@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@
 
 public interface ControllerConfiguration<P extends HasMetadata> extends ResourceConfiguration<P> {
 
+boolean DEFAULT_RECONCILER_RESOURCES_MARKED_FOR_DELETION = false;
+
+
 @SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
 RateLimiter DEFAULT_RATE_LIMITER = LinearRateLimiter.deactivatedRateLimiter();
 /**
@@ -140,4 +143,8 @@ default String fieldManager() {
 return getName();
 }
 
+default boolean reconcileResourcesMarkedForDeletion() {
+return DEFAULT_RECONCILER_RESOURCES_MARKED_FOR_DELETION;
+}
+
 }

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 import io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.processing.retry.Retry;
 
 import static io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.api.config.ControllerConfiguration.CONTROLLER_NAME_AS_FIELD_MANAGER;
+import static io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.api.config.ControllerConfiguration.DEFAULT_RECONCILER_RESOURCES_MARKED_FOR_DELETION;
 import static io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.api.reconciler.Constants.NO_LONG_VALUE_SET;
 
 @Inherited
@@ -166,4 +167,11 @@ MaxReconciliationInterval maxReconciliationInterval() default @MaxReconciliation
 * the informer cache.
 */
 long informerListLimit() default NO_LONG_VALUE_SET;
+
+/**
+* if true and reconciler not implements {@link Cleaner} interface executes reconciliation even if
+* controller is marked for deletion, thus when waiting for other finalizer removal. This allows
+* to manage corner cases when not all resources will need a finalizer.
+*/
+boolean reconcileResourcesMarkedForDeletion() default DEFAULT_RECONCILER_RESOURCES_MARKED_FOR_DELETION;
 }

@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ private PostExecutionControl<P> handleDis(ExecutionScope<P> executionScope)
 originalResource.getMetadata().getNamespace());
 
 final var markedForDeletion = originalResource.isMarkedForDeletion();
-if (markedForDeletion && shouldNotDisToCleanupWhenMarkedForDeletion(originalResource)) {
+if (markedForDeletion && shouldNotDisWhenMarkedForDeletion(originalResource)) {
 log.debug(
 "Skipping cleanup of resource {} because finalizer(s) {} don't allow processing yet",
 getName(originalResource),
@@ -85,21 +85,22 @@ private PostExecutionControl<P> handleDis(ExecutionScope<P> executionScope)
 
 Context<P> context =
 new DefaultContext<>(executionScope.getRetryInfo(), controller, originalResource);
-if (markedForDeletion) {
+if (markedForDeletion && controller.useFinalizer()) {
 return handleCleanup(resourceForExecution, context);
 } else {
 return handleReconcile(executionScope, resourceForExecution, originalResource, context);
 }
 }
 
-private boolean shouldNotDisToCleanupWhenMarkedForDeletion(P resource) {
+private boolean shouldNotDisWhenMarkedForDeletion(P resource) {
 var alreadyRemovedFinalizer = controller.useFinalizer()
 && !resource.hasFinalizer(configuration().getFinalizerName());
 if (alreadyRemovedFinalizer) {
 log.warn("This should not happen. Marked for deletion & already removed finalizer: {}",
 ResourceID.fromResource(resource));
 }
-return !controller.useFinalizer() || alreadyRemovedFinalizer;
+return !controller.getConfiguration().reconcileResourcesMarkedForDeletion() &&
+(!controller.useFinalizer() || alreadyRemovedFinalizer);
 }
 
 private PostExecutionControl<P> handleReconcile(

@@ -145,7 +145,8 @@ public ControllerConfig(String finalizer, boolean generationAware,
 null,
 null,
 null,
-null, null, null, finalizer, null, null, null, new BaseConfigurationService(), null);
+null, null, null, finalizer, null, null, null, new BaseConfigurationService(), null,
+false);
 setEventFilter(eventFilter);
 }
 }

@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ public TestConfiguration(boolean generationAware, OnAddFilter<TestCustomResource
 null,
 FINALIZER,
 null, null, null, new BaseConfigurationService(),
-null);
+null, DEFAULT_RECONCILER_RESOURCES_MARKED_FOR_DELETION);
 }
 }
 }