[huskcass]

The main-branch E2E run 40069498015 failed "reaches RouteStuck when the route finalizer is never cleared".

The controller behaved correctly: it set status.deletion.outcome=RouteStuck and emitted a Warning RouteStuck event, then, in the same second, uninstalled the release, released the service and dropped its finalizer (the chart has no pods to wait on). The spec polled status.deletion.outcome with kubectl every 200ms, missed the sub-second window in which the object still existed, and timed out.

Fix: assert on the RouteStuck event instead, the same way the force-delete spec checks PodForceDeleted. Events outlive the object (default TTL 1h), so the check no longer races the release. The follow-up checks (service gone, ModelRoute finalizer still present) are unchanged.

Also:

• eventsContain now filters on involvedObject.kind=LLMService as well as the name; both callers look for events on the LLMService.
• deletionOutcome is removed, as it has no remaining callers.

[huskcass]

No blockers at 5810ca9.

Verdict: test-only fix for a test-timing race (RouteStuck -> Released happens in one reconcile pass when no pods remain); the event assertion is sound for CI.
— Review Golden