diff --git a/frontend/src/components/resourceMap/KubeObjectGlance/KubeObjectGlance.tsx b/frontend/src/components/resourceMap/KubeObjectGlance/KubeObjectGlance.tsx
index 79a1b6a2761..cd042c5398b 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/resourceMap/KubeObjectGlance/KubeObjectGlance.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/resourceMap/KubeObjectGlance/KubeObjectGlance.tsx
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import HPA from '../../../lib/k8s/hpa';
 import Pod from '../../../lib/k8s/pod';
 import ReplicaSet from '../../../lib/k8s/replicaSet';
 import Service from '../../../lib/k8s/service';
+import StatefulSet from '../../../lib/k8s/statefulSet';
 import { DateLabel } from '../../common/Label';
 import { DeploymentGlance } from './DeploymentGlance';
 import { EndpointsGlance } from './EndpointsGlance';
@@ -46,32 +47,30 @@ export const KubeObjectGlance = memo(({ resource }: { resource: KubeObject }) =>
     );
   }, []);
 
-  const kind = resource.kind;
-
   const sections = [];
 
-  if (kind === 'Pod') {
-    sections.push(<PodGlance pod={resource as Pod} />);
+  if (Pod.isClassOf(resource)) {
+    sections.push(<PodGlance pod={resource} />);
   }
 
-  if (kind === 'Deployment') {
-    sections.push(<DeploymentGlance deployment={resource as Deployment} />);
+  if (Deployment.isClassOf(resource)) {
+    sections.push(<DeploymentGlance deployment={resource} />);
   }
 
-  if (kind === 'Service') {
-    sections.push(<ServiceGlance service={resource as Service} />);
+  if (Service.isClassOf(resource)) {
+    sections.push(<ServiceGlance service={resource} />);
   }
 
-  if (kind === 'Endpoints') {
-    sections.push(<EndpointsGlance endpoints={resource as Endpoints} />);
+  if (Endpoints.isClassOf(resource)) {
+    sections.push(<EndpointsGlance endpoints={resource} />);
   }
 
-  if (kind === 'ReplicaSet' || kind === 'StatefulSet') {
-    sections.push(<ReplicaSetGlance set={resource as ReplicaSet} />);
+  if (ReplicaSet.isClassOf(resource) || StatefulSet.isClassOf(resource)) {
+    sections.push(<ReplicaSetGlance set={resource} />);
   }
 
-  if (kind === 'HorizontalPodAutoscaler') {
-    sections.push(<HorizontalPodAutoscalerGlance hpa={resource as HPA} />);
+  if (HPA.isClassOf(resource)) {
+    sections.push(<HorizontalPodAutoscalerGlance hpa={resource} />);
   }
 
   if (events.length > 0) {
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/resourceMap/KubeObjectGlance/ReplicaSetGlance.tsx b/frontend/src/components/resourceMap/KubeObjectGlance/ReplicaSetGlance.tsx
index 619c8d9c053..8afc26eae6c 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/resourceMap/KubeObjectGlance/ReplicaSetGlance.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/resourceMap/KubeObjectGlance/ReplicaSetGlance.tsx
@@ -16,10 +16,11 @@
 
 import { Box } from '@mui/system';
 import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next';
-import ReplicaSet from '../../../lib/k8s/replicaSet';
+import type ReplicaSet from '../../../lib/k8s/replicaSet';
+import type StatefulSet from '../../../lib/k8s/statefulSet';
 import { StatusLabel } from '../../common/Label';
 
-export function ReplicaSetGlance({ set }: { set: ReplicaSet }) {
+export function ReplicaSetGlance({ set }: { set: ReplicaSet | StatefulSet }) {
   const { t } = useTranslation();
   const ready = set.status?.readyReplicas || 0;
   const desired = set.spec?.replicas || 0;
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/resourceMap/graph/graphFiltering.test.ts b/frontend/src/components/resourceMap/graph/graphFiltering.test.ts
index 894fbc6a1f7..fc7c45337f1 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/resourceMap/graph/graphFiltering.test.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/components/resourceMap/graph/graphFiltering.test.ts
@@ -14,32 +14,41 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
+import App from '../../../App';
 import { KubeMetadata } from '../../../lib/k8s/KubeMetadata';
-import { KubeObject } from '../../../lib/k8s/KubeObject';
+import Pod from '../../../lib/k8s/pod';
 import { filterGraph, GraphFilter } from './graphFiltering';
 import { GraphEdge, GraphNode } from './graphModel';
 
+// circular dependency fix
+// eslint-disable-next-line no-unused-vars
+const _dont_delete_me = App;
+
 describe('filterGraph', () => {
   const nodes: GraphNode[] = [
     {
       id: '1',
-      kubeObject: { metadata: { namespace: 'ns1', name: 'node1' } as KubeMetadata } as KubeObject,
+      kubeObject: new Pod({
+        kind: 'Pod',
+        metadata: { namespace: 'ns1', name: 'node1' },
+        status: {},
+      } as any),
     },
     {
       id: '2',
-      kubeObject: {
+      kubeObject: new Pod({
         kind: 'Pod',
         metadata: { namespace: 'ns2' } as KubeMetadata,
         status: { phase: 'Failed' },
-      } as any,
+      } as any),
     },
     {
       id: '3',
-      kubeObject: { metadata: { namespace: 'ns3' } as KubeMetadata } as KubeObject,
+      kubeObject: new Pod({ kind: 'Pod', metadata: { namespace: 'ns3' }, status: {} } as any),
     },
     {
       id: '4',
-      kubeObject: { metadata: { namespace: 'ns3' } as KubeMetadata } as KubeObject,
+      kubeObject: new Pod({ kind: 'Pod', metadata: { namespace: 'ns3' }, status: {} } as any),
     },
   ];
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/resourceMap/nodes/KubeObjectStatus.tsx b/frontend/src/components/resourceMap/nodes/KubeObjectStatus.tsx
index 1daf0819650..f721e4367bd 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/resourceMap/nodes/KubeObjectStatus.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/resourceMap/nodes/KubeObjectStatus.tsx
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ function getPodStatus(pod: Pod): KubeObjectStatus {
  * Not all kinds of resources have a status and/or supported
  */
 export function getStatus(w: KubeObject): KubeObjectStatus {
-  if (w.kind === 'Pod') return getPodStatus(w as Pod);
+  if (Pod.isClassOf(w)) return getPodStatus(w);
 
   if (['DaemonSet', 'ReplicaSet', 'StatefulSet', 'Deployment'].includes(w.kind)) {
     const workload = w as Workload;
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/resourceMap/sources/definitions/graphDefinitionUtils.tsx b/frontend/src/components/resourceMap/sources/definitions/graphDefinitionUtils.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2991d92777f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/components/resourceMap/sources/definitions/graphDefinitionUtils.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2025 The Kubernetes Authors
+ *
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+import type { KubeObjectClass } from '../../../../lib/k8s/KubeObject';
+
+/** Create a unique API resource ID consisting of the API group name and kind */
+export function makeKubeSourceId(kubeObjectClass: KubeObjectClass) {
+  const group = kubeObjectClass.apiGroupName;
+
+  return group ? group + '/' + kubeObjectClass.kind : kubeObjectClass.kind;
+}
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/resourceMap/sources/definitions/relations.tsx b/frontend/src/components/resourceMap/sources/definitions/relations.tsx
index 8ef61360136..03c58e84ff9 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/resourceMap/sources/definitions/relations.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/resourceMap/sources/definitions/relations.tsx
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ import StatefulSet from '../../../../lib/k8s/statefulSet';
 import ValidatingWebhookConfiguration from '../../../../lib/k8s/validatingWebhookConfiguration';
 import { useNamespaces } from '../../../../redux/filterSlice';
 import { Relation } from '../../graph/graphModel';
+import { makeKubeSourceId } from './graphDefinitionUtils';
 
 /**
  * Check if the given item has matching labels
@@ -62,8 +63,8 @@ const makeRelation = <From extends KubeObjectClass, To extends KubeObjectClass>(
   to: To,
   selector: (a: InstanceType<From>, b: InstanceType<To>) => unknown
 ): Relation => ({
-  fromSource: from.kind,
-  toSource: to.kind,
+  fromSource: makeKubeSourceId(from),
+  toSource: makeKubeSourceId(to),
   predicate(fromNode, toNode) {
     const fromObject = fromNode.kubeObject as InstanceType<From>;
     const toObject = toNode.kubeObject as InstanceType<To>;
@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@ const makeRelation = <From extends KubeObjectClass, To extends KubeObjectClass>(
 });
 
 const makeOwnerRelation = (cl: KubeObjectClass): Relation => ({
-  fromSource: cl.kind,
+  fromSource: makeKubeSourceId(cl),
   predicate(from, to) {
     const obj = from.kubeObject as KubeObject;
 
@@ -85,7 +86,7 @@ const makeOwnerRelation = (cl: KubeObjectClass): Relation => ({
 });
 
 const makeOwnerRelationReversed = (cl: KubeObjectClass): Relation => ({
-  fromSource: cl.kind,
+  fromSource: makeKubeSourceId(cl),
   predicate(from, to) {
     const obj = to.kubeObject as KubeObject;
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/resourceMap/sources/definitions/sources.tsx b/frontend/src/components/resourceMap/sources/definitions/sources.tsx
index 333d091857a..6142a40a9c4 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/resourceMap/sources/definitions/sources.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/resourceMap/sources/definitions/sources.tsx
@@ -51,12 +51,13 @@ import { useNamespaces } from '../../../../redux/filterSlice';
 import { GraphSource } from '../../graph/graphModel';
 import { getKindGroupColor, KubeIcon } from '../../kubeIcon/KubeIcon';
 import { makeKubeObjectNode } from '../GraphSources';
+import { makeKubeSourceId } from './graphDefinitionUtils';
 
 /**
  * Create a GraphSource from KubeObject class definition
  */
 const makeKubeSource = (cl: KubeObjectClass): GraphSource => ({
-  id: cl.kind,
+  id: makeKubeSourceId(cl),
   label: cl.apiName,
   icon: <KubeIcon kind={cl.kind as any} />,
   useData() {
@@ -72,6 +73,8 @@ const generateCRSources = (crds: CRD[]): GraphSource[] => {
   for (const crd of crds) {
     const [group] = crd.getMainAPIGroup();
     const source = makeKubeSource(crd.makeCRClass());
+    // Add crd prefix to avoid id clashes with resources already defined in other places
+    source.id = 'crd-' + source.id;
 
     if (!groupedSources.has(group)) {
       groupedSources.set(group, []);
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/k8s/KubeObject.ts b/frontend/src/lib/k8s/KubeObject.ts
index 8b5dcf5b994..0b20e587dc3 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/k8s/KubeObject.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/k8s/KubeObject.ts
@@ -122,6 +122,41 @@ export class KubeObject<T extends KubeObjectInterface | KubeEvent = any> {
     return this.kind;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Get name of the API group of this resource
+   * for example will return batch for CronJob
+   *
+   * For core group, like Pods, it will return undefined
+   *
+   * API group reference https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/using-api/#api-groups
+   */
+  static get apiGroupName(): string | undefined {
+    // Get any of the versions, group will be the same
+    const apiVersion = typeof this.apiVersion === 'string' ? this.apiVersion : this.apiVersion[0];
+
+    if (!apiVersion.includes('/')) return;
+
+    return apiVersion.split('/')[0];
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Type guard to check if a KubeObject instance belongs to this class.
+   * Compares API group name and kind to determine if the instance matches.
+   * This works even if class definitions are duplicated and should be used
+   * instead of `instanceof`.
+   *
+   * @param maybeInstance - The KubeObject instance to check.
+   * @returns True if the instance is of this class type, with narrowed type.
+   */
+  static isClassOf<K extends KubeObjectClass>(
+    this: K,
+    maybeInstance: KubeObject
+  ): maybeInstance is InstanceType<K> {
+    return (
+      maybeInstance._class().apiGroupName === this.apiGroupName && maybeInstance.kind === this.kind
+    );
+  }
+
   static get pluralName(): string {
     // This is a naive way to get the plural name of the object by default. It will
     // work in most cases, but for exceptions (like Ingress), we must override this.