[release-1.11] 🌱 e2e: allow usage of v1beta1 and v1beta2 for MachinePools in clusterctl upgrade (#13023)

* test: fix MachinePool on upgrades to use correct struct for infrastructureRef

* fix e2e

Author: chrischdi

test/e2e/clusterctl_upgrade.go

@@ -1006,16 +1006,33 @@ func calculateExpectedMachinePoolMachineCount(ctx context.Context, c client.Clie
 		client.MatchingLabels{clusterv1.ClusterNameLabel: workloadClusterName},
 	); err == nil {
 		for _, mp := range machinePoolList.Items {
-			ref := &corev1.ObjectReference{}
-			err = util.UnstructuredUnmarshalField(&mp, ref, "spec", "template", "spec", "infrastructureRef")
-			if err != nil && !errors.Is(err, util.ErrUnstructuredFieldNotFound) {
-				return 0, err
-			}
+			var infraMachinePool *unstructured.Unstructured
+
+			// Fallback to v1beta1's objectReference
+			if coreCAPIStorageVersion == "v1beta1" {
+				ref := &corev1.ObjectReference{}
+				err = util.UnstructuredUnmarshalField(&mp, ref, "spec", "template", "spec", "infrastructureRef")
+				if err != nil && !errors.Is(err, util.ErrUnstructuredFieldNotFound) {
+					return 0, err
+				}
 
-			infraMachinePool, err := external.Get(ctx, c, ref)
-			if err != nil {
-				return 0, err
+				infraMachinePool, err = external.Get(ctx, c, ref)
+				if err != nil {
+					return 0, err
+				}
+			} else {
+				ref := clusterv1.ContractVersionedObjectReference{}
+				err = util.UnstructuredUnmarshalField(&mp, &ref, "spec", "template", "spec", "infrastructureRef")
+				if err != nil && !errors.Is(err, util.ErrUnstructuredFieldNotFound) {
+					return 0, err
+				}
+
+				infraMachinePool, err = external.GetObjectFromContractVersionedRef(ctx, c, ref, mp.GetNamespace())
+				if err != nil {
+					return 0, err
+				}
 			}
+
 			// Check if the InfraMachinePool has an infrastructureMachineKind field. If it does not, we should skip checking for MachinePool machines.
 			err = util.UnstructuredUnmarshalField(infraMachinePool, ptr.To(""), "status", "infrastructureMachineKind")
 			if err != nil && !errors.Is(err, util.ErrUnstructuredFieldNotFound) {