As @stefanprodan suggested on twitter we should implement Owner reference metadata to automatically manage garbage collection.
// ObjectMeta is metadata that all persisted resources must have, which includes all objects
// users must create.
type ObjectMeta struct {
// Name must be unique within a namespace. Is required when creating resources, although
// some resources may allow a client to request the generation of an appropriate name
// automatically. Name is primarily intended for creation idempotence and configuration
// definition.
// Cannot be updated.
// More info: http://kubernetes.io/docs/user-guide/identifiers#names
// +optional
Name string `json:"name,omitempty" protobuf:"bytes,1,opt,name=name"`
// List of objects depended by this object. If ALL objects in the list have
// been deleted, this object will be garbage collected. If this object is managed by a controller,
// then an entry in this list will point to this controller, with the controller field set to true.
// There cannot be more than one managing controller.
// +optional
// +patchMergeKey=uid
// +patchStrategy=merge
OwnerReferences []OwnerReference `json:"ownerReferences,omitempty" patchStrategy:"merge" patchMergeKey:"uid" protobuf:"bytes,13,rep,name=ownerReferences"`
As @stefanprodan suggested on twitter we should implement Owner reference metadata to automatically manage garbage collection.