diff --git a/test/e2e/framework/kubernetes/create-kapinger-deployment.go b/test/e2e/framework/kubernetes/create-kapinger-deployment.go
index db2c428831c..83b4c684c99 100644
--- a/test/e2e/framework/kubernetes/create-kapinger-deployment.go
+++ b/test/e2e/framework/kubernetes/create-kapinger-deployment.go
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ func (c *CreateKapingerDeployment) GetKapingerDeployment() *appsv1.Deployment {
 					Containers: []v1.Container{
 						{
 							Name:  "kapinger",
-							Image: "acnpublic.azurecr.io/kapinger:20241011.3",
+							Image: "acnpublic.azurecr.io/kapinger:20241011.4",
 							Resources: v1.ResourceRequirements{
 								Requests: v1.ResourceList{
 									"memory": resource.MustParse("20Mi"),
@@ -210,17 +210,6 @@ func (c *CreateKapingerDeployment) GetKapingerDeployment() *appsv1.Deployment {
 									Value: c.BurstVolume,
 								},
 							},
-							LivenessProbe: &v1.Probe{
-								ProbeHandler: v1.ProbeHandler{
-									HTTPGet: &v1.HTTPGetAction{
-										Path: "/",
-										Port: intstr.FromInt(KapingerHTTPPort),
-									},
-								},
-								TimeoutSeconds:      10, //nolint
-								PeriodSeconds:       10, //nolint
-								InitialDelaySeconds: 3,  //nolint
-							},
 						},
 					},
 				},
diff --git a/test/e2e/framework/kubernetes/port-forward.go b/test/e2e/framework/kubernetes/port-forward.go
index a04b75e6513..08cab66bd20 100644
--- a/test/e2e/framework/kubernetes/port-forward.go
+++ b/test/e2e/framework/kubernetes/port-forward.go
@@ -110,6 +110,8 @@ func (p *PortForward) Run() error {
 
 		log.Printf("port forward validation HTTP request to \"%s\" succeeded, response: %s\n", p.pf.Address(), resp.Status)
 
+		log.Printf("starting keepalive for port forward...\n")
+		go p.pf.KeepAlive(pctx)
 		return nil
 	}
 
@@ -117,6 +119,8 @@ func (p *PortForward) Run() error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("could not start port forward within %ds: %w", defaultTimeoutSeconds, err)
 	}
 	log.Printf("successfully port forwarded to \"%s\"\n", p.pf.Address())
+	log.Printf("starting port forward keepalive...\n")
+	go p.pf.KeepAlive(pctx)
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/framework/kubernetes/portforward.go b/test/e2e/framework/kubernetes/portforward.go
index a62728d2c31..d5376d6f8bc 100644
--- a/test/e2e/framework/kubernetes/portforward.go
+++ b/test/e2e/framework/kubernetes/portforward.go
@@ -171,6 +171,9 @@ func (p *PortForwarder) KeepAlive(ctx context.Context) {
 		case <-ctx.Done():
 			p.logger.Logf("port forwarder: keep alive cancelled: %v", ctx.Err())
 			return
+		case <-p.stopChan:
+			p.logger.Logf("port forwarder: keep alive stopped via stop channel")
+			return
 		case pfErr := <-p.errChan:
 			// as of client-go v0.26.1, if the connection is successful at first but then fails,
 			// an error is logged but only a nil error is sent to this channel. this will be fixed
diff --git a/test/e2e/framework/kubernetes/pprof.go b/test/e2e/framework/kubernetes/pprof.go
index 57ec06a65f0..a85226fbfc8 100644
--- a/test/e2e/framework/kubernetes/pprof.go
+++ b/test/e2e/framework/kubernetes/pprof.go
@@ -9,12 +9,11 @@ import (
 	"net/url"
 	"os"
 	"strconv"
-	"sync"
 	"time"
 )
 
 const (
-	defaultTimeout    = 30 * time.Second
+	defaultTimeout    = 3200 * time.Second
 	defaultRetinaPort = 10093
 	defaultSpanTime   = 10 * time.Second
 )
@@ -96,22 +95,15 @@ func (p *PullPProf) Run() error {
 			}
 		}
 
-		var wg sync.WaitGroup
-
 		for name, path := range durationProfiles {
-			wg.Add(1)
-			go func(name, path string) {
-				file := folder + name + ".out"
-				err = p.scraper.GetProfileWithDuration(name, path, file, defaultSpanTime)
-				if err != nil {
-					// don't return here because some data is better than no data,
-					// and other profiles might be functional
-					log.Printf("error getting %s profile: %v\n", name, err)
-				}
-				wg.Done()
-			}(name, path)
+			file := folder + name + ".out"
+			err = p.scraper.GetProfileWithDuration(name, path, file, defaultSpanTime)
+			if err != nil {
+				// don't return here because some data is better than no data,
+				// and other profiles might be functional
+				log.Printf("error getting %s profile: %v\n", name, err)
+			}
 		}
-		wg.Wait()
 
 		log.Printf("-- finished scraping profiles, saved to to %s --\n", folder)
 		log.Printf("waiting %s seconds for next scrape\n", p.ScrapeIntervalSeconds)
@@ -166,12 +158,12 @@ func (p *PprofScraper) GetProfileWithDuration(name, path, outfile string, durati
 	log.Printf("getting %s profile for %d seconds...\n", name, seconds)
 	profileURL := p.formatURLWithSeconds(seconds)
 	profileURL.Path += path
-	return p.scrape(profileURL.String(), defaultTimeout+duration, outfile)
+	return p.scrape(profileURL.String(), outfile)
 }
 
 func (p *PprofScraper) GetProfile(name, path, outfile string) error {
 	log.Printf("getting %s profile...\n", name)
-	return p.scrape(p.baseURL.String()+path, defaultTimeout, outfile)
+	return p.scrape(p.baseURL.String()+path, outfile)
 }
 
 func (p *PprofScraper) formatURLWithSeconds(seconds int) url.URL {
@@ -183,10 +175,8 @@ func (p *PprofScraper) formatURLWithSeconds(seconds int) url.URL {
 	return queryURL
 }
 
-func (p *PprofScraper) scrape(scrapingURL string, timeout time.Duration, outfile string) error {
-	client := http.Client{
-		Timeout: timeout,
-	}
+func (p *PprofScraper) scrape(scrapingURL, outfile string) error {
+	client := http.Client{}
 
 	req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(context.Background(), http.MethodGet, scrapingURL, http.NoBody)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/test/e2e/scenarios/longrunning/scenario.go b/test/e2e/scenarios/longrunning/scenario.go
index 8bbd7b80fac..938a95649dc 100644
--- a/test/e2e/scenarios/longrunning/scenario.go
+++ b/test/e2e/scenarios/longrunning/scenario.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ func PullPProf(kubeConfigFilePath string) *types.Scenario {
 				KapingerReplicas:   "500",
 				KubeConfigFilePath: kubeConfigFilePath,
 				BurstIntervalMs:    "10000", // 10 seconds
-				BurstVolume:        "10",    // 500 requests every 10 seconds
+				BurstVolume:        "200",   // 500 requests every 10 seconds
 			},
 		},
 		{