diff --git a/internal/controllers/reconciliation/edgecase_test.go b/internal/controllers/reconciliation/edgecase_test.go
index c86ad6d3..1fa806f6 100644
--- a/internal/controllers/reconciliation/edgecase_test.go
+++ b/internal/controllers/reconciliation/edgecase_test.go
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@ package reconciliation
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"fmt"
 	"sync/atomic"
 	"testing"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
@@ -139,3 +141,81 @@ func TestEmptySynthesis(t *testing.T) {
 		return errors.IsNotFound(upstream.Get(ctx, client.ObjectKeyFromObject(comp), comp))
 	})
 }
+
+func TestLargeNamespaceDeletion(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := testutil.NewContext(t)
+	mgr := testutil.NewManager(t)
+	upstream := mgr.GetClient()
+
+	registerControllers(t, mgr)
+	ns := &unstructured.Unstructured{
+		Object: map[string]any{
+			"apiVersion": "v1",
+			"kind":       "Namespace",
+			"metadata": map[string]any{
+				"name": "test",
+			},
+		},
+	}
+	testutil.WithFakeExecutor(t, mgr, func(ctx context.Context, s *apiv1.Synthesizer, input *krmv1.ResourceList) (*krmv1.ResourceList, error) {
+		output := &krmv1.ResourceList{}
+		output.Items = []*unstructured.Unstructured{ns}
+
+		for i := 0; i < 500; i++ {
+			cm := &unstructured.Unstructured{
+				Object: map[string]any{
+					"apiVersion": "v1",
+					"kind":       "ConfigMap",
+					"metadata": map[string]any{
+						"name":      fmt.Sprintf("test-%d", i),
+						"namespace": ns.GetName(),
+					},
+				},
+			}
+			output.Items = append(output.Items, cm)
+		}
+
+		return output, nil
+	})
+
+	setupTestSubject(t, mgr)
+	mgr.Start(t)
+	_, comp := writeGenericComposition(t, upstream)
+
+	testutil.Eventually(t, func() bool {
+		err := upstream.Get(ctx, client.ObjectKeyFromObject(comp), comp)
+		return err == nil && comp.Status.CurrentSynthesis != nil && comp.Status.CurrentSynthesis.Ready != nil
+	})
+
+	go func() {
+		for i := 0; i < 500; i++ {
+			cm := &unstructured.Unstructured{
+				Object: map[string]any{
+					"apiVersion": "v1",
+					"kind":       "ConfigMap",
+					"metadata": map[string]any{
+						"name":      fmt.Sprintf("test-%d", i),
+						"namespace": ns.GetName(),
+					},
+				},
+			}
+			t.Logf("deleting configmap %s", cm.GetName())
+			err := mgr.DownstreamClient.Delete(ctx, cm)
+			require.NoError(t, client.IgnoreNotFound(err))
+			time.Sleep(time.Millisecond * 3)
+		}
+	}()
+
+	require.NoError(t, upstream.Delete(ctx, comp))
+
+	testutil.Eventually(t, func() bool {
+		err := upstream.Get(ctx, client.ObjectKeyFromObject(comp), comp)
+		if errors.IsNotFound(err) {
+			t.Logf("deleted!")
+			return true
+		}
+		t.Logf("composition deleting=%t", comp.DeletionTimestamp != nil)
+		return false
+	})
+	t.Logf("done!")
+}