PVC does not re-bind to PV after it is deleted and redeployed

[rgerkejr]

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Bug Reporting

Expected Behavior

The claimRef should be deleted upon PVC deletion

Actual Behavior

claimRef does not delete, so it has to be done manually in order for the PVC to bind

Steps to Reproduce the Problem

New cluster was deployed, and same issue was experienced

Additional Notes

This was based on a Community site question, which I will link here. The dev-lke team was able to reproduce the issue and it looked to them as though it may be a bug:

https://www.linode.com/community/questions/21149/how-do-i-rebind-a-pv-when-pvc-gets-re-instated

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