diff --git a/test/e2e/soak_namespace.go b/test/e2e/soak_namespace.go
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+/*
+Copyright 2014 The Kubernetes Authors All rights reserved.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package e2e
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/api"
+	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/client"
+	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/fields"
+	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/labels"
+	//"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/util"
+	"strings"
+	"time"
+
+	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
+	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
+)
+
+var _ = Describe("ns-soak", func() {
+
+	//This namespace is modified throughout the course of the test.
+	var namespace *api.Namespace
+	var c *client.Client
+	var err error = nil
+	BeforeEach(func() {
+		By("Creating a kubernetes client")
+		c, err = loadClient()
+		Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+	})
+
+	AfterEach(func() {
+	})
+
+	// First test because it has no dependencies on variables created later on.
+	totalNS := 100
+	It("Namespaces should be deleted within 100 seconds", func() {
+		for n := 0; n < totalNS; n += 1 {
+			namespace, err = createTestingNS(fmt.Sprintf("nslifetest-%v", n), c)
+		}
+
+		//100 seconds after the ns are created, they should all be gone !
+		deletionCompleted := time.After(time.Duration(150) * time.Second)
+		deletionStart := time.After(time.Duration(10 * time.Second))
+		tick := time.Tick(2 * time.Second)
+	T:
+		for {
+			select {
+			case <-deletionCompleted:
+				Logf("Timeout %v reached. Breaking!", deletionCompleted)
+				break T
+			case <-deletionStart:
+				print("STARTING DELETION")
+				nsList, err := c.Namespaces().List(labels.Everything(), fields.Everything())
+				Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+				for _, item := range nsList.Items {
+					if strings.Contains(item.Name, "nslifetest") {
+						print(item.Name)
+						if err := c.Namespaces().Delete(item.Name); err != nil {
+							Failf("Failed deleting error ::: --- %v ", err)
+						}
+					}
+					Logf("namespace : %v api call to delete is complete ", item)
+				}
+
+			case <-tick:
+				nsList, err := c.Namespaces().List(labels.Everything(), fields.Everything())
+				Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+				var cnt = 0
+				for _, item := range nsList.Items {
+					if strings.Contains(item.Name, "nslifetest") {
+						cnt++
+					}
+				}
+				Logf("currently remaining NS == %v", cnt)
+				//if all the ns's are gone, we break early
+				if cnt == 0 {
+					break T
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		nsList, err := c.Namespaces().List(labels.Everything(), fields.Everything())
+		Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+		for _, item := range nsList.Items {
+			if strings.Contains(item.Name, "nslifetest") {
+				Failf("FAILED.  There is still a remaining ns %v", item.Name)
+			}
+			Logf("namespace : %v", item)
+		}
+
+	})
+
+})