goleak: Errors on successful test run: found unexpected goroutines: k8s.io/client-go/util/workqueue.(*delayingType).waitingLoop

[giorio94]

CI failure

Hit on unrelated PR: #27232

2023-10-09T09:10:17.2939044Z FAIL	github.com/cilium/cilium/operator/pkg/lbipam	4.408s

2023-10-09T09:10:17.2929437Z goleak: Errors on successful test run: found unexpected goroutines:
2023-10-09T09:10:17.2931023Z [Goroutine 87 in state select, with k8s.io/client-go/util/workqueue.(*delayingType).waitingLoop on top of the stack:
2023-10-09T09:10:17.2932040Z goroutine 87 [select]:
2023-10-09T09:10:17.2933690Z k8s.io/client-go/util/workqueue.(*delayingType).waitingLoop(0xc000869320)
2023-10-09T09:10:17.2935011Z 	/host/vendor/k8s.io/client-go/util/workqueue/delaying_queue.go:276 +0x305
2023-10-09T09:10:17.2937442Z created by k8s.io/client-go/util/workqueue.newDelayingQueue in goroutine 74
2023-10-09T09:10:17.2938366Z 	/host/vendor/k8s.io/client-go/util/workqueue/delaying_queue.go:113 +0x21f

[joestringer]

I'm not entirely sure whether area/ci + ci/flake are the right labels. This looks more like a code correctness issue identified by CI.

[thorn3r]

hit here as well: https://github.com/cilium/cilium/actions/runs/6483079306/attempts/1. I see at least 1 other similar, recent failure in the job history as well https://github.com/cilium/cilium/actions/runs/6483875611

[joestringer]

I know Dylan was looking into this so I'll assign him for now. It looks like it may have been introduced by #27340.