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[EKS]: Cascading Delete of Cluster Resources

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**Tell us about your request**
Allow for cascading deletion of related AWS infrastructure resources when a cluster is deleted. This includes EC2 instances, Fargate profiles, EBS volumes, Subnets, Security Groups, Load Balancers, etc...

Should be tunable and controllable as part of the deletion request.

**Which service(s) is this request for?**
EKS

**Tell us about the problem you're trying to solve. What are you trying to do, and why is it hard?**
Removing the need to delete all the managed node groups when I go to delete an EKS cluster.

**Are you currently working around this issue?**
CloudFormation or TerraForm. Manual clean up.

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Research direction

No repository files, tests, or implementation entry points are identified. Start by clarifying the intended EKS deletion scope and which listed resources AWS should control, then review the existing cluster deletion behavior and determine how completion would be verified.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
aws, kubernetes
Domain
cloud, infrastructure
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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