Add Gateway API ELB cleanup support for eksctl cluster deletion

go.mod

@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/kops v1.33.1
 	k8s.io/kubelet v0.35.0
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20260108192941-914a6e750570
+	sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api v1.4.1
 	sigs.k8s.io/mdtoc v1.4.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.6.0
 )
@@ -193,7 +194,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/docker/distribution v2.8.3+incompatible // indirect
 	github.com/docker/docker-credential-helpers v0.9.3 // indirect
 	github.com/dustin/go-humanize v1.0.1 // indirect
-	github.com/emicklei/go-restful/v3 v3.12.2 // indirect
+	github.com/emicklei/go-restful/v3 v3.13.0 // indirect
 	github.com/erikgeiser/coninput v0.0.0-20211004153227-1c3628e74d0f // indirect
 	github.com/ettle/strcase v0.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/evanphx/json-patch v5.9.11+incompatible // indirect
@@ -212,9 +213,9 @@ require (
 	github.com/go-ini/ini v1.67.0 // indirect
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.3 // indirect
 	github.com/go-logr/stdr v1.2.2 // indirect
-	github.com/go-openapi/jsonpointer v0.21.0 // indirect
+	github.com/go-openapi/jsonpointer v0.21.2 // indirect
 	github.com/go-openapi/jsonreference v0.21.0 // indirect
-	github.com/go-openapi/swag v0.23.0 // indirect
+	github.com/go-openapi/swag v0.23.1 // indirect
 	github.com/go-task/slim-sprig/v3 v3.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/go-toolsmith/astcast v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/go-toolsmith/astcopy v1.1.0 // indirect
@@ -346,7 +347,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.23.2 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.6.2 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/common v0.66.1 // indirect
-	github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.16.1 // indirect
+	github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.17.0 // indirect
 	github.com/quasilyte/go-ruleguard v0.4.5 // indirect
 	github.com/quasilyte/go-ruleguard/dsl v0.3.23 // indirect
 	github.com/quasilyte/gogrep v0.5.0 // indirect
@@ -430,8 +431,8 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/time v0.12.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/tools v0.40.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/api v0.239.0 // indirect
-	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20250818200422-3122310a409c // indirect
-	google.golang.org/grpc v1.75.0 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20250826171959-ef028d996bc1 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/grpc v1.75.1 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.10 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/evanphx/json-patch.v4 v4.13.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/inf.v0 v0.9.1 // indirect
@@ -441,7 +442,7 @@ require (
 	honnef.co/go/tools v0.6.1 // indirect
 	k8s.io/apiserver v0.35.0 // indirect
 	k8s.io/component-base v0.35.0 // indirect
-	k8s.io/gengo/v2 v2.0.0-20250604051438-85fd79dbfd9f // indirect
+	k8s.io/gengo/v2 v2.0.0-20250820003526-c297c0c1eb9d // indirect
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.130.1 // indirect
 	k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20250910181357-589584f1c912 // indirect
 	k8s.io/kubectl v0.34.0 // indirect

go.sum

@@ -313,8 +313,9 @@ github.com/docker/go-metrics v0.0.1/go.mod h1:cG1hvH2utMXtqgqqYE9plW6lDxS3/5ayHz
 github.com/dustin/go-humanize v1.0.1 h1:GzkhY7T5VNhEkwH0PVJgjz+fX1rhBrR7pRT3mDkpeCY=
 github.com/dustin/go-humanize v1.0.1/go.mod h1:Mu1zIs6XwVuF/gI1OepvI0qD18qycQx+mFykh5fBlto=
 github.com/emicklei/go-restful/v3 v3.11.0/go.mod h1:6n3XBCmQQb25CM2LCACGz8ukIrRry+4bhvbpWn3mrbc=
-github.com/emicklei/go-restful/v3 v3.12.2 h1:DhwDP0vY3k8ZzE0RunuJy8GhNpPL6zqLkDf9B/a0/xU=
 github.com/emicklei/go-restful/v3 v3.12.2/go.mod h1:6n3XBCmQQb25CM2LCACGz8ukIrRry+4bhvbpWn3mrbc=
+github.com/emicklei/go-restful/v3 v3.13.0 h1:C4Bl2xDndpU6nJ4bc1jXd+uTmYPVUwkD6bFY/oTyCes=
+github.com/emicklei/go-restful/v3 v3.13.0/go.mod h1:6n3XBCmQQb25CM2LCACGz8ukIrRry+4bhvbpWn3mrbc=
 github.com/erikgeiser/coninput v0.0.0-20211004153227-1c3628e74d0f h1:Y/CXytFA4m6baUTXGLOoWe4PQhGxaX0KpnayAqC48p4=
 github.com/erikgeiser/coninput v0.0.0-20211004153227-1c3628e74d0f/go.mod h1:vw97MGsxSvLiUE2X8qFplwetxpGLQrlU1Q9AUEIzCaM=
 github.com/ettle/strcase v0.2.0 h1:fGNiVF21fHXpX1niBgk0aROov1LagYsOwV/xqKDKR/Q=
@@ -379,15 +380,17 @@ github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.3/go.mod h1:9T104GzyrTigFIr8wt5mBrctHMim0Nb2HLGrmQ4
 github.com/go-logr/stdr v1.2.2 h1:hSWxHoqTgW2S2qGc0LTAI563KZ5YKYRhT3MFKZMbjag=
 github.com/go-logr/stdr v1.2.2/go.mod h1:mMo/vtBO5dYbehREoey6XUKy/eSumjCCveDpRre4VKE=
 github.com/go-openapi/jsonpointer v0.19.6/go.mod h1:osyAmYz/mB/C3I+WsTTSgw1ONzaLJoLCyoi6/zppojs=
-github.com/go-openapi/jsonpointer v0.21.0 h1:YgdVicSA9vH5RiHs9TZW5oyafXZFc6+2Vc1rr/O9oNQ=
 github.com/go-openapi/jsonpointer v0.21.0/go.mod h1:IUyH9l/+uyhIYQ/PXVA41Rexl+kOkAPDdXEYns6fzUY=
+github.com/go-openapi/jsonpointer v0.21.2 h1:AqQaNADVwq/VnkCmQg6ogE+M3FOsKTytwges0JdwVuA=
+github.com/go-openapi/jsonpointer v0.21.2/go.mod h1:50I1STOfbY1ycR8jGz8DaMeLCdXiI6aDteEdRNNzpdk=
 github.com/go-openapi/jsonreference v0.20.1/go.mod h1:Bl1zwGIM8/wsvqjsOQLJ/SH+En5Ap4rVB5KVcIDZG2k=
 github.com/go-openapi/jsonreference v0.20.2/go.mod h1:Bl1zwGIM8/wsvqjsOQLJ/SH+En5Ap4rVB5KVcIDZG2k=
 github.com/go-openapi/jsonreference v0.21.0 h1:Rs+Y7hSXT83Jacb7kFyjn4ijOuVGSvOdF2+tg1TRrwQ=
 github.com/go-openapi/jsonreference v0.21.0/go.mod h1:LmZmgsrTkVg9LG4EaHeY8cBDslNPMo06cago5JNLkm4=
 github.com/go-openapi/swag v0.22.3/go.mod h1:UzaqsxGiab7freDnrUUra0MwWfN/q7tE4j+VcZ0yl14=
-github.com/go-openapi/swag v0.23.0 h1:vsEVJDUo2hPJ2tu0/Xc+4noaxyEffXNIs3cOULZ+GrE=
 github.com/go-openapi/swag v0.23.0/go.mod h1:esZ8ITTYEsH1V2trKHjAN8Ai7xHb8RV+YSZ577vPjgQ=
+github.com/go-openapi/swag v0.23.1 h1:lpsStH0n2ittzTnbaSloVZLuB5+fvSY/+hnagBjSNZU=
+github.com/go-openapi/swag v0.23.1/go.mod h1:STZs8TbRvEQQKUA+JZNAm3EWlgaOBGpyFDqQnDHMef0=
 github.com/go-quicktest/qt v1.101.0 h1:O1K29Txy5P2OK0dGo59b7b0LR6wKfIhttaAhHUyn7eI=
 github.com/go-quicktest/qt v1.101.0/go.mod h1:14Bz/f7NwaXPtdYEgzsx46kqSxVwTbzVZsDC26tQJow=
 github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql v1.8.1 h1:LedoTUt/eveggdHS9qUFC1EFSa8bU2+1pZjSRpvNJ1Y=
@@ -695,8 +698,8 @@ github.com/mfridman/tparse v0.18.0 h1:wh6dzOKaIwkUGyKgOntDW4liXSo37qg5AXbIhkMV3v
 github.com/mfridman/tparse v0.18.0/go.mod h1:gEvqZTuCgEhPbYk/2lS3Kcxg1GmTxxU7kTC8DvP0i/A=
 github.com/mgechev/revive v1.12.0 h1:Q+/kkbbwerrVYPv9d9efaPGmAO/NsxwW/nE6ahpQaCU=
 github.com/mgechev/revive v1.12.0/go.mod h1:VXsY2LsTigk8XU9BpZauVLjVrhICMOV3k1lpB3CXrp8=
-github.com/miekg/dns v1.1.62 h1:cN8OuEF1/x5Rq6Np+h1epln8OiyPWV+lROx9LxcGgIQ=
-github.com/miekg/dns v1.1.62/go.mod h1:mvDlcItzm+br7MToIKqkglaGhlFMHJ9DTNNWONWXbNQ=
+github.com/miekg/dns v1.1.68 h1:jsSRkNozw7G/mnmXULynzMNIsgY2dHC8LO6U6Ij2JEA=
+github.com/miekg/dns v1.1.68/go.mod h1:fujopn7TB3Pu3JM69XaawiU0wqjpL9/8xGop5UrTPps=
 github.com/mitchellh/copystructure v1.2.0 h1:vpKXTN4ewci03Vljg/q9QvCGUDttBOGBIa15WveJJGw=
 github.com/mitchellh/copystructure v1.2.0/go.mod h1:qLl+cE2AmVv+CoeAwDPye/v+N2HKCj9FbZEVFJRxO9s=
 github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir v1.1.0 h1:lukF9ziXFxDFPkA1vsr5zpc1XuPDn/wFntq5mG+4E0Y=
@@ -851,8 +854,8 @@ github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.6.2 h1:oBsgwpGs7iVziMvrGhE53c/GrLUsZdHnqNw
 github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.6.2/go.mod h1:y3m2F6Gdpfy6Ut/GBsUqTWZqCUvMVzSfMLjcu6wAwpE=
 github.com/prometheus/common v0.66.1 h1:h5E0h5/Y8niHc5DlaLlWLArTQI7tMrsfQjHV+d9ZoGs=
 github.com/prometheus/common v0.66.1/go.mod h1:gcaUsgf3KfRSwHY4dIMXLPV0K/Wg1oZ8+SbZk/HH/dA=
-github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.16.1 h1:hZ15bTNuirocR6u0JZ6BAHHmwS1p8B4P6MRqxtzMyRg=
-github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.16.1/go.mod h1:teAbpZRB1iIAJYREa1LsoWUXykVXA1KlTmWl8x/U+Is=
+github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.17.0 h1:FuLQ+05u4ZI+SS/w9+BWEM2TXiHKsUQ9TADiRH7DuK0=
+github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.17.0/go.mod h1:oPQLaDAMRbA+u8H5Pbfq+dl3VDAvHxMUOVhe0wYB2zw=
 github.com/quasilyte/go-ruleguard v0.4.5 h1:AGY0tiOT5hJX9BTdx/xBdoCubQUAE2grkqY2lSwvZcA=
 github.com/quasilyte/go-ruleguard v0.4.5/go.mod h1:Vl05zJ538vcEEwu16V/Hdu7IYZWyKSwIy4c88Ro1kRE=
 github.com/quasilyte/go-ruleguard/dsl v0.3.23 h1:lxjt5B6ZCiBeeNO8/oQsegE6fLeCzuMRoVWSkXC4uvY=
@@ -1349,10 +1352,10 @@ google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20250603155806-513f23925822 h1:rHWScKit0gvAPuO
 google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20250603155806-513f23925822/go.mod h1:HubltRL7rMh0LfnQPkMH4NPDFEWp0jw3vixw7jEM53s=
 google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20250707201910-8d1bb00bc6a7 h1:FiusG7LWj+4byqhbvmB+Q93B/mOxJLN2DTozDuZm4EU=
 google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20250707201910-8d1bb00bc6a7/go.mod h1:kXqgZtrWaf6qS3jZOCnCH7WYfrvFjkC51bM8fz3RsCA=
-google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20250818200422-3122310a409c h1:qXWI/sQtv5UKboZ/zUk7h+mrf/lXORyI+n9DKDAusdg=
-google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20250818200422-3122310a409c/go.mod h1:gw1tLEfykwDz2ET4a12jcXt4couGAm7IwsVaTy0Sflo=
-google.golang.org/grpc v1.75.0 h1:+TW+dqTd2Biwe6KKfhE5JpiYIBWq865PhKGSXiivqt4=
-google.golang.org/grpc v1.75.0/go.mod h1:JtPAzKiq4v1xcAB2hydNlWI2RnF85XXcV0mhKXr2ecQ=
+google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20250826171959-ef028d996bc1 h1:pmJpJEvT846VzausCQ5d7KreSROcDqmO388w5YbnltA=
+google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20250826171959-ef028d996bc1/go.mod h1:GmFNa4BdJZ2a8G+wCe9Bg3wwThLrJun751XstdJt5Og=
+google.golang.org/grpc v1.75.1 h1:/ODCNEuf9VghjgO3rqLcfg8fiOP0nSluljWFlDxELLI=
+google.golang.org/grpc v1.75.1/go.mod h1:JtPAzKiq4v1xcAB2hydNlWI2RnF85XXcV0mhKXr2ecQ=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v0.0.0-20200109180630-ec00e32a8dfd/go.mod h1:DFci5gLYBciE7Vtevhsrf46CRTquxDuWsQurQQe4oz8=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v0.0.0-20200221191635-4d8936d0db64/go.mod h1:kwYJMbMJ01Woi6D6+Kah6886xMZcty6N08ah7+eCXa0=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v0.0.0-20200228230310-ab0ca4ff8a60/go.mod h1:cfTl7dwQJ+fmap5saPgwCLgHXTUD7jkjRqWcaiX5VyM=
@@ -1416,8 +1419,9 @@ k8s.io/code-generator v0.34.1 h1:WpphT26E+j7tEgIUfFr5WfbJrktCGzB3JoJH9149xYc=
 k8s.io/code-generator v0.34.1/go.mod h1:DeWjekbDnJWRwpw3s0Jat87c+e0TgkxoR4ar608yqvg=
 k8s.io/component-base v0.34.1 h1:v7xFgG+ONhytZNFpIz5/kecwD+sUhVE6HU7qQUiRM4A=
 k8s.io/component-base v0.34.1/go.mod h1:mknCpLlTSKHzAQJJnnHVKqjxR7gBeHRv0rPXA7gdtQ0=
-k8s.io/gengo/v2 v2.0.0-20250604051438-85fd79dbfd9f h1:SLb+kxmzfA87x4E4brQzB33VBbT2+x7Zq9ROIHmGn9Q=
 k8s.io/gengo/v2 v2.0.0-20250604051438-85fd79dbfd9f/go.mod h1:EJykeLsmFC60UQbYJezXkEsG2FLrt0GPNkU5iK5GWxU=
+k8s.io/gengo/v2 v2.0.0-20250820003526-c297c0c1eb9d h1:qUrYOinhdAUL0xxhA4gPqogPBaS9nIq2l2kTb6pmeB0=
+k8s.io/gengo/v2 v2.0.0-20250820003526-c297c0c1eb9d/go.mod h1:EJykeLsmFC60UQbYJezXkEsG2FLrt0GPNkU5iK5GWxU=
 k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.2.0/go.mod h1:Od+F08eJP+W3HUb4pSrPpgp9DGU4GzlpG/TmITuYh/Y=
 k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.80.1/go.mod h1:y1WjHnz7Dj687irZUWR/WLkLc5N1YHtjLdmgWjndZn0=
 k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.130.1 h1:n9Xl7H1Xvksem4KFG4PYbdQCQxqc/tTUyrgXaOhHSzk=
@@ -1443,6 +1447,8 @@ oras.land/oras-go/v2 v2.6.0 h1:X4ELRsiGkrbeox69+9tzTu492FMUu7zJQW6eJU+I2oc=
 oras.land/oras-go/v2 v2.6.0/go.mod h1:magiQDfG6H1O9APp+rOsvCPcW1GD2MM7vgnKY0Y+u1o=
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.23.1 h1:TjJSM80Nf43Mg21+RCy3J70aj/W6KyvDtOlpKf+PupE=
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.23.1/go.mod h1:B6COOxKptp+YaUT5q4l6LqUJTRpizbgf9KSRNdQGns0=
+sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api v1.4.1 h1:NPxFutNkKNa8UfLd2CMlEuhIPMQgDQ6DXNKG9sHbJU8=
+sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api v1.4.1/go.mod h1:AR5RSqciWP98OPckEjOjh2XJhAe2Na4LHyXD2FUY7Qk=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20221116044647-bc3834ca7abd/go.mod h1:B8JuhiUyNFVKdsE8h686QcCxMaH6HrOAZj4vswFpcB0=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20241014173422-cfa47c3a1cc8/go.mod h1:mdzfpAEoE6DHQEN0uh9ZbOCuHbLK5wOm7dK4ctXE9Tg=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20250730193827-2d320260d730 h1:IpInykpT6ceI+QxKBbEflcR5EXP7sU1kvOlxwZh5txg=

pkg/actions/cluster/delete.go

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 	ekstypes "github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/eks/types"
 
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/rest"
 
 	"github.com/kris-nova/logger"
 
@@ -59,8 +60,20 @@ func deleteSharedResources(ctx context.Context, cfg *api.ClusterConfig, ctl *eks
 
 		cfg.Metadata.Version = *ctl.Status.ClusterInfo.Cluster.Version
 
-		logger.Info("cleaning up AWS load balancers created by Kubernetes objects of Kind Service or Ingress")
-		if err := elb.Cleanup(ctx, ctl.AWSProvider.EC2(), ctl.AWSProvider.ELB(), ctl.AWSProvider.ELBV2(), clientSet, cfg); err != nil {
+		// Create rest.Config for Gateway API cleanup
+		// If this fails, we'll pass nil and skip Gateway cleanup but continue with Service/Ingress
+		var restConfig *rest.Config
+		if ctl.KubeProvider != nil {
+			rawClient, err := ctl.NewRawClient(cfg)
+			if err != nil {
+				logger.Warning("failed to create Kubernetes client for Gateway API cleanup, will skip Gateway resources: %v", err)
+			} else if rawClient != nil {
+				restConfig = rawClient.RestConfig()
+			}
+		}
+
+		logger.Info("cleaning up AWS load balancers created by Kubernetes objects of Kind Service, Ingress, or Gateway")
+		if err := elb.Cleanup(ctx, ctl.AWSProvider.EC2(), ctl.AWSProvider.ELB(), ctl.AWSProvider.ELBV2(), clientSet, restConfig, cfg); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 	}

pkg/actions/cluster/export_test.go

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package cluster
 
 import (
+	"github.com/weaveworks/eksctl/pkg/eks"
 	"github.com/weaveworks/eksctl/pkg/kubernetes"
 )
 
@@ -24,6 +25,14 @@ func (c *OwnedCluster) SetNewNodeGroupDrainer(newNodeGroupDrainer func(kubernete
 	c.newNodeGroupDrainer = newNodeGroupDrainer
 }
 
+func (c *OwnedCluster) MockKubeProvider(k eks.KubeProvider) {
+	c.ctl.KubeProvider = k
+}
+
+func (c *UnownedCluster) MockKubeProvider(k eks.KubeProvider) {
+	c.ctl.KubeProvider = k
+}
+
 func SetProviderConstructor(f ProviderConstructor) {
 	newClusterProvider = f
 }

pkg/actions/cluster/owned_test.go

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/weaveworks/eksctl/pkg/cfn/manager/fakes"
 	"github.com/weaveworks/eksctl/pkg/ctl/cmdutils"
 	"github.com/weaveworks/eksctl/pkg/eks"
+	eksfakes "github.com/weaveworks/eksctl/pkg/eks/fakes"
 	"github.com/weaveworks/eksctl/pkg/kubernetes"
 	"github.com/weaveworks/eksctl/pkg/testutils"
 	"github.com/weaveworks/eksctl/pkg/testutils/mockprovider"
@@ -119,6 +120,11 @@ var _ = Describe("Delete", func() {
 			c := cluster.NewOwnedCluster(cfg, ctl, nil, fakeStackManager, autoModeDeleter)
 			fakeClientSet = fake.NewSimpleClientset()
 
+			// Mock KubeProvider to return nil for NewRawClient (Gateway API not available)
+			fakeKubeProvider := &eksfakes.FakeKubeProvider{}
+			fakeKubeProvider.NewRawClientReturns(nil, nil)
+			c.MockKubeProvider(fakeKubeProvider)
+
 			c.SetNewClientSet(func() (kubernetes.Interface, error) {
 				return fakeClientSet, nil
 			})
@@ -187,6 +193,11 @@ var _ = Describe("Delete", func() {
 				c := cluster.NewOwnedCluster(cfg, ctl, nil, fakeStackManager, autoModeDeleter)
 				fakeClientSet = fake.NewSimpleClientset()
 
+				// Mock KubeProvider to return nil for NewRawClient (Gateway API not available)
+				fakeKubeProvider := &eksfakes.FakeKubeProvider{}
+				fakeKubeProvider.NewRawClientReturns(nil, nil)
+				c.MockKubeProvider(fakeKubeProvider)
+
 				c.SetNewClientSet(func() (kubernetes.Interface, error) {
 					return fakeClientSet, nil
 				})
@@ -252,6 +263,11 @@ var _ = Describe("Delete", func() {
 				c := cluster.NewOwnedCluster(cfg, ctl, nil, fakeStackManager, autoModeDeleter)
 				fakeClientSet = fake.NewSimpleClientset()
 
+				// Mock KubeProvider to return nil for NewRawClient (Gateway API not available)
+				fakeKubeProvider := &eksfakes.FakeKubeProvider{}
+				fakeKubeProvider.NewRawClientReturns(nil, nil)
+				c.MockKubeProvider(fakeKubeProvider)
+
 				c.SetNewClientSet(func() (kubernetes.Interface, error) {
 					return fakeClientSet, nil
 				})
@@ -320,6 +336,12 @@ var _ = Describe("Delete", func() {
 			}, nil)
 
 			c := cluster.NewOwnedCluster(cfg, ctl, nil, fakeStackManager, autoModeDeleter)
+
+			// Mock KubeProvider to return nil for NewRawClient (Gateway API not available)
+			fakeKubeProvider := &eksfakes.FakeKubeProvider{}
+			fakeKubeProvider.NewRawClientReturns(nil, nil)
+			c.MockKubeProvider(fakeKubeProvider)
+
 			c.SetNewNodeGroupDrainer(func(clientSet kubernetes.Interface) cluster.NodeGroupDrainer {
 				mockedDrainer := &drainerMockOwned{}
 				mockedDrainer.On("Drain", mock.Anything).Return(nil)

pkg/actions/cluster/unowned_test.go

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/weaveworks/eksctl/pkg/cfn/manager/fakes"
 	"github.com/weaveworks/eksctl/pkg/ctl/cmdutils"
 	"github.com/weaveworks/eksctl/pkg/eks"
+	eksfakes "github.com/weaveworks/eksctl/pkg/eks/fakes"
 	"github.com/weaveworks/eksctl/pkg/kubernetes"
 	"github.com/weaveworks/eksctl/pkg/testutils"
 	"github.com/weaveworks/eksctl/pkg/testutils/mockprovider"
@@ -154,6 +155,11 @@ var _ = Describe("Delete", func() {
 			c := cluster.NewUnownedCluster(cfg, ctl, fakeStackManager, autoModeDeleter)
 			fakeClientSet := fake.NewSimpleClientset()
 
+			// Mock KubeProvider to return nil for NewRawClient (Gateway API not available)
+			fakeKubeProvider := &eksfakes.FakeKubeProvider{}
+			fakeKubeProvider.NewRawClientReturns(nil, nil)
+			c.MockKubeProvider(fakeKubeProvider)
+
 			c.SetNewClientSet(func() (kubernetes.Interface, error) {
 				return fakeClientSet, nil
 			})
@@ -245,6 +251,11 @@ var _ = Describe("Delete", func() {
 				c := cluster.NewUnownedCluster(cfg, ctl, fakeStackManager, autoModeDeleter)
 				fakeClientSet := fake.NewSimpleClientset()
 
+				// Mock KubeProvider to return nil for NewRawClient (Gateway API not available)
+				fakeKubeProvider := &eksfakes.FakeKubeProvider{}
+				fakeKubeProvider.NewRawClientReturns(nil, nil)
+				c.MockKubeProvider(fakeKubeProvider)
+
 				c.SetNewClientSet(func() (kubernetes.Interface, error) {
 					return fakeClientSet, nil
 				})
@@ -340,6 +351,11 @@ var _ = Describe("Delete", func() {
 				c := cluster.NewUnownedCluster(cfg, ctl, fakeStackManager, autoModeDeleter)
 				fakeClientSet := fake.NewSimpleClientset()
 
+				// Mock KubeProvider to return nil for NewRawClient (Gateway API not available)
+				fakeKubeProvider := &eksfakes.FakeKubeProvider{}
+				fakeKubeProvider.NewRawClientReturns(nil, nil)
+				c.MockKubeProvider(fakeKubeProvider)
+
 				c.SetNewClientSet(func() (kubernetes.Interface, error) {
 					return fakeClientSet, nil
 				})
@@ -428,6 +444,12 @@ var _ = Describe("Delete", func() {
 			p.MockEKS().On("DeleteCluster", mock.Anything, mock.Anything).Return(&awseks.DeleteClusterOutput{}, nil)
 
 			c := cluster.NewUnownedCluster(cfg, ctl, fakeStackManager, autoModeDeleter)
+
+			// Mock KubeProvider to return nil for NewRawClient (Gateway API not available)
+			fakeKubeProvider := &eksfakes.FakeKubeProvider{}
+			fakeKubeProvider.NewRawClientReturns(nil, nil)
+			c.MockKubeProvider(fakeKubeProvider)
+
 			err := c.Delete(context.Background(), time.Microsecond, time.Second*0, false, false, false, 1)
 			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
 			Expect(fakeStackManager.DeleteTasksForDeprecatedStacksCallCount()).To(Equal(1))