Helm stucking at "Uninstalling" Status

Sometimes if we do not pay attention to the helm release uninstallation order, like we removed one release which includes CRDs and then we try to remove a customized resource which does not have a reference or finalization, that means this resource will cause resource recycle stuck, in other words, the helm release stucks at "uninstalling" status.

There is a quick fix which can easily sort it out.

helm plugin install https://github.com/helm/helm-mapkubeapis

helm mapkubeapis RELEASE_NAME
helm del RELEASE_NAME

If this did not help, then delete secret for each version

helm hist releasename
kubectl get secrets
k delete secrets sh.helm.release.v1.name.VERSION-N

Refer

https://github.com/helm/helm/issues/11513#issuecomment-1461323751

https://github.com/helm/helm-mapkubeapis

https://medium.com/@calvineotieno010/no-i-cannot-delete-it-when-helm-refuses-to-delete-a-release-ac9c64919e2b