Backport 1444 to 1.9

[grcevski]

Backports the fixes to #1444 to 1.9

[codecov]

Codecov Report

Attention: Patch coverage is 80.00000% with 1 line in your changes missing coverage. Please review.

Project coverage is 80.95%. Comparing base (4a34748) to head (bf39767).
Report is 3 commits behind head on release-1.9.

Files with missing lines	Patch %	Lines
pkg/kubecache/meta/informers.go	0.00%	1 Missing ⚠️

Additional details and impacted files

@@               Coverage Diff               @@
##           release-1.9    #1445      +/-   ##
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- Coverage        80.96%   80.95%   -0.02%     
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  Files              146      146              
  Lines            14774    14774              
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- Hits             11962    11960       -2     
- Misses            2229     2231       +2     
  Partials           583      583              

Flag	Coverage Δ
integration-test	58.52% <0.00%> (+0.01%)	⬆️
k8s-integration-test	59.84% <80.00%> (-0.05%)	⬇️
oats-test	34.00% <0.00%> (ø)
unittests	51.75% <80.00%> (+<0.01%)	⬆️

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