diff --git a/docs/AppFramework.md b/docs/AppFramework.md
index f4957e1fc..ead233c7d 100644
--- a/docs/AppFramework.md
+++ b/docs/AppFramework.md
@@ -25,8 +25,22 @@ Utilizing the App Framework requires one of the following remote storage provide
 * OR, Use "Managed Indentity" role assigment to the Azure blob container. See [Setup Azure bob access with Managed Indentity](#setup-azure-bob-access-with-managed-indentity)
 
 ### Prerequisites for GCP bucket based remote object storage
-* Create role and role-binding for splunk-operator service account, to provide read-only access for S3 credentials.
-* The GCP servcie account key is provided as a kubernetes secret(key.json), or in workload identity is configured to service account.
+To use GCP storage in the App Framework, follow these setup requirements:
+
+### Role & Role Binding for Access: 
+Create a role and role-binding for the splunk-operator service account. This allows read-only access to the GCP bucket to retrieve Splunk apps. Access should be limited to read-only for the security of data within the GCP bucket.
+
+### Credentials via Kubernetes Secret or Workload Identity: 
+Configure credentials through either a Kubernetes secret (e.g., storing a GCP service account key in key.json) or use Workload Identity for secure access:
+
+* Kubernetes Secret: Create a Kubernetes secret using the service account JSON key file for GCP access.
+* Workload Identity: Use Workload Identity to associate the Kubernetes service account used by the Splunk Operator with a GCP service account that has the Storage Object Viewer IAM role for the required bucket.
+
+Example for creating the secret 
+
+```shell
+kubectl create secret generic gcs-secret --from-file=key.json=path/to/your-service-account-key.json
+```
 
 Splunk apps and add-ons deployed or installed outside of the App Framework are not managed, and are unsupported.
 
@@ -52,7 +66,11 @@ In this example, you'll deploy a Standalone CR with a remote storage volume, the
        * Configuring an IAM through  "Managed Indentity" role assigment to give read access for your bucket (azure blob container). For more details see [Setup Azure bob access with Managed Indentity](#setup-azure-bob-access-with-managed-indentity)
        * Or, create a Kubernetes Secret Object with the static storage credentials.
            * Example: `kubectl create secret generic azureblob-secret --from-literal=azure_sa_name=mystorageaccount --from-literal=azure_sa_secret_key=wJalrXUtnFEMI/K7MDENG/EXAMPLE_AZURE_SHARED_ACCESS_KEY`
-
+   * GCP bucket:
+       * Configure credentials through either a Kubernetes secret (e.g., storing a GCP service account key in key.json) or use Workload Identity for secure access:
+          * Kubernetes Secret: Create a Kubernetes secret using the service account JSON key file for GCP access.
+            * Example: `kubectl create secret generic gcs-secret --from-file=key.json=path/to/your-service-account-key.json`
+          * Workload Identity: Use Workload Identity to associate the Kubernetes service account used by the Splunk Operator with a GCP service account that has the Storage Object Viewer IAM role for the required bucket.
 3. Create unique folders on the remote storage volume to use as App Source locations.
    * An App Source is a folder on the remote storage volume containing a select subset of Splunk apps and add-ons. In this example, the network and authentication Splunk Apps are split into different folders and named `networkApps` and `authApps`.
 
@@ -123,6 +141,36 @@ spec:
         secretRef: azureblob-secret
 ```
 
+example using GCP blob: Standalone.yaml
+
+```yaml
+apiVersion: enterprise.splunk.com/v4
+kind: Standalone
+metadata:
+  name: stdln
+  finalizers:
+    - enterprise.splunk.com/delete-pvc
+spec:
+  replicas: 1
+  appRepo:
+    appsRepoPollIntervalSeconds: 600
+    defaults:
+      volumeName: volume_app_repo
+      scope: local
+    appSources:
+      - name: networkApps
+        location: networkAppsLoc/
+      - name: authApps
+        location: authAppsLoc/
+    volumes:
+      - name: volume_app_repo
+        storageType: gcs
+        provider: gcp
+        path: bucket-app-framework/Standalone-us/
+        endpoint: https://storage.googleapis.com
+        secretRef: gcs-secret
+```
+
 6. Apply the Custom Resource specification: `kubectl apply -f Standalone.yaml`
 
 The App Framework detects the Splunk app or add-on archive files available in the App Source locations, and deploys them to the standalone instance path for local use.
@@ -224,6 +272,38 @@ spec:
         endpoint: https://mystorageaccount.blob.core.windows.net
         secretRef: azureblob-secret
 ```
+
+Example using GCP Bucket: ClusterManager.yaml
+```yaml
+apiVersion: enterprise.splunk.com/v4
+kind: ClusterManager
+metadata:
+  name: cm
+  finalizers:
+    - enterprise.splunk.com/delete-pvc
+spec:
+  appRepo:
+    appsRepoPollIntervalSeconds: 900
+    defaults:
+      volumeName: volume_app_repo_us
+      scope: cluster
+    appSources:
+      - name: networkApps
+        location: networkAppsLoc/
+      - name: clusterBase
+        location: clusterBaseLoc/
+      - name: adminApps
+        location: adminAppsLoc/
+        scope: local
+    volumes:
+      - name: volume_app_repo_us
+        storageType: gcs
+        provider: gcp
+        path: bucket-app-framework/idxcAndCmApps/
+        endpoint: https://storage.googleapis.com
+        secretRef: gcs-secret
+```
+
 6. Apply the Custom Resource specification: `kubectl apply -f ClusterManager.yaml`
 
 The App Framework detects the Splunk app or add-on archive files available in the App Source locations, and deploys the apps from the `adminApps` folder to the cluster manager instance for local use.
@@ -333,6 +413,40 @@ spec:
         endpoint: https://mystorageaccount.blob.core.windows.net
         secretRef: azureblob-secret
 ```
+
+Example using GCP bucket: SearchHeadCluster.yaml
+
+```yaml
+apiVersion: enterprise.splunk.com/v4
+kind: SearchHeadCluster
+metadata:
+  name: shc
+  finalizers:
+    - enterprise.splunk.com/delete-pvc
+spec:
+  appRepo:
+    appsRepoPollIntervalSeconds: 900
+    defaults:
+      volumeName: volume_app_repo_us
+      scope: cluster
+    appSources:
+      - name: networkApps
+        location: networkAppsLoc/
+      - name: clusterBase
+        location: clusterBaseLoc/
+      - name: adminApps
+        location: adminAppsLoc/
+        scope: local
+    volumes:
+      - name: volume_app_repo_us
+        storageType: gcs
+        provider: gcp
+        path: bucket-app-framework/idxcAndCmApps/
+        endpoint: https://storage.googleapis.com
+        secretRef: gcs-secret
+
+```
+
 6. Apply the Custom Resource specification: `kubectl apply -f SearchHeadCluster.yaml`
 
 The App Framework detects the Splunk app or add-on archive files available in the App Source locations, and deploys the apps from the `adminApps`  folder to the Deployer instance for local use.
diff --git a/test/appframework_gcp/s1/appframework_gcs_test.go b/test/appframework_gcp/s1/appframework_gcs_test.go
index 069876f45..3526a866f 100644
--- a/test/appframework_gcp/s1/appframework_gcs_test.go
+++ b/test/appframework_gcp/s1/appframework_gcs_test.go
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ var _ = Describe("s1appfw test", func() {
 	})
 
 	Context("Standalone deployment (S1) with App Framework", func() {
-		It("smoke, s1, appframeworks1, appframework, gcp_sanity: can deploy a Standalone instance with App Framework enabled, install apps then upgrade them", func() {
+		It("smokegcp, s1gcp, appframeworks1gcp, appframeworkgcp, gcp_sanity: can deploy a Standalone instance with App Framework enabled, install apps then upgrade them", func() {
 
 			/* Test Steps
 			   ################## SETUP ####################
@@ -249,8 +249,8 @@ var _ = Describe("s1appfw test", func() {
 		})
 	})
 
-	XContext("Standalone deployment (S1) with App Framework", func() {
-		It("smoke, gcps1, appframeworkgcps1, appframeworkgcp, gcp_sanity: can deploy a Standalone instance with App Framework enabled, install apps then downgrade them", func() {
+	Context("Standalone deployment (S1) with App Framework", func() {
+		It("smokegcp, s1gcp, appframeworks1gcp, appframeworkgcp, gcp_sanity: can deploy a Standalone instance with App Framework enabled, install apps then downgrade them", func() {
 
 			/* Test Steps
 			   ################## SETUP ####################
@@ -412,8 +412,8 @@ var _ = Describe("s1appfw test", func() {
 		})
 	})
 
-	XContext("Standalone deployment (S1) with App Framework", func() {
-		It("s1, smoke, appframeworks1, appframework: can deploy a Standalone instance with App Framework enabled, install apps, scale up, install apps on new pod, scale down", func() {
+	Context("Standalone deployment (S1) with App Framework", func() {
+		It("s1gcp, smokegcp, appframeworks1gcp, appframeworkgcp: can deploy a Standalone instance with App Framework enabled, install apps, scale up, install apps on new pod, scale down", func() {
 
 			/* Test Steps
 			   ################## SETUP ####################
@@ -607,8 +607,8 @@ var _ = Describe("s1appfw test", func() {
 		})
 	})
 
-	XContext("Standalone deployment (S1) with App Framework", func() {
-		It("s1, integration, appframeworks1, appframework: can deploy a Standalone instance with App Framework enabled, install apps, scale up, upgrade apps", func() {
+	Context("Standalone deployment (S1) with App Framework", func() {
+		It("s1gcp, integrationgcp, appframeworks1gcp, appframeworkgcp: can deploy a Standalone instance with App Framework enabled, install apps, scale up, upgrade apps", func() {
 
 			/* Test Steps
 			   ################## SETUP ####################
@@ -741,8 +741,8 @@ var _ = Describe("s1appfw test", func() {
 	})
 
 	// ES App Installation not supported at the time. Will be added back at a later time.
-	XContext("Standalone deployment (S1) with App Framework", func() {
-		It("s1, integration, appframeworks1, appframework: can deploy a Standalone and have ES app installed", func() {
+	Context("Standalone deployment (S1) with App Framework", func() {
+		It("s1gcp, integrationgcp, appframeworks1gcp, appframeworkgcp: can deploy a Standalone and have ES app installed", func() {
 
 			/* Test Steps
 			   ################## SETUP ####################
@@ -842,8 +842,8 @@ var _ = Describe("s1appfw test", func() {
 		})
 	})
 
-	XContext("Standalone deployment (S1) with App Framework", func() {
-		It("integration, s1, appframeworks1, appframework: can deploy a Standalone instance with App Framework enabled and install around 350MB of apps at once", func() {
+	Context("Standalone deployment (S1) with App Framework", func() {
+		It("integrationgcp, s1gcp, appframeworks1gcp, appframeworkgcp: can deploy a Standalone instance with App Framework enabled and install around 350MB of apps at once", func() {
 
 			/* Test Steps
 			   ################## SETUP ####################
@@ -911,8 +911,8 @@ var _ = Describe("s1appfw test", func() {
 		})
 	})
 
-	XContext("Standalone deployment (S1) with App Framework", func() {
-		It("s1, smoke, appframeworks1, appframework: can deploy a standalone instance with App Framework enabled for manual poll", func() {
+	Context("Standalone deployment (S1) with App Framework", func() {
+		It("s1gcp, smokegcp, appframeworks1gcp, appframeworkgcp: can deploy a standalone instance with App Framework enabled for manual poll", func() {
 
 			/* Test Steps
 			   ################## SETUP ####################
@@ -1089,8 +1089,8 @@ var _ = Describe("s1appfw test", func() {
 		})
 	})
 
-	XContext("Standalone deployment (S1) with App Framework", func() {
-		It("integration, s1, appframeworks1, appframework: can deploy Several standalone CRs in the same namespace with App Framework enabled", func() {
+	Context("Standalone deployment (S1) with App Framework", func() {
+		It("integrationgcp, s1gcp, appframeworks1gcp, appframeworkgcp: can deploy Several standalone CRs in the same namespace with App Framework enabled", func() {
 
 			/* Test Steps
 			   ################## SETUP ####################
@@ -1190,8 +1190,8 @@ var _ = Describe("s1appfw test", func() {
 		})
 	})
 
-	XContext("Standalone deployment (S1) with App Framework", func() {
-		It("integration, s1, appframeworks1, appframework: can add new apps to app source while install is in progress and have all apps installed", func() {
+	Context("Standalone deployment (S1) with App Framework", func() {
+		It("integrationgcp, s1gcp, appframeworks1gcp, appframeworkgcp: can add new apps to app source while install is in progress and have all apps installed", func() {
 
 			/* Test Steps
 				################## SETUP ####################
@@ -1302,8 +1302,8 @@ var _ = Describe("s1appfw test", func() {
 		})
 	})
 
-	XContext("Standalone deployment (S1) with App Framework", func() {
-		It("integration, s1, appframeworks1, appframework: Deploy a Standalone instance with App Framework enabled and reset operator pod while app install is in progress", func() {
+	Context("Standalone deployment (S1) with App Framework", func() {
+		It("integrationgcp, s1gcp, appframeworks1gcp, appframeworkgcp: Deploy a Standalone instance with App Framework enabled and reset operator pod while app install is in progress", func() {
 
 			/* Test Steps
 				################## SETUP ####################
@@ -1398,8 +1398,8 @@ var _ = Describe("s1appfw test", func() {
 		})
 	})
 
-	XContext("Standalone deployment (S1) with App Framework", func() {
-		It("integration, s1, appframeworks1, appframework: Deploy a Standalone instance with App Framework enabled and reset operator pod while app download is in progress", func() {
+	Context("Standalone deployment (S1) with App Framework", func() {
+		It("integrationgcp, s1gcp, appframeworks1gcp, appframeworkgcp: Deploy a Standalone instance with App Framework enabled and reset operator pod while app download is in progress", func() {
 
 			/* Test Steps
 				################## SETUP ####################
@@ -1466,8 +1466,8 @@ var _ = Describe("s1appfw test", func() {
 		})
 	})
 
-	XContext("Standalone deployment (S1) with App Framework", func() {
-		It("integration, s1, appframeworks1, appframework: can deploy a Standalone instance with App Framework enabled, install an app then disable it and remove it from app source", func() {
+	Context("Standalone deployment (S1) with App Framework", func() {
+		It("integrationgcp, s1gcp, appframeworks1gcp, appframeworkgcp: can deploy a Standalone instance with App Framework enabled, install an app then disable it and remove it from app source", func() {
 
 			/* Test Steps
 			   ################## SETUP ####################
@@ -1560,8 +1560,8 @@ var _ = Describe("s1appfw test", func() {
 		})
 	})
 
-	XContext("Standalone deployment (S1) with App Framework", func() {
-		It("integration, s1, appframeworks1, appframework: can deploy a Standalone instance with App Framework enabled, attempt to update using incorrect S3 credentials", func() {
+	Context("Standalone deployment (S1) with App Framework", func() {
+		It("integrationgcp, s1gcp, appframeworks1gcp, appframeworkgcp: can deploy a Standalone instance with App Framework enabled, attempt to update using incorrect S3 credentials", func() {
 
 			/* Test Steps
 			   ################## SETUP ####################
@@ -1697,8 +1697,8 @@ var _ = Describe("s1appfw test", func() {
 		})
 	})
 
-	XContext("Standalone deployment (S1) with App Framework", func() {
-		It("integration, s1, appframeworks1, appframework: Deploy a Standalone instance with App Framework enabled and update apps after app download is completed", func() {
+	Context("Standalone deployment (S1) with App Framework", func() {
+		It("integrationgcp, s1gcp, appframeworks1gcp, appframeworkgcp: Deploy a Standalone instance with App Framework enabled and update apps after app download is completed", func() {
 
 			/* Test Steps
 			################## SETUP ####################
@@ -1781,8 +1781,8 @@ var _ = Describe("s1appfw test", func() {
 		})
 	})
 
-	XContext("Standalone deployment (S1) with App Framework", func() {
-		It("integration, s1, appframeworks1, appframework: can deploy a Standalone instance and install a bigger volume of apps than the operator PV disk space", func() {
+	Context("Standalone deployment (S1) with App Framework", func() {
+		It("integrationgcp, s1gcp, appframeworks1gcp, appframeworkgcp: can deploy a Standalone instance and install a bigger volume of apps than the operator PV disk space", func() {
 
 			/* Test Steps
 			   ################## SETUP ####################
@@ -1856,8 +1856,8 @@ var _ = Describe("s1appfw test", func() {
 		})
 	})
 
-	XContext("Standalone deployment (S1) with App Framework", func() {
-		It("integration, s1, appframeworks1, appframework: Deploy a Standalone instance with App Framework enabled and delete apps from app directory when app download is complete", func() {
+	Context("Standalone deployment (S1) with App Framework", func() {
+		It("integrationgcp, s1gcp, appframeworks1gcp, appframeworkgcp: Deploy a Standalone instance with App Framework enabled and delete apps from app directory when app download is complete", func() {
 
 			/* Test Steps
 				################## SETUP ####################
@@ -1927,8 +1927,8 @@ var _ = Describe("s1appfw test", func() {
 		})
 	})
 
-	XContext("Standalone deployment (S1) with App Framework", func() {
-		It("smoke, gcps1, appframeworkgcps1, appframeworkgcp, gcp_sanity: can deploy a Standalone instance with App Framework enabled, install apps and check isDeploymentInProgress is set for Standaloen and MC CR's", func() {
+	Context("Standalone deployment (S1) with App Framework", func() {
+		It("smokegcp, s1gcp, appframeworks1gcp, appframeworkgcp, gcp_sanity: can deploy a Standalone instance with App Framework enabled, install apps and check isDeploymentInProgress is set for Standaloen and MC CR's", func() {
 
 			/* Test Steps
 			   ################## SETUP ####################