What will happen to resources inside a namespace if the namespace is deleted?

What will happen to resources inside a namespace if the namespace is deleted?

• A. The resources will also be deleted
• B. The resources are moved to kube-public
• C. The resources become cluster-scoped
• D. The resources are preserved but without namespace

Answer: (A)

Deleting a namespace triggers cascading deletion of all resources defined inside that namespace. The namespace serves as a boundary, so when it is removed, every namespaced object within it—pods, services, deployments, configmaps, secrets, and more—gets deleted along with it. Resources aren’t moved to kube-public, nor do they become cluster-scoped or survive without a namespace. Cluster-scoped resources (like nodes) are unaffected because they aren’t contained in a namespace.

Deleting a namespace triggers cascading deletion of all resources defined inside that namespace. The namespace serves as a boundary, so when it is removed, every namespaced object within it—pods, services, deployments, configmaps, secrets, and more—gets deleted along with it. Resources aren’t moved to kube-public, nor do they become cluster-scoped or survive without a namespace. Cluster-scoped resources (like nodes) are unaffected because they aren’t contained in a namespace.