How to delete Cluster stuck in provisioning state

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Environment

Rancher 2.6.x

Situation

A newly created RKE cluster does not advance past provisioning state. Unable to delete cluster from Rancher Gui.
Message "Unable to communicate with etcd control plane" is returned.

Resolution

kubectl get clusters.management.cattle.io # find the cluster you want to delete

export CLUSTERID="c-xxxxxxxxx" #

kubectl patch clusters.management.cattle.io $CLUSTERID -p '{"metadata":{"finalizers":[]}}' --type=merge

kubectl delete clusters.management.cattle.io $CLUSTERID

Cause

Newly created RKE Cluster does not advance past provisioning state

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