diff --git a/pkg/objectstate/cfg/cfg_test.go b/pkg/objectstate/cfg/cfg_test.go
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2025 Red Hat, Inc.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package cfg
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"reflect"
+	"testing"
+
+	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/scheme"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client/fake"
+
+	"github.com/k8stopologyawareschedwg/deployer/pkg/deployer/platform"
+	rtemanifests "github.com/k8stopologyawareschedwg/deployer/pkg/manifests/rte"
+
+	v1 "github.com/openshift-kni/numaresources-operator/api/v1"
+	"github.com/openshift-kni/numaresources-operator/api/v1/helper/namespacedname"
+)
+
+func TestFromClient(t *testing.T) {
+	cm := corev1.ConfigMap{
+		TypeMeta: metav1.TypeMeta{
+			Kind:       "ConfigMap",
+			APIVersion: "v1",
+		},
+		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+			Name:      "mycfg",
+			Namespace: "ns",
+		},
+	}
+
+	fakeClient := fake.NewClientBuilder().WithScheme(scheme.Scheme).WithRuntimeObjects(&cm).Build()
+
+	mf := FromClient(context.TODO(), fakeClient, cm.Namespace, cm.Name)
+	if mf.ConfigError != nil {
+		t.Errorf("error was reported: %v", mf.ConfigError)
+		return
+	}
+
+	if !reflect.DeepEqual(mf.Existing.Config, &cm) {
+		t.Errorf("mismatching configs expected %v, got %v", cm, mf.Existing.Config)
+	}
+
+	mf = FromClient(context.TODO(), fakeClient, "ns", "not-found")
+	if mf.ConfigError == nil {
+		t.Errorf("no error from object not found")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestState(t *testing.T) {
+	cm := corev1.ConfigMap{
+		TypeMeta: metav1.TypeMeta{
+			Kind:       "ConfigMap",
+			APIVersion: "v1",
+		},
+		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+			Name:      "mycfg",
+			Namespace: "ns",
+		},
+	}
+
+	fakeClient := fake.NewClientBuilder().WithScheme(scheme.Scheme).WithRuntimeObjects(&cm).Build()
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name        string
+		nn          v1.NamespacedName
+		expectedErr bool
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "config mapp doesn't exist",
+			nn: v1.NamespacedName{
+				Namespace: "ns",
+				Name:      "myst-cfg",
+			},
+			expectedErr: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:        "valid config map",
+			nn:          namespacedname.FromObject(&cm),
+			expectedErr: false,
+		},
+	}
+	for _, test := range tests {
+		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			em := FromClient(context.TODO(), fakeClient, test.nn.Namespace, test.nn.Name)
+			// intentionally don't check for errors
+
+			rte, _ := rtemanifests.GetManifests(platform.OpenShift, "v4.18", "test-ns", false, true)
+			mf := Manifests{
+				Config: rte.ConfigMap,
+			}
+			objs := em.State(mf)
+
+			if len(objs) != 1 {
+				t.Fatalf("State() returned unexpected object count %d", len(objs))
+			}
+
+			if objs[0].Error != nil && !test.expectedErr {
+				t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", objs[0].Error)
+			}
+			if objs[0].Error == nil && test.expectedErr {
+				t.Fatalf("expected error not found")
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}