diff --git a/common/ip_resolver.go b/common/ip_resolver.go
index a9fa9e0f..60f1db6c 100644
--- a/common/ip_resolver.go
+++ b/common/ip_resolver.go
@@ -388,12 +388,45 @@ func (resolve *K8sIPResolver) addReplicaSetHandlers(replicaSetInformer cache.Sha
 			})
 		},
 		DeleteFunc: func(obj interface{}) {
-			rs := obj.(*appsv1.ReplicaSet)
+			rs, ok := deletedObject[*appsv1.ReplicaSet](obj)
+			if !ok {
+				return
+			}
 			resolve.snapshot.ReplicaSets.Delete(rs.UID)
 		},
 	})
 }
 
+// deletedObject extracts the deleted object from an informer DeleteFunc payload.
+//
+// client-go does not always deliver the object itself on a delete. When the
+// watch is interrupted and the final delete event is missed, the informer
+// resyncs and delivers a cache.DeletedFinalStateUnknown tombstone wrapping the
+// last known state. Asserting the payload directly panics on that tombstone,
+// and because these handlers run on the shared informer's goroutine the panic
+// reaches k8s.io/apimachinery's runtime handler, which is fatal — the whole
+// agent exits and the pod restarts.
+//
+// Reported from a customer cluster where node-agent crashlooped 15 times:
+//
+//	panic: interface conversion: interface {} is cache.DeletedFinalStateUnknown, not *v1.Pod
+//
+// A tombstone whose payload is the wrong type, or nil, is not recoverable — the
+// caller skips that delete rather than dying.
+func deletedObject[T any](obj interface{}) (T, bool) {
+	if o, ok := obj.(T); ok {
+		return o, true
+	}
+	if tombstone, ok := obj.(cache.DeletedFinalStateUnknown); ok {
+		if o, ok := tombstone.Obj.(T); ok {
+			return o, true
+		}
+	}
+	var zero T
+	klog.V(2).Infof("ignoring delete event with unexpected payload %T", obj)
+	return zero, false
+}
+
 func (resolve *K8sIPResolver) addDaemonSetHandlers(daemonSetInformer cache.SharedIndexInformer) {
 	daemonSetInformer.AddEventHandler(cache.ResourceEventHandlerFuncs{
 		AddFunc: func(obj interface{}) {
@@ -409,7 +442,10 @@ func (resolve *K8sIPResolver) addDaemonSetHandlers(daemonSetInformer cache.Share
 			})
 		},
 		DeleteFunc: func(obj interface{}) {
-			ds := obj.(*appsv1.DaemonSet)
+			ds, ok := deletedObject[*appsv1.DaemonSet](obj)
+			if !ok {
+				return
+			}
 			resolve.snapshot.DaemonSets.Delete(ds.UID)
 		},
 	})
@@ -430,7 +466,10 @@ func (resolve *K8sIPResolver) addStatefulSetHandlers(statefulSetInformer cache.S
 			})
 		},
 		DeleteFunc: func(obj interface{}) {
-			ss := obj.(*appsv1.StatefulSet)
+			ss, ok := deletedObject[*appsv1.StatefulSet](obj)
+			if !ok {
+				return
+			}
 			resolve.snapshot.StatefulSets.Delete(ss.UID)
 		},
 	})
@@ -451,7 +490,10 @@ func (resolve *K8sIPResolver) addJobHandlers(jobInformer cache.SharedIndexInform
 			})
 		},
 		DeleteFunc: func(obj interface{}) {
-			job := obj.(*batchv1.Job)
+			job, ok := deletedObject[*batchv1.Job](obj)
+			if !ok {
+				return
+			}
 			resolve.snapshot.Jobs.Delete(job.UID)
 		},
 	})
@@ -472,7 +514,10 @@ func (resolve *K8sIPResolver) addCronJobHandlers(cronJobInformer cache.SharedInd
 			})
 		},
 		DeleteFunc: func(obj interface{}) {
-			cronJob := obj.(*batchv1.CronJob)
+			cronJob, ok := deletedObject[*batchv1.CronJob](obj)
+			if !ok {
+				return
+			}
 			resolve.snapshot.CronJobs.Delete(cronJob.UID)
 		},
 	})
@@ -524,7 +569,10 @@ func (resolve *K8sIPResolver) addServiceHandlers(serviceInformer cache.SharedInd
 			}
 		},
 		DeleteFunc: func(obj interface{}) {
-			service := obj.(*v1.Service)
+			service, ok := deletedObject[*v1.Service](obj)
+			if !ok {
+				return
+			}
 			resolve.snapshot.Services.Delete(service.UID)
 			for _, clusterIp := range service.Spec.ClusterIPs {
 				if clusterIp != "None" {
@@ -550,7 +598,10 @@ func (resolve *K8sIPResolver) addDeploymentHandlers(deploymentInformer cache.Sha
 			})
 		},
 		DeleteFunc: func(obj interface{}) {
-			deployment := obj.(*appsv1.Deployment)
+			deployment, ok := deletedObject[*appsv1.Deployment](obj)
+			if !ok {
+				return
+			}
 			resolve.snapshot.Deployments.Delete(deployment.UID)
 		},
 	})
@@ -578,7 +629,10 @@ func (resolver *K8sIPResolver) addPodHandlers(podInformer cache.SharedIndexInfor
 			resolver.handlePodAdd(newPod)
 		},
 		DeleteFunc: func(obj interface{}) {
-			pod := obj.(*v1.Pod)
+			pod, ok := deletedObject[*v1.Pod](obj)
+			if !ok {
+				return
+			}
 			resolver.snapshot.Pods.Delete(pod.UID)
 			resolver.snapshot.PodDescriptors.Delete(pod.UID)
 			resolver.snapshot.PodNameIndex.Delete(pod.Namespace + "/" + pod.Name)
@@ -646,7 +700,10 @@ func (resolver *K8sIPResolver) addNodeHandlers(nodeInformer cache.SharedIndexInf
 			}
 		},
 		DeleteFunc: func(obj interface{}) {
-			node := obj.(*v1.Node)
+			node, ok := deletedObject[*v1.Node](obj)
+			if !ok {
+				return
+			}
 			resolver.snapshot.Nodes.Delete(node.UID)
 			resolver.instanceMetaMap.Delete(node.Name)
 		},
diff --git a/common/ip_resolver_delete_test.go b/common/ip_resolver_delete_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d5b410e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/ip_resolver_delete_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+package common
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/cache"
+)
+
+// client-go delivers a cache.DeletedFinalStateUnknown tombstone instead of the
+// object when a watch is interrupted and the final delete is missed. The
+// informer DeleteFuncs used to assert the payload directly, so a tombstone
+// panicked on the shared informer goroutine — fatal to the process. A customer
+// cluster crashlooped node-agent 15 times on exactly this:
+//
+//	panic: interface conversion: interface {} is cache.DeletedFinalStateUnknown, not *v1.Pod
+func TestDeletedObjectUnwrapsTombstone(t *testing.T) {
+	pod := &v1.Pod{ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Name: "p", Namespace: "ns", UID: "uid-1"}}
+
+	t.Run("plain object", func(t *testing.T) {
+		got, ok := deletedObject[*v1.Pod](pod)
+		if !ok || got != pod {
+			t.Fatalf("plain object not returned: got=%v ok=%v", got, ok)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("tombstone", func(t *testing.T) {
+		got, ok := deletedObject[*v1.Pod](cache.DeletedFinalStateUnknown{Key: "ns/p", Obj: pod})
+		if !ok {
+			t.Fatal("tombstone not unwrapped — this is the crash-loop bug")
+		}
+		if got != pod {
+			t.Fatalf("wrong object from tombstone: %v", got)
+		}
+	})
+}
+
+// A payload we cannot make sense of must be skipped, never panic: a tombstone
+// wrapping the wrong type or nil, or an unrelated object.
+func TestDeletedObjectRejectsBadPayloads(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := []struct {
+		name string
+		obj  interface{}
+	}{
+		{"nil", nil},
+		{"wrong type", &v1.Service{}},
+		{"tombstone wrapping wrong type", cache.DeletedFinalStateUnknown{Key: "k", Obj: &v1.Service{}}},
+		{"tombstone wrapping nil", cache.DeletedFinalStateUnknown{Key: "k", Obj: nil}},
+		{"unrelated value", 42},
+	}
+	for _, tc := range cases {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			defer func() {
+				if r := recover(); r != nil {
+					t.Fatalf("panicked on %s: %v", tc.name, r)
+				}
+			}()
+			if got, ok := deletedObject[*v1.Pod](tc.obj); ok {
+				t.Fatalf("accepted bad payload %s: %v", tc.name, got)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// The same tombstone path must hold for every object type with a DeleteFunc,
+// not just pods — Service and Node take the same shape.
+func TestDeletedObjectOtherTypes(t *testing.T) {
+	svc := &v1.Service{ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Name: "s", UID: "uid-s"}}
+	if got, ok := deletedObject[*v1.Service](cache.DeletedFinalStateUnknown{Obj: svc}); !ok || got != svc {
+		t.Error("service tombstone not unwrapped")
+	}
+	node := &v1.Node{ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Name: "n", UID: "uid-n"}}
+	if got, ok := deletedObject[*v1.Node](cache.DeletedFinalStateUnknown{Obj: node}); !ok || got != node {
+		t.Error("node tombstone not unwrapped")
+	}
+}