diff --git a/_playwright-tests/tests/API/PopularRepos.spec.ts b/_playwright-tests/tests/API/PopularRepos.spec.ts
index d476bd506..78cea24d3 100644
--- a/_playwright-tests/tests/API/PopularRepos.spec.ts
+++ b/_playwright-tests/tests/API/PopularRepos.spec.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { expect } from '@playwright/test';
 import { test } from './base_client';
 import { PopularRepositoriesApi } from './client';
 
-test.describe('Populat repositories', () => {
+test.describe('Popular repositories', () => {
   test('List popular repositories', async ({ client }) => {
     const resp = await new PopularRepositoriesApi(client).listPopularRepositories({
       search: 'EPEL 9',
diff --git a/_playwright-tests/tests/API/Repositories.spec.ts b/_playwright-tests/tests/API/Repositories.spec.ts
index ac553cab3..6d8ea3ecc 100644
--- a/_playwright-tests/tests/API/Repositories.spec.ts
+++ b/_playwright-tests/tests/API/Repositories.spec.ts
@@ -6,10 +6,15 @@ import {
   ApiRepositoryValidationResponseFromJSON,
   type ListRepositoriesRequest,
   type ValidateRepositoryParametersRequest,
+  RpmsApi,
+  ApiSearchRpmResponse,
+  CreateRepositoryRequest,
+  ApiPopularRepositoriesCollectionResponse,
+  PopularRepositoriesApi,
 } from './client';
-import { expect } from '@playwright/test';
-import { poll } from './helpers/apiHelpers';
 import { randomUUID } from 'crypto';
+import { expect } from '@playwright/test';
+import { poll, SmallRedHatRepoURL } from './helpers/apiHelpers';
 
 test.describe('Repositories', () => {
   test('Verify repository introspection', async ({ client }) => {
@@ -207,4 +212,64 @@ test.describe('Repositories', () => {
       expect(json.url?.httpCode).toEqual(0);
     });
   });
+
+  test('Verify RPM search', async ({ client }) => {
+    let rpmSearch: ApiSearchRpmResponse[];
+    await test.step('Search small red hat repo', async () => {
+      rpmSearch = await new RpmsApi(client).searchRpm({
+        apiContentUnitSearchRequest: {
+          search: 'gcc-plugin-devel',
+          urls: [SmallRedHatRepoURL],
+        },
+      });
+      const names = rpmSearch.map((v) => v.packageName);
+      expect(names).toContain('gcc-plugin-devel');
+    });
+  });
+
+  test('Add popular repository', async ({ client }) => {
+    let popularRepos: ApiPopularRepositoriesCollectionResponse;
+    await test.step('List popular repositories', async () => {
+      popularRepos = await new PopularRepositoriesApi(client).listPopularRepositories({
+        search: 'EPEL 9',
+      });
+      expect(popularRepos.meta?.count).toBe(1);
+      expect(popularRepos.data?.[0].suggestedName).toBe('EPEL 9 Everything x86_64');
+    });
+
+    await test.step('Delete existing repository if exists', async () => {
+      if (popularRepos?.data?.length && popularRepos?.data?.[0].uuid != '') {
+        const resp = await new RepositoriesApi(client).deleteRepositoryRaw(<GetRepositoryRequest>{
+          uuid: popularRepos.data[0].uuid?.toString(),
+        });
+        expect(resp.raw.status).toBe(204);
+      }
+    });
+
+    await test.step('Create custom repository for popular repository', async () => {
+      const repo = await new RepositoriesApi(client).createRepository(<CreateRepositoryRequest>{
+        apiRepositoryRequest: {
+          name: popularRepos.data?.[0].suggestedName,
+          url: popularRepos.data?.[0].url,
+          gpgKey: popularRepos.data?.[0].gpgKey,
+        },
+      });
+      expect(repo.name).toBe(popularRepos.data?.[0].suggestedName);
+    });
+
+    await test.step('Get repo uuid', async () => {
+      popularRepos = await new PopularRepositoriesApi(client).listPopularRepositories({
+        search: 'EPEL 9',
+      });
+      expect(popularRepos.meta?.count).toBe(1);
+      expect(popularRepos.data?.[0].suggestedName).toBe('EPEL 9 Everything x86_64');
+    });
+
+    await test.step('Delete repository', async () => {
+      const resp = await new RepositoriesApi(client).deleteRepositoryRaw(<GetRepositoryRequest>{
+        uuid: popularRepos.data?.[0].uuid?.toString(),
+      });
+      expect(resp.raw.status).toBe(204);
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/_playwright-tests/tests/API/helpers/apiHelpers.tsx b/_playwright-tests/tests/API/helpers/apiHelpers.tsx
index 8d480469f..e74346b04 100644
--- a/_playwright-tests/tests/API/helpers/apiHelpers.tsx
+++ b/_playwright-tests/tests/API/helpers/apiHelpers.tsx
@@ -17,3 +17,6 @@ export const poll = async (
 
 // timer in ms, must await e.g. await timer(num)
 export const timer = (ms: number) => new Promise((res) => setTimeout(res, ms));
+
+export const SmallRedHatRepoURL =
+  'https://cdn.redhat.com/content/dist/rhel9/9/aarch64/codeready-builder/os/';