
     cluster: eks-prow-build-cluster
     annotations:
       testgrid-dashboards: sig-scheduling
-      testgrid-tab-name: periodic-kueue-test-e2e-customconfigs-main
+      testgrid-tab-name: periodic-kueue-test-e2e-sequential-baseline-main
       testgrid-alert-email: kueue-alerts@kubernetes.io
       testgrid-num-failures-to-alert: '1'
-      description: "Run periodic customconfigs end to end tests"
+      description: "Run periodic sequential baseline end to end tests"
+      testgrid-num-columns-recent: '30'
+    labels:
+      preset-dind-enabled: "true"
+      preset-kind-volume-mounts: "true"
+    extra_refs:
+        - org: kubernetes-sigs
+          repo: kueue
+          base_ref: main
+          path_alias: kubernetes-sigs/kueue
+    decorate: true
+    decoration_config:
+        timeout: 1h
+    spec:
+      containers:
+        - image: gcr.io/k8s-staging-test-infra/kubekins-e2e:v20260316-e86cefa561-master
+          env:
+            - name: E2E_K8S_VERSION
+              value: "1.35"
+            - name: BASE_BUILDER_IMAGE
+              value: public.ecr.aws/docker/library/golang
+          command:
+            # generic runner script, handles DIND, bazelrc for caching, etc.
+            - runner.sh
+          args:
+            - make
+            - kind-image-build
+            - test-e2e-sequential-baseline
+          # docker-in-docker needs privileged mode
+          securityContext:
+              privileged: true
+          resources:
+            requests:
+              cpu: "7"
+              memory: "10Gi"
+            limits:
+              cpu: "7"
+              memory: "10Gi"
+
+  - interval: 12h
+    name: periodic-kueue-test-e2e-sequential-extended-main
+    cluster: eks-prow-build-cluster
+    annotations:
+      testgrid-dashboards: sig-scheduling
+      testgrid-tab-name: periodic-kueue-test-e2e-sequential-extended-main
+      testgrid-alert-email: kueue-alerts@kubernetes.io
+      testgrid-num-failures-to-alert: '1'
+      description: "Run periodic sequential extended end to end tests"
       testgrid-num-columns-recent: '30'
     labels:
       preset-dind-enabled: "true"
@@ -541,7 +588,7 @@ periodics:
           args:
             - make
             - kind-image-build
-            - test-e2e-customconfigs
+            - test-e2e-sequential-extended
           # docker-in-docker needs privileged mode
           securityContext:
             privileged: true
diff --git a/config/jobs/kubernetes-sigs/kueue/kueue-periodics-release-0-16.yaml b/config/jobs/kubernetes-sigs/kueue/kueue-periodics-release-0-16.yaml
index 3422de9f08cb..7f080c61f391 100644
--- a/config/jobs/kubernetes-sigs/kueue/kueue-periodics-release-0-16.yaml
+++ b/config/jobs/kubernetes-sigs/kueue/kueue-periodics-release-0-16.yaml
@@ -468,14 +468,14 @@ periodics:
               cpu: "7"
               memory: "10Gi"
   - interval: 12h
-    name: periodic-kueue-test-e2e-customconfigs-release-0-16
+    name: periodic-kueue-test-e2e-sequential-baseline-release-0-16
     cluster: eks-prow-build-cluster
     annotations:
       testgrid-dashboards: sig-scheduling
-      testgrid-tab-name: periodic-kueue-test-e2e-customconfigs-release-0-16
+      testgrid-tab-name: periodic-kueue-test-e2e-sequential-baseline-release-0-16
       testgrid-alert-email: kueue-alerts@kubernetes.io
       testgrid-num-failures-to-alert: '1'
-      description: "Run periodic customconfigs end to end tests"
+      description: "Run periodic sequential baseline end to end tests"
       testgrid-num-columns-recent: '30'
     labels:
       preset-dind-enabled: "true"
@@ -502,7 +502,53 @@ periodics:
           args:
             - make
             - kind-image-build
-            - test-e2e-customconfigs
+            - test-e2e-sequential-baseline
+          # docker-in-docker needs privileged mode
+          securityContext:
+            privileged: true
+          resources:
+            requests:
+              cpu: "7"
+              memory: "10Gi"
+            limits:
+              cpu: "7"
+              memory: "10Gi"
+  - interval: 12h
+    name: periodic-kueue-test-e2e-sequential-extended-release-0-16
+    cluster: eks-prow-build-cluster
+    annotations:
+      testgrid-dashboards: sig-scheduling
+      testgrid-tab-name: periodic-kueue-test-e2e-sequential-extended-release-0-16
+      testgrid-alert-email: kueue-alerts@kubernetes.io
+      testgrid-num-failures-to-alert: '1'
+      description: "Run periodic sequential extended end to end tests"
+      testgrid-num-columns-recent: '30'
+    labels:
+      preset-dind-enabled: "true"
+      preset-kind-volume-mounts: "true"
+    extra_refs:
+      - org: kubernetes-sigs
+        repo: kueue
+        base_ref: release-0.16
+        path_alias: kubernetes-sigs/kueue
+    decorate: true
+    decoration_config:
+      timeout: 1h
+    spec:
+      containers:
+        - image: gcr.io/k8s-staging-test-infra/kubekins-e2e:v20260316-e86cefa561-master
+          env:
+            - name: E2E_K8S_VERSION
+              value: "1.35"
+            - name: BASE_BUILDER_IMAGE
+              value: public.ecr.aws/docker/library/golang
+          command:
+            # generic runner script, handles DIND, bazelrc for caching, etc.
+            - runner.sh
+          args:
+            - make
+            - kind-image-build
+            - test-e2e-sequential-extended
           # docker-in-docker needs privileged mode
           securityContext:
             privileged: true
diff --git a/config/jobs/kubernetes-sigs/kueue/kueue-periodics-release-0-17.yaml b/config/jobs/kubernetes-sigs/kueue/kueue-periodics-release-0-17.yaml
index fda0e30aef08..05cc401a04d7 100644
--- a/config/jobs/kubernetes-sigs/kueue/kueue-periodics-release-0-17.yaml
+++ b/config/jobs/kubernetes-sigs/kueue/kueue-periodics-release-0-17.yaml
@@ -507,14 +507,14 @@ periodics:
               cpu: "7"
               memory: "10Gi"
   - interval: 12h
-    name: periodic-kueue-test-e2e-customconfigs-release-0-17
+    name: periodic-kueue-test-e2e-sequential-baseline-release-0-17
     cluster: eks-prow-build-cluster
     annotations:
       testgrid-dashboards: sig-scheduling
-      testgrid-tab-name: periodic-kueue-test-e2e-customconfigs-release-0-17
+      testgrid-tab-name: periodic-kueue-test-e2e-sequential-baseline-release-0-17
       testgrid-alert-email: kueue-alerts@kubernetes.io
       testgrid-num-failures-to-alert: '1'
-      description: "Run periodic customconfigs end to end tests"
+      description: "Run periodic sequential baseline end to end tests"
       testgrid-num-columns-recent: '30'
     labels:
       preset-dind-enabled: "true"
@@ -541,7 +541,53 @@ periodics:
           args:
             - make
             - kind-image-build
-            - test-e2e-customconfigs
+            - test-e2e-sequential-baseline
+          # docker-in-docker needs privileged mode
+          securityContext:
+            privileged: true
+          resources:
+            requests:
+              cpu: "7"
+              memory: "10Gi"
+            limits:
+              cpu: "7"
+              memory: "10Gi"
+  - interval: 12h
+    name: periodic-kueue-test-e2e-sequential-extended-release-0-17
+    cluster: eks-prow-build-cluster
+    annotations:
+      testgrid-dashboards: sig-scheduling
+      testgrid-tab-name: periodic-kueue-test-e2e-sequential-extended-release-0-17
+      testgrid-alert-email: kueue-alerts@kubernetes.io
+      testgrid-num-failures-to-alert: '1'
+      description: "Run periodic sequential extended end to end tests"
+      testgrid-num-columns-recent: '30'
+    labels:
+      preset-dind-enabled: "true"
+      preset-kind-volume-mounts: "true"
+    extra_refs:
+      - org: kubernetes-sigs
+        repo: kueue
+        base_ref: release-0.17
+        path_alias: kubernetes-sigs/kueue
+    decorate: true
+    decoration_config:
+      timeout: 1h
+    spec:
+      containers:
+        - image: gcr.io/k8s-staging-test-infra/kubekins-e2e:v20260316-e86cefa561-master
+          env:
+            - name: E2E_K8S_VERSION
+              value: "1.35"
+            - name: BASE_BUILDER_IMAGE
+              value: public.ecr.aws/docker/library/golang
+          command:
+            # generic runner script, handles DIND, bazelrc for caching, etc.
+            - runner.sh
+          args:
+            - make
+            - kind-image-build
+            - test-e2e-sequential-extended
           # docker-in-docker needs privileged mode
           securityContext:
             privileged: true
diff --git a/config/jobs/kubernetes-sigs/kueue/kueue-presubmits-main.yaml b/config/jobs/kubernetes-sigs/kueue/kueue-presubmits-main.yaml
index 52d8037c9e61..5de30b744978 100644
--- a/config/jobs/kubernetes-sigs/kueue/kueue-presubmits-main.yaml
+++ b/config/jobs/kubernetes-sigs/kueue/kueue-presubmits-main.yaml
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ presubmits:
               limits:
                 cpu: "7"
                 memory: "10Gi"
-    - name: pull-kueue-test-e2e-customconfigs-main
+    - name: pull-kueue-test-e2e-sequential-baseline-main
       cluster: eks-prow-build-cluster
       branches:
         - ^main
@@ -350,36 +350,75 @@ presubmits:
       decorate: true
       path_alias: sigs.k8s.io/kueue
       annotations:
-        testgrid-dashboards: sig-scheduling
-        testgrid-tab-name: pull-kueue-test-e2e-customconfigs-main
-        description: "Run customconfigs end to end tests"
+          testgrid-dashboards: sig-scheduling
+          testgrid-tab-name: pull-kueue-test-e2e-sequential-baseline-main
+          description: "Run sequential baseline end to end tests"
       labels:
-        preset-dind-enabled: "true"
+          preset-dind-enabled: "true"
       spec:
-        containers:
-          - image: gcr.io/k8s-staging-test-infra/kubekins-e2e:v20260316-e86cefa561-master
-            env:
-              - name: E2E_K8S_VERSION
-                value: "1.35"
-              - name: BASE_BUILDER_IMAGE
-                value: public.ecr.aws/docker/library/golang
-            command:
-              # generic runner script, handles DIND, bazelrc for caching, etc.
-              - runner.sh
-            args:
-              - make
-              - kind-image-build
-              - test-e2e-customconfigs
-            # docker-in-docker needs privileged mode
-            securityContext:
-              privileged: true
-            resources:
-              requests:
-                cpu: "7"
-                memory: "10Gi"
-              limits:
-                cpu: "7"
-                memory: "10Gi"
+          containers:
+            - image: gcr.io/k8s-staging-test-infra/kubekins-e2e:v20260316-e86cefa561-master
+              env:
+                - name: E2E_K8S_VERSION
+                  value: "1.35"
+                - name: BASE_BUILDER_IMAGE
+                  value: public.ecr.aws/docker/library/golang
+              command:
+                # generic runner script, handles DIND, bazelrc for caching, etc.
+                - runner.sh
+              args:
+                - make
+                - kind-image-build
+                - test-e2e-sequential-baseline
+              # docker-in-docker needs privileged mode
+              securityContext:
+                privileged: true
+              resources:
+                requests:
+                  cpu: "7"
+                  memory: "10Gi"
+                limits:
+                  cpu: "7"
+                  memory: "10Gi"
+
+    - name: pull-kueue-test-e2e-sequential-extended-main
+      cluster: eks-prow-build-cluster
+      branches:
+              - ^main
+      skip_if_only_changed: "^docs/|^\\.github/|\\.(md)$|^(README|LICENSE|OWNERS)$|^(keps|site|charts)/"
+      decorate: true
+      path_alias: sigs.k8s.io/kueue
+      annotations:
+              testgrid-dashboards: sig-scheduling
+              testgrid-tab-name: pull-kueue-test-e2e-sequential-extended-main
+              description: "Run sequential extended end to end tests"
+      labels:
+              preset-dind-enabled: "true"
+      spec:
+              containers:
+                - image: gcr.io/k8s-staging-test-infra/kubekins-e2e:v20260316-e86cefa561-master
+                  env:
+                    - name: E2E_K8S_VERSION
+                      value: "1.35"
+                    - name: BASE_BUILDER_IMAGE
+                      value: public.ecr.aws/docker/library/golang
+                  command:
+                    # generic runner script, handles DIND, bazelrc for caching, etc.
+                    - runner.sh
+                  args:
+                    - make
+                    - kind-image-build
+                    - test-e2e-sequential-extended
+                  # docker-in-docker needs privileged mode
+                  securityContext:
+                    privileged: true
+                  resources:
+                    requests:
+                      cpu: "7"
+                      memory: "10Gi"
+                    limits:
+                      cpu: "7"
+                      memory: "10Gi"
     - name: pull-kueue-test-e2e-certmanager-main
       cluster: eks-prow-build-cluster
       branches:
diff --git a/config/jobs/kubernetes-sigs/kueue/kueue-presubmits-release-0-16.yaml b/config/jobs/kubernetes-sigs/kueue/kueue-presubmits-release-0-16.yaml
index 6b97706fcaee..bd2c7b7127ee 100644
--- a/config/jobs/kubernetes-sigs/kueue/kueue-presubmits-release-0-16.yaml
+++ b/config/jobs/kubernetes-sigs/kueue/kueue-presubmits-release-0-16.yaml
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ presubmits:
               limits:
                 cpu: "7"
                 memory: "10Gi"
-    - name: pull-kueue-test-e2e-customconfigs-release-0-16
+    - name: pull-kueue-test-e2e-sequential-baseline-release-0-16
       cluster: eks-prow-build-cluster
       branches:
         - ^release-0.16
@@ -351,8 +351,8 @@ presubmits:
       path_alias: sigs.k8s.io/kueue
       annotations:
         testgrid-dashboards: sig-scheduling
-        testgrid-tab-name: pull-kueue-test-e2e-customconfigs-release-0-16
-        description: "Run customconfigs end to end tests"
+        testgrid-tab-name: pull-kueue-test-e2e-sequential-baseline-release-0-16
+        description: "Run sequential baseline end to end tests"
       labels:
         preset-dind-enabled: "true"
       spec:
@@ -369,7 +369,45 @@ presubmits:
             args:
               - make
               - kind-image-build
-              - test-e2e-customconfigs
+              - test-e2e-sequential-baseline
+            # docker-in-docker needs privileged mode
+            securityContext:
+              privileged: true
+            resources:
+              requests:
+                cpu: "7"
+                memory: "10Gi"
+              limits:
+                cpu: "7"
+                memory: "10Gi"
+    - name: pull-kueue-test-e2e-sequential-extended-release-0-16
+      cluster: eks-prow-build-cluster
+      branches:
+        - ^release-0.16
+      skip_if_only_changed: "^docs/|^\\.github/|\\.(md)$|^(README|LICENSE|OWNERS)$|^(keps|site|charts)/"
+      decorate: true
+      path_alias: sigs.k8s.io/kueue
+      annotations:
+        testgrid-dashboards: sig-scheduling
+        testgrid-tab-name: pull-kueue-test-e2e-sequential-extended-release-0-16
+        description: "Run sequential extended end to end tests"
+      labels:
+        preset-dind-enabled: "true"
+      spec:
+        containers:
+          - image: gcr.io/k8s-staging-test-infra/kubekins-e2e:v20260316-e86cefa561-master
+            env:
+              - name: E2E_K8S_VERSION
+                value: "1.35"
+              - name: BASE_BUILDER_IMAGE
+                value: public.ecr.aws/docker/library/golang
+            command:
+              # generic runner script, handles DIND, bazelrc for caching, etc.
+              - runner.sh
+            args:
+              - make
+              - kind-image-build
+              - test-e2e-sequential-extended
             # docker-in-docker needs privileged mode
             securityContext:
               privileged: true
diff --git a/config/jobs/kubernetes-sigs/kueue/kueue-presubmits-release-0-17.yaml b/config/jobs/kubernetes-sigs/kueue/kueue-presubmits-release-0-17.yaml
index c4cde8de0d43..dcf37745a70e 100644
--- a/config/jobs/kubernetes-sigs/kueue/kueue-presubmits-release-0-17.yaml
+++ b/config/jobs/kubernetes-sigs/kueue/kueue-presubmits-release-0-17.yaml
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ presubmits:
               limits:
                 cpu: "7"
                 memory: "10Gi"
-    - name: pull-kueue-test-e2e-customconfigs-release-0-17
+    - name: pull-kueue-test-e2e-sequential-baseline-release-0-17
       cluster: eks-prow-build-cluster
       branches:
         - ^release-0.17
@@ -351,8 +351,8 @@ presubmits:
       path_alias: sigs.k8s.io/kueue
       annotations:
         testgrid-dashboards: sig-scheduling
-        testgrid-tab-name: pull-kueue-test-e2e-customconfigs-release-0-17
-        description: "Run customconfigs end to end tests"
+        testgrid-tab-name: pull-kueue-test-e2e-sequential-baseline-release-0-17
+        description: "Run sequential baseline end to end tests"
       labels:
         preset-dind-enabled: "true"
       spec:
@@ -369,7 +369,45 @@ presubmits:
             args:
               - make
               - kind-image-build
-              - test-e2e-customconfigs
+              - test-e2e-sequential-baseline
+            # docker-in-docker needs privileged mode
+            securityContext:
+              privileged: true
+            resources:
+              requests:
+                cpu: "7"
+                memory: "10Gi"
+              limits:
+                cpu: "7"
+                memory: "10Gi"
+    - name: pull-kueue-test-e2e-sequential-extended-release-0-17
+      cluster: eks-prow-build-cluster
+      branches:
+        - ^release-0.17
+      skip_if_only_changed: "^docs/|^\\.github/|\\.(md)$|^(README|LICENSE|OWNERS)$|^(keps|site|charts)/"
+      decorate: true
+      path_alias: sigs.k8s.io/kueue
+      annotations:
+        testgrid-dashboards: sig-scheduling
+        testgrid-tab-name: pull-kueue-test-e2e-sequential-extended-release-0-17
+        description: "Run sequential extended end to end tests"
+      labels:
+        preset-dind-enabled: "true"
+      spec:
+        containers:
+          - image: gcr.io/k8s-staging-test-infra/kubekins-e2e:v20260316-e86cefa561-master
+            env:
+              - name: E2E_K8S_VERSION
+                value: "1.35"
+              - name: BASE_BUILDER_IMAGE
+                value: public.ecr.aws/docker/library/golang
+            command:
+              # generic runner script, handles DIND, bazelrc for caching, etc.
+              - runner.sh
+            args:
+              - make
+              - kind-image-build
+              - test-e2e-sequential-extended
             # docker-in-docker needs privileged mode
             securityContext:
               privileged: true