diff --git a/test/bench/teardown.go b/test/bench/teardown.go
index 78fa506..57e3186 100644
--- a/test/bench/teardown.go
+++ b/test/bench/teardown.go
@@ -10,8 +10,13 @@ import (
 
 // teardown reverses bootstrap. Deletes Projection / ClusterProjection CRs
 // first (so the controller stops reconciling), then namespaces (which
-// cascade-delete contents), then CRDs. Best-effort throughout: logs failures
-// but continues.
+// cascade-delete contents), then CRDs. Best-effort on every individual
+// Delete (logs failures but continues), but synchronously waits for the
+// resources to be fully NotFound before returning so the next profile
+// in --profile=full sequences starts from a clean slate. Without that
+// final wait, async finalizers leave Terminating shells around and the
+// next bootstrap races them: namespace Get-succeeds-then-disappears,
+// CRD Create-AlreadyExists-then-disappears, etc.
 func teardown(ctx context.Context, c *clients, res *bootstrapResult) {
 	// Delete namespaced Projections.
 	for _, p := range res.NPRefs {
@@ -19,11 +24,14 @@ func teardown(ctx context.Context, c *clients, res *bootstrapResult) {
 			Delete(ctx, p.ProjName, metav1.DeleteOptions{})
 	}
 	// Delete the ClusterProjection CRs (cluster-scoped, no namespace arg).
+	cpNames := make([]string, 0, 2)
 	if res.CPSelectorRef != nil {
 		_ = c.dynamic.Resource(cprojGVR).Delete(ctx, res.CPSelectorRef.CPName, metav1.DeleteOptions{})
+		cpNames = append(cpNames, res.CPSelectorRef.CPName)
 	}
 	if res.CPListRef != nil {
 		_ = c.dynamic.Resource(cprojGVR).Delete(ctx, res.CPListRef.CPName, metav1.DeleteOptions{})
+		cpNames = append(cpNames, res.CPListRef.CPName)
 	}
 
 	// Let finalizers run.
@@ -45,9 +53,61 @@ func teardown(ctx context.Context, c *clients, res *bootstrapResult) {
 
 	// Delete bench CRDs. The cluster admin can run again and the CRDs get
 	// recreated idempotently via installCRDs.
+	crdNames := make([]string, 0, res.Profile.GVKs)
 	for i := 0; i < res.Profile.GVKs; i++ {
 		crdName := benchPlural(i) + "." + benchGroup
 		_ = c.apiext.ApiextensionsV1().CustomResourceDefinitions().
 			Delete(ctx, crdName, metav1.DeleteOptions{})
+		crdNames = append(crdNames, crdName)
+	}
+
+	// Synchronous wait: poll until every namespace, CRD, and CP we deleted
+	// is fully NotFound. Bounded at 120s; on timeout we proceed silently
+	// (the next bootstrap will surface the issue if state is genuinely
+	// stuck). The wait is cheap when there's nothing to wait for — first
+	// poll iteration sees everything NotFound and returns.
+	waitDeleted(ctx, c, allNs, crdNames, cpNames)
+}
+
+// waitDeleted polls until every named namespace, CRD, and ClusterProjection
+// is observed NotFound, or the 120s deadline is reached. Returns silently
+// in either case — teardown is best-effort by contract.
+func waitDeleted(ctx context.Context, c *clients, namespaces, crdNames, cpNames []string) {
+	deadline := time.Now().Add(120 * time.Second)
+	for {
+		anyRemaining := false
+		for _, ns := range namespaces {
+			_, err := c.kube.CoreV1().Namespaces().Get(ctx, ns, metav1.GetOptions{})
+			if !apierrors.IsNotFound(err) {
+				anyRemaining = true
+				break
+			}
+		}
+		if !anyRemaining {
+			for _, name := range crdNames {
+				_, err := c.apiext.ApiextensionsV1().CustomResourceDefinitions().
+					Get(ctx, name, metav1.GetOptions{})
+				if !apierrors.IsNotFound(err) {
+					anyRemaining = true
+					break
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		if !anyRemaining {
+			for _, name := range cpNames {
+				_, err := c.dynamic.Resource(cprojGVR).Get(ctx, name, metav1.GetOptions{})
+				if !apierrors.IsNotFound(err) {
+					anyRemaining = true
+					break
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		if !anyRemaining {
+			return
+		}
+		if time.Now().After(deadline) {
+			return // best-effort timeout; next bootstrap will surface stuck state
+		}
+		time.Sleep(1 * time.Second)
 	}
 }