Answer
Due to stuck finalizers, runtime issues, volume problems, or network partitions.
Quick Answer
Pods get stuck in Terminating when a finalizer is preventing deletion — the controller responsible for removing the finalizer never does so (it might be dead or buggy). You can force-delete with kubectl delete pod --force --grace-period=0, but this bypasses cleanup logic. Investigate which finalizer is blocking before force-deleting.
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