Add retry mechanism for kubectl requests #51
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Description of your changes
This PR adds retry mechanisms to all kubectl operations in test templates to handle transient conversion webhook failures that occur with multi-version CRDs.
Problem
When testing resources with multi-version CRDs where storage version differs from the client API version (e.g., storage: v1beta1, client: v1beta2), kubectl operations trigger conversion webhooks. These webhooks occasionally fail with connection errors.
This causes test flakiness as operations fail due to temporary webhook unavailability rather than actual test issues.
Solution
Added consistent retry logic (10 attempts, 5s delay) to all kubectl operations that can trigger conversion webhooks:
Each template now includes a retry_kubectl() function that:
Impact
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