diff --git a/CHANGES/1751.deprecation b/CHANGES/1751.deprecation
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0aa486def
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CHANGES/1751.deprecation
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Deprecated the Manifest `is_flatpak` and `is_bootable` fields in favor of the new `type` field.
diff --git a/CHANGES/1751.feature b/CHANGES/1751.feature
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4d39daf8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CHANGES/1751.feature
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Introduced the `type` field on the Manifests endpoint to enable easier differentiation of image
+types.
diff --git a/pulp_container/app/management/commands/container-handle-image-data.py b/pulp_container/app/management/commands/container-handle-image-data.py
index a8635f1e7..53c118933 100644
--- a/pulp_container/app/management/commands/container-handle-image-data.py
+++ b/pulp_container/app/management/commands/container-handle-image-data.py
@@ -39,10 +39,14 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
     def handle(self, *args, **options):
         manifests_updated_count = 0
 
-        manifests_v1 = Manifest.objects.filter(data__isnull=True, media_type=MEDIA_TYPE.MANIFEST_V1)
+        manifests_v1 = Manifest.objects.filter(
+            Q(media_type=MEDIA_TYPE.MANIFEST_V1), Q(data__isnull=True) | Q(type__isnull=True)
+        )
         manifests_updated_count += self.update_manifests(manifests_v1)
 
-        manifests_v2 = Manifest.objects.filter(Q(data__isnull=True) | Q(annotations={}, labels={}))
+        manifests_v2 = Manifest.objects.filter(
+            Q(data__isnull=True) | Q(annotations={}, labels={}) | Q(type__isnull=True)
+        )
         manifests_v2 = manifests_v2.exclude(
             media_type__in=[MEDIA_TYPE.MANIFEST_LIST, MEDIA_TYPE.INDEX_OCI, MEDIA_TYPE.MANIFEST_V1]
         )
@@ -68,6 +72,15 @@ def handle(self, *args, **options):
     def update_manifests(self, manifests_qs):
         manifests_updated_count = 0
         manifests_to_update = []
+        fields_to_update = [
+            "annotations",
+            "labels",
+            "is_bootable",
+            "is_flatpak",
+            "data",
+            "type",
+        ]
+
         for manifest in manifests_qs.iterator():
             # suppress non-existing/already migrated artifacts and corrupted JSON files
             with suppress(ObjectDoesNotExist, JSONDecodeError):
@@ -76,7 +89,6 @@ def update_manifests(self, manifests_qs):
                     manifests_to_update.append(manifest)
 
             if len(manifests_to_update) > 1000:
-                fields_to_update = ["annotations", "labels", "is_bootable", "is_flatpak", "data"]
                 manifests_qs.model.objects.bulk_update(
                     manifests_to_update,
                     fields_to_update,
@@ -85,7 +97,6 @@ def update_manifests(self, manifests_qs):
                 manifests_to_update.clear()
 
         if manifests_to_update:
-            fields_to_update = ["annotations", "labels", "is_bootable", "is_flatpak", "data"]
             manifests_qs.model.objects.bulk_update(
                 manifests_to_update,
                 fields_to_update,
@@ -100,11 +111,12 @@ def init_manifest(self, manifest):
             manifest_data, raw_bytes_data = get_content_data(manifest_artifact)
             manifest.data = raw_bytes_data.decode("utf-8")
 
-            if not (manifest.annotations or manifest.labels):
+            if not (manifest.annotations or manifest.labels or manifest.type):
                 manifest.init_metadata(manifest_data)
 
             manifest._artifacts.clear()
-
             return True
 
+        elif not manifest.type:
+            return manifest.init_image_nature()
         return False
diff --git a/pulp_container/app/migrations/0042_add_manifest_nature_field.py b/pulp_container/app/migrations/0042_add_manifest_nature_field.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..73b3c304c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pulp_container/app/migrations/0042_add_manifest_nature_field.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Generated by Django 4.2.16 on 2024-10-21 19:14
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('container', '0041_add_pull_through_pull_permissions'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name='manifest',
+            name='type',
+            field=models.CharField(null=True),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/pulp_container/app/models.py b/pulp_container/app/models.py
index b96701c92..7c67f5bfb 100644
--- a/pulp_container/app/models.py
+++ b/pulp_container/app/models.py
@@ -32,7 +32,13 @@
 
 from . import downloaders
 from pulp_container.app.utils import get_content_data
-from pulp_container.constants import MEDIA_TYPE, SIGNATURE_TYPE
+from pulp_container.constants import (
+    COSIGN_MEDIA_TYPES,
+    MANIFEST_MEDIA_TYPES,
+    MANIFEST_TYPE,
+    MEDIA_TYPE,
+    SIGNATURE_TYPE,
+)
 
 
 logger = getLogger(__name__)
@@ -72,6 +78,7 @@ class Manifest(Content):
         digest (models.TextField): The manifest digest.
         schema_version (models.IntegerField): The manifest schema version.
         media_type (models.TextField): The manifest media type.
+        type (models.TextField): The manifest's type (flatpak, bootable, signature, etc.).
         data (models.TextField): The manifest's data in text format.
         annotations (models.JSONField): Metadata stored inside the image manifest.
         labels (models.JSONField): Metadata stored inside the image configuration.
@@ -99,12 +106,15 @@ class Manifest(Content):
     digest = models.TextField(db_index=True)
     schema_version = models.IntegerField()
     media_type = models.TextField(choices=MANIFEST_CHOICES)
+    type = models.CharField(null=True)
     data = models.TextField(null=True)
 
     annotations = models.JSONField(default=dict)
     labels = models.JSONField(default=dict)
 
+    # DEPRECATED: this field is deprecated and will be removed in a future release.
     is_bootable = models.BooleanField(default=False)
+    # DEPRECATED: this field is deprecated and will be removed in a future release.
     is_flatpak = models.BooleanField(default=False)
 
     blobs = models.ManyToManyField(Blob, through="BlobManifest")
@@ -154,40 +164,93 @@ def init_image_nature(self):
             return self.init_manifest_nature()
 
     def init_manifest_list_nature(self):
+        updated_type = False
+        if not self.type:
+            self.type = MANIFEST_TYPE.UNKNOWN
+            updated_type = True
+
         for manifest in self.listed_manifests.all():
             # it suffices just to have a single manifest of a specific nature;
             # there is no case where the manifest is both bootable and flatpak-based
-            if manifest.is_bootable:
+            if manifest.type == MANIFEST_TYPE.BOOTABLE:
+                self.type = MANIFEST_TYPE.BOOTABLE
                 self.is_bootable = True
                 return True
-            elif manifest.is_flatpak:
+            elif manifest.type == MANIFEST_TYPE.FLATPAK:
+                self.type = MANIFEST_TYPE.FLATPAK
                 self.is_flatpak = True
                 return True
 
-        return False
+        return updated_type
 
     def init_manifest_nature(self):
         if self.is_bootable_image():
+            # DEPRECATED: is_bootable is deprecated and will be removed in a future release.
             self.is_bootable = True
+            self.type = MANIFEST_TYPE.BOOTABLE
             return True
         elif self.is_flatpak_image():
+            # DEPRECATED: is_flatpak is deprecated and will be removed in a future release.
             self.is_flatpak = True
+            self.type = MANIFEST_TYPE.FLATPAK
             return True
-        else:
-            return False
+        elif self.is_helm_chart():
+            self.type = MANIFEST_TYPE.HELM
+            return True
+        elif media_type := self.is_cosign():
+            self.type = self.get_cosign_type(media_type)
+            return True
+        elif self.is_manifest_image():
+            self.type = MANIFEST_TYPE.IMAGE
+            return True
+
+        return False
 
     def is_bootable_image(self):
-        if (
+        return (
             self.annotations.get("containers.bootc") == "1"
             or self.labels.get("containers.bootc") == "1"
-        ):
-            return True
-        else:
-            return False
+        )
 
     def is_flatpak_image(self):
         return True if self.labels.get("org.flatpak.ref") else False
 
+    def is_manifest_image(self):
+        return self.media_type in MANIFEST_MEDIA_TYPES.IMAGE
+
+    @property
+    def json_manifest(self):
+        return json.loads(self.data)
+
+    def is_cosign(self):
+        try:
+            # layers is not a mandatory field
+            layers = self.json_manifest["layers"]
+        except KeyError:
+            return False
+
+        for layer in layers:
+            if layer["mediaType"] in COSIGN_MEDIA_TYPES:
+                return layer["mediaType"]
+        return False
+
+    def get_cosign_type(self, media_type):
+        if media_type in MEDIA_TYPE.COSIGN_SBOM:
+            return MANIFEST_TYPE.COSIGN_SBOM
+
+        cosign_types_mapping = {
+            MEDIA_TYPE.COSIGN_BLOB: MANIFEST_TYPE.COSIGN_SIGNATURE,
+            MEDIA_TYPE.COSIGN_ATTESTATION: MANIFEST_TYPE.COSIGN_ATTESTATION,
+            MEDIA_TYPE.COSIGN_ATTESTATION_BUNDLE: MANIFEST_TYPE.COSIGN_ATTESTATION_BUNDLE,
+        }
+        return cosign_types_mapping.get(media_type)
+
+    def is_helm_chart(self):
+        try:
+            return self.json_manifest["config"]["mediaType"] == MEDIA_TYPE.CONFIG_BLOB_HELM
+        except KeyError:
+            return False
+
     class Meta:
         default_related_name = "%(app_label)s_%(model_name)s"
         unique_together = ("digest",)
diff --git a/pulp_container/app/registry_api.py b/pulp_container/app/registry_api.py
index 83c95e78e..0d8606fce 100644
--- a/pulp_container/app/registry_api.py
+++ b/pulp_container/app/registry_api.py
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@
 )
 from pulp_container.constants import (
     EMPTY_BLOB,
+    MANIFEST_TYPE,
     SIGNATURE_API_EXTENSION_VERSION,
     SIGNATURE_HEADER,
     SIGNATURE_PAYLOAD_MAX_SIZE,
@@ -1213,6 +1214,11 @@ def put(self, request, path, pk=None):
                 ManifestInvalid(digest=manifest_digest)
 
             manifest_list = self._init_manifest(manifest_digest, media_type, raw_text_data)
+            manifest_list.type = MANIFEST_TYPE.UNKNOWN
+            for manifest in found_manifests:
+                if manifest.type in [MANIFEST_TYPE.BOOTABLE, MANIFEST_TYPE.FLATPAK]:
+                    manifest_list.type = manifest.type
+                    break
             manifest_list = self._save_manifest(manifest_list)
 
             manifests_to_list = []
@@ -1235,6 +1241,9 @@ def put(self, request, path, pk=None):
             )
             manifest = manifest_list
 
+            # DEPRECATED: is_bootable and is_flatpak are deprecated and will be removed in a
+            #             future release. Keeping this block for now to avoid introducing a bug or
+            #             a regression.
             # once relations for listed manifests are established, it is
             # possible to initialize the nature of the manifest list
             if manifest.init_manifest_list_nature():
diff --git a/pulp_container/app/serializers.py b/pulp_container/app/serializers.py
index 1287e49fe..3203dd538 100644
--- a/pulp_container/app/serializers.py
+++ b/pulp_container/app/serializers.py
@@ -64,6 +64,11 @@ class ManifestSerializer(NoArtifactContentSerializer):
     digest = serializers.CharField(help_text="sha256 of the Manifest file")
     schema_version = serializers.IntegerField(help_text="Manifest schema version")
     media_type = serializers.CharField(help_text="Manifest media type of the file")
+    type = serializers.CharField(
+        help_text="Manifest type (flatpak, bootable, signature, etc.).",
+        required=False,
+        default=None,
+    )
     listed_manifests = DetailRelatedField(
         many=True,
         help_text="Manifests that are referenced by this Manifest List",
@@ -93,15 +98,23 @@ class ManifestSerializer(NoArtifactContentSerializer):
         help_text=_("Property describing metadata stored inside the image configuration"),
     )
 
+    # DEPRECATED: this field is deprecated and will be removed in a future release.
     is_bootable = serializers.BooleanField(
         required=False,
         default=False,
-        help_text=_("A boolean determining whether users can boot from an image or not."),
+        help_text=_(
+            "A boolean determining whether users can boot from an image or not."
+            "[deprecated] check type field instead"
+        ),
     )
+    # DEPRECATED: this field is deprecated and will be removed in a future release.
     is_flatpak = serializers.BooleanField(
         required=False,
         default=False,
-        help_text=_("A boolean determining whether the image bundles a Flatpak application"),
+        help_text=_(
+            "A boolean determining whether the image bundles a Flatpak application."
+            "[deprecated] check type field instead"
+        ),
     )
 
     class Meta:
@@ -116,6 +129,7 @@ class Meta:
             "labels",
             "is_bootable",
             "is_flatpak",
+            "type",
         )
         model = models.Manifest
 
diff --git a/pulp_container/app/tasks/builder.py b/pulp_container/app/tasks/builder.py
index 80d87b339..0739242aa 100644
--- a/pulp_container/app/tasks/builder.py
+++ b/pulp_container/app/tasks/builder.py
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ def add_image_from_directory_to_repository(path, repository, tag):
 
     with repository.new_version() as new_repo_version:
         manifest_json = json.loads(manifest_text_data)
+        manifest.init_metadata(manifest_json)
 
         config_blob = get_or_create_blob(manifest_json["config"], manifest, path)
         manifest.config_blob = config_blob
diff --git a/pulp_container/app/tasks/sync_stages.py b/pulp_container/app/tasks/sync_stages.py
index 15ade2596..436eed0c2 100644
--- a/pulp_container/app/tasks/sync_stages.py
+++ b/pulp_container/app/tasks/sync_stages.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 from pulpcore.plugin.stages import DeclarativeArtifact, DeclarativeContent, Stage, ContentSaver
 
 from pulp_container.constants import (
+    MANIFEST_TYPE,
     MEDIA_TYPE,
     SIGNATURE_API_EXTENSION_VERSION,
     SIGNATURE_HEADER,
@@ -287,9 +288,21 @@ async def resolve_flush(self):
         self.manifest_dcs.clear()
 
         for manifest_list_dc in self.manifest_list_dcs:
+            manifest_list_type = MANIFEST_TYPE.UNKNOWN
             for listed_manifest in manifest_list_dc.extra_data["listed_manifests"]:
                 # Just await here. They will be associated in the post_save hook.
                 await listed_manifest["manifest_dc"].resolution()
+
+                # if manifestlist type is not defined as "unknown" we already checked its nature,
+                # in this case, there is no need to verify the other manifests from list
+                if manifest_list_type != MANIFEST_TYPE.UNKNOWN and listed_manifest[
+                    "manifest_dc"
+                ].content.type in [
+                    MANIFEST_TYPE.BOOTABLE,
+                    MANIFEST_TYPE.FLATPAK,
+                ]:
+                    manifest_list_type = listed_manifest["manifest_dc"].content.type
+            manifest_list_dc.content.type = manifest_list_type
             await self.put(manifest_list_dc)
         self.manifest_list_dcs.clear()
 
@@ -392,6 +405,7 @@ def create_manifest(self, manifest_data, raw_text_data, media_type, digest=None)
             annotations=manifest_data.get("annotations", {}),
         )
 
+        manifest.init_manifest_nature()
         manifest_dc = DeclarativeContent(content=manifest)
         return manifest_dc
 
@@ -644,6 +658,8 @@ def _post_save(self, batch):
         if manifest_list_manifests:
             ManifestListManifest.objects.bulk_create(manifest_list_manifests, ignore_conflicts=True)
 
+        # DEPRECATED: is_bootable/is_flatpak are deprecated and will be removed in a future release.
+        # keeping this block for now to avoid introducing a bug or a regression
         # after creating the relation between listed manifests and manifest lists,
         # it is possible to initialize the nature of the corresponding manifest lists
         for ml in manifest_lists:
diff --git a/pulp_container/constants.py b/pulp_container/constants.py
index 8d6463481..3479aa1cb 100644
--- a/pulp_container/constants.py
+++ b/pulp_container/constants.py
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@
     FOREIGN_BLOB_OCI_TAR_GZIP="application/vnd.oci.image.layer.nondistributable.v1.tar+gzip",
     FOREIGN_BLOB_OCI_TAR_ZSTD="application/vnd.oci.image.layer.nondistributable.v1.tar+zstd",
     OCI_EMPTY_JSON="application/vnd.oci.empty.v1+json",
+    CONFIG_BLOB_HELM="application/vnd.cncf.helm.config.v1+json",
+    COSIGN_BLOB="application/vnd.dev.cosign.simplesigning.v1+json",
+    COSIGN_ATTESTATION="application/vnd.dsse.envelope.v1+json",
+    COSIGN_ATTESTATION_BUNDLE="application/vnd.dev.sigstore.bundle.v0.3+json",
 )
 
 V2_ACCEPT_HEADERS = {
@@ -71,3 +75,34 @@
 SIGNATURE_PAYLOAD_MAX_SIZE = 4 * MEGABYTE
 
 SIGNATURE_API_EXTENSION_VERSION = 2
+
+MANIFEST_TYPE = SimpleNamespace(
+    IMAGE="image",
+    BOOTABLE="bootable",
+    FLATPAK="flatpak",
+    HELM="helm",
+    COSIGN_SIGNATURE="cosign_signature",
+    COSIGN_ATTESTATION="cosign_attestation",
+    COSIGN_ATTESTATION_BUNDLE="cosign_attestation_bundle",
+    COSIGN_SBOM="cosign_sbom",
+    UNKNOWN="unknown",
+)
+
+# COSIGN SPEC
+# note: SBOM attachments are deprecated and support will be removed in a Cosign release soon
+COSIGN_SBOM_FORMATS = ["application/vnd.cyclonedx", "text/spdx", "application/vnd.syft+json"]
+COSIGN_SBOM_FORMATS_SUFFIXES = ["xml", "json"]
+COSIGN_SBOM_FORMATS_WITH_SUFFIXES = [
+    f"{sbom_formats}+{sbom_suffixes}"
+    for sbom_formats in COSIGN_SBOM_FORMATS
+    if sbom_formats != "application/vnd.syft+json"  # syft is a JSON only format
+    for sbom_suffixes in COSIGN_SBOM_FORMATS_SUFFIXES
+]
+
+MEDIA_TYPE.COSIGN_SBOM = COSIGN_SBOM_FORMATS + COSIGN_SBOM_FORMATS_WITH_SUFFIXES
+COSIGN_MEDIA_TYPES = [
+    *MEDIA_TYPE.COSIGN_SBOM,
+    MEDIA_TYPE.COSIGN_BLOB,
+    MEDIA_TYPE.COSIGN_ATTESTATION,
+    MEDIA_TYPE.COSIGN_ATTESTATION_BUNDLE,
+]
diff --git a/pulp_container/tests/functional/api/test_build_images.py b/pulp_container/tests/functional/api/test_build_images.py
index 00574123d..3980246b0 100644
--- a/pulp_container/tests/functional/api/test_build_images.py
+++ b/pulp_container/tests/functional/api/test_build_images.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 from pulp_smash.pulp3.bindings import monitor_task
 
 from pulpcore.client.pulp_container import ApiException, ContainerContainerDistribution
+from pulp_container.constants import MANIFEST_TYPE
 
 
 @pytest.fixture
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@ def _build_image(repository, containerfile=None, containerfile_name=None, build_
 
 def test_build_image_with_uploaded_containerfile(
     build_image,
+    check_manifest_fields,
     containerfile_name,
     container_distribution_api,
     container_repo,
@@ -85,6 +87,9 @@ def test_build_image_with_uploaded_containerfile(
     local_registry.pull(distribution.base_path)
     image = local_registry.inspect(distribution.base_path)
     assert image[0]["Config"]["Cmd"] == ["cat", "/tmp/inside-image.txt"]
+    assert check_manifest_fields(
+        manifest_filters={"digest": image[0]["Digest"]}, fields={"type": MANIFEST_TYPE.IMAGE}
+    )
 
 
 def test_build_image_from_repo_version_with_anon_user(
diff --git a/pulp_container/tests/functional/api/test_pull_through_cache.py b/pulp_container/tests/functional/api/test_pull_through_cache.py
index f4f6ac01d..3eb170e50 100644
--- a/pulp_container/tests/functional/api/test_pull_through_cache.py
+++ b/pulp_container/tests/functional/api/test_pull_through_cache.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 from subprocess import CalledProcessError
 from uuid import uuid4
 
+from pulp_container.constants import MANIFEST_TYPE
 from pulp_container.tests.functional.constants import (
     REGISTRY_V2,
     PULP_HELLO_WORLD_REPO,
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ def _add_pull_through_entities_to_cleanup(path):
 def pull_and_verify(
     anonymous_user,
     add_pull_through_entities_to_cleanup,
+    check_manifest_fields,
     container_pull_through_distribution_api,
     container_distribution_api,
     container_repository_api,
@@ -59,6 +61,12 @@ def _pull_and_verify(images, pull_through_distribution):
             local_registry.pull(local_image_path)
             local_image = local_registry.inspect(local_image_path)
 
+            # 1.1. check pulp manifest model fields
+            assert check_manifest_fields(
+                manifest_filters={"digest": local_image[0]["Digest"]},
+                fields={"type": MANIFEST_TYPE.IMAGE},
+            )
+
             path, tag = local_image_path.split(":")
             tags_to_verify.append(tag)
 
diff --git a/pulp_container/tests/functional/api/test_push_content.py b/pulp_container/tests/functional/api/test_push_content.py
index baf659f62..07898ba34 100644
--- a/pulp_container/tests/functional/api/test_push_content.py
+++ b/pulp_container/tests/functional/api/test_push_content.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     PulpTestCase,
 )
 
-from pulp_container.constants import MEDIA_TYPE
+from pulp_container.constants import MEDIA_TYPE, MANIFEST_TYPE
 
 from pulp_container.tests.functional.api import rbac_base
 from pulp_container.tests.functional.constants import REGISTRY_V2_REPO_PULP
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ def test_push_using_registry_client_admin(
     add_to_cleanup,
     registry_client,
     local_registry,
+    check_manifest_fields,
     container_namespace_api,
 ):
     """Test push with official registry client and logged in as admin."""
@@ -48,6 +49,14 @@ def test_push_using_registry_client_admin(
     registry_client.pull(image_path)
     local_registry.tag_and_push(image_path, local_url)
     local_registry.pull(local_url)
+
+    # check pulp manifest model fields
+    local_image = local_registry.inspect(local_url)
+    assert check_manifest_fields(
+        manifest_filters={"digest": local_image[0]["Digest"]},
+        fields={"type": MANIFEST_TYPE.IMAGE},
+    )
+
     # ensure that same content can be pushed twice without permission errors
     local_registry.tag_and_push(image_path, local_url)
 
diff --git a/pulp_container/tests/functional/api/test_sync.py b/pulp_container/tests/functional/api/test_sync.py
index bfb088fdd..d2d534fe7 100644
--- a/pulp_container/tests/functional/api/test_sync.py
+++ b/pulp_container/tests/functional/api/test_sync.py
@@ -3,9 +3,11 @@
 import pytest
 from pulpcore.tests.functional.utils import PulpTaskError
 
-from pulp_container.tests.functional.constants import PULP_FIXTURE_1, PULP_LABELED_FIXTURE
-
+from pulp_container.constants import MEDIA_TYPE, MANIFEST_TYPE
 from pulp_container.tests.functional.constants import (
+    PULP_FIXTURE_1,
+    PULP_LABELED_FIXTURE,
+    PULP_HELLO_WORLD_LINUX_AMD64_DIGEST,
     REGISTRY_V2_FEED_URL,
 )
 
@@ -39,13 +41,29 @@ def _synced_container_repository_factory(
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parallel
-def test_basic_sync(container_repo, container_remote, container_repository_api, container_sync):
-    container_sync(container_repo, container_remote)
+def test_basic_sync(
+    check_manifest_fields,
+    container_repo,
+    container_remote,
+    container_repository_api,
+    container_sync,
+):
+    repo_version = container_sync(container_repo, container_remote).created_resources[0]
     repository = container_repository_api.read(container_repo.pulp_href)
 
     assert "versions/1/" in repository.latest_version_href
 
     latest_version_href = repository.latest_version_href
+
+    assert check_manifest_fields(
+        manifest_filters={
+            "repository_version": repo_version,
+            "media_type": [MEDIA_TYPE.MANIFEST_V2],
+            "digest": PULP_HELLO_WORLD_LINUX_AMD64_DIGEST,
+        },
+        fields={"type": MANIFEST_TYPE.IMAGE},
+    )
+
     container_sync(
         container_repo, container_remote
     )  # We expect that this second sync doesn't create a new repo version
diff --git a/pulp_container/tests/functional/conftest.py b/pulp_container/tests/functional/conftest.py
index 4152eedeb..bcae14793 100644
--- a/pulp_container/tests/functional/conftest.py
+++ b/pulp_container/tests/functional/conftest.py
@@ -461,3 +461,16 @@ def _pull_through_distribution(includes=None, excludes=None, private=False):
         return distribution
 
     return _pull_through_distribution
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def check_manifest_fields(container_manifest_api):
+    def _check_manifest_fields(**kwargs):
+        manifest = container_manifest_api.list(**kwargs["manifest_filters"])
+        manifest = manifest.to_dict()["results"][0]
+        for key in kwargs["fields"]:
+            if manifest[key] != kwargs["fields"][key]:
+                return False
+        return True
+
+    return _check_manifest_fields