Set default terminationGracePeriod to 30m in KarpenterNodePools to prevent nodes from getting stuck in Deleting state (#1526)

Author: fiunchinho

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Changed
+
+- Set `terminationGracePeriod` default to 30m, to avoid having `karpenter` nodes stuck in `Deleting` state due to `Pods` blocking the deletion i.e. PDBs.
+
 ## [6.0.0] - 2025-10-15
 
 ### Changed

helm/cluster-aws/templates/_karpenter_machine_pools.tpl

@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ spec:
         {{- end }}
         {{- end }}
         {{- with $value.terminationGracePeriod }}
-        terminationGracePeriod: {{ . }}
+        terminationGracePeriod: {{ . | default "30m" }}
         {{- end }}
 ---
 {{ end }}