Description of problem:
Uninstallation of ODF is stuck in deleting namespace "openshift-storage" due to 'Some content in the namespace has finalizers remaining: ocs-client-operator.ocs.openshift.io/storageused in 1 resource instances'

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
ocs-registry:4.16.0-84

How reproducible:
1/1

Steps to Reproduce:
1. uninstall ODF using KCS https://access.redhat.com/articles/6525111
2.
3.

Actual results:

step 5, still contains entries

$ for i in $(oc get node -l cluster.ocs.openshift.io/openshift-storage= -o jsonpath='

'); do oc debug node/${i} – chroot /host ls -l /var/lib/rook; done

Starting pod/compute-0-debug-4c2qj ...
To use host binaries, run `chroot /host`
total 0
drwxr-xr-x. 2 167 167 67 Apr 23 12:26 exporter
drwxr-xr-x. 5 root root 125 Apr 23 07:26 openshift-storage

Removing debug pod ...
Starting pod/compute-1-debug-97k5d ...
To use host binaries, run `chroot /host`
total 0
drwxr-xr-x. 2 167 167 90 Apr 23 12:26 exporter
drwxr-xr-x. 5 root root 125 Apr 23 07:26 openshift-storage

Removing debug pod ...
Starting pod/compute-2-debug-42h7k ...
To use host binaries, run `chroot /host`
total 0
drwxr-xr-x. 2 167 167 90 Apr 23 12:26 exporter
drwxr-xr-x. 5 root root 125 Apr 23 07:26 openshift-storage

Removing debug pod ...
$

After step 7 , openshift-storage is in terminating stage.

$ oc get project openshift-storage

NAME DISPLAY NAME STATUS
openshift-storage Terminating

Expected results:

uninstallation should complete without any issues

Additional info:

$ oc get project openshift-storage -o yaml
apiVersion: project.openshift.io/v1
kind: Project
metadata:
annotations:
openshift.io/sa.scc.mcs: s0:c26,c20
openshift.io/sa.scc.supplemental-groups: 1000690000/10000
openshift.io/sa.scc.uid-range: 1000690000/10000
reclaimspace.csiaddons.openshift.io/schedule: '@weekly'
creationTimestamp: "2024-04-23T07:19:49Z"
deletionTimestamp: "2024-04-23T12:36:28Z"
labels:
kubernetes.io/metadata.name: openshift-storage
olm.operatorgroup.uid/1b09746f-e150-4b88-bb75-fa8c5fa6d4fc: ""
openshift.io/cluster-monitoring: "true"
pod-security.kubernetes.io/audit: privileged
pod-security.kubernetes.io/audit-version: v1.24
pod-security.kubernetes.io/enforce: privileged
pod-security.kubernetes.io/enforce-version: v1.24
pod-security.kubernetes.io/warn: privileged
pod-security.kubernetes.io/warn-version: v1.24
security.openshift.io/scc.podSecurityLabelSync: "true"
name: openshift-storage
resourceVersion: "238385"
uid: 1dac99b1-d7f9-4f44-8763-f25cc8b9899f
spec:
finalizers:

• kubernetes
  status:
  conditions:
• lastTransitionTime: "2024-04-23T12:36:42Z"
  message: All resources successfully discovered
  reason: ResourcesDiscovered
  status: "False"
  type: NamespaceDeletionDiscoveryFailure
• lastTransitionTime: "2024-04-23T12:36:42Z"
  message: All legacy kube types successfully parsed
  reason: ParsedGroupVersions
  status: "False"
  type: NamespaceDeletionGroupVersionParsingFailure
• lastTransitionTime: "2024-04-23T12:36:42Z"
  message: All content successfully deleted, may be waiting on finalization
  reason: ContentDeleted
  status: "False"
  type: NamespaceDeletionContentFailure
• lastTransitionTime: "2024-04-23T12:36:42Z"
  message: 'Some resources are remaining: configmaps. has 1 resource instances'
  reason: SomeResourcesRemain
  status: "True"
  type: NamespaceContentRemaining
• lastTransitionTime: "2024-04-23T12:36:42Z"
  message: 'Some content in the namespace has finalizers remaining: ocs-client-operator.ocs.openshift.io/storageused
  in 1 resource instances'
  reason: SomeFinalizersRemain
  status: "True"
  type: NamespaceFinalizersRemaining
  phase: Terminating

> no resources found for StorageClient
$ oc get storageclients.ocs.openshift.io -n openshift-storage
No resources found
$

$ oc get csv -n openshift-storage
No resources found in openshift-storage namespace.
$

> request is to provide steps needed to uninstall ODF