This script will terminate a given namespace, even if its stuck in the terminating state. Note that this will not trigger any ressource cleanup.

finalize namespace stuck in terminating state

echo ATTENTION: THIS IS UNSAFE!

echo Which namespace would you like me to terminate\?

read NAMESPACE_TO_DESTROY

echo I will terminate namespace $NAMESPACE_TO_DESTROY\!
(
    kubectl proxy &
    kubectl get namespace $NAMESPACE_TO_DESTROY -o json |jq '.spec = {"finalizers":[]}' >temp.json
    curl -k -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X PUT --data-binary @temp.json 127.0.0.1:8001/api/v1/namespaces/$NAMESPACE_TO_DESTROY/finalize
)