fakeCtx := context.Background()

	server := &fakeServer{}
	server.Start(fakeCtx)

	server.On("RemovePodFromMesh",
		fakeCtx,
		pod,
	).Return(nil)

	fakeClientSet := fake.NewSimpleClientset(pod)
	m := meshDataplane{
		kubeClient: fakeClientSet,
		netServer:  server,
	}

	err := m.RemovePodFromMesh(fakeCtx, pod)
	assert.NoError(t, err)

	assertPodAnnotated(t, client, pod)

	// Assert expected calls actually made
	fs.AssertExpectations(t)

	// unlabelling the namespace should cause only one RemovePodFromMesh to happen
	fs.On("RemovePodFromMesh",
		ctx,
		mock.Anything,
	).Once().Return(nil)

	// unlabel the namespace
	labelsPatch := []byte(fmt.Sprintf(`{"metadata":{"labels":{"%s":null}}}`,
		constants.DataplaneMode))

		// don't return error here, as this is purely informational.
	}
	return retErr
}

func (s *meshDataplane) RemovePodFromMesh(ctx context.Context, pod *corev1.Pod) error {
	log := log.WithLabels("ns", pod.Namespace, "name", pod.Name)
	err := s.netServer.RemovePodFromMesh(ctx, pod)
	if err != nil {
		log.Errorf("failed to remove pod from mesh: %v", err)
		return err
	}

			return nil
		}

		if !shouldBeEnabled {
			log.Debugf("Pod %s no longer matches, removing from mesh", newPod.Name)
			err := s.dataplane.RemovePodFromMesh(s.ctx, pod)
			log.Debugf("RemovePodFromMesh(%s) returned %v", newPod.Name, err)
			// we ignore errors here as we don't want this event to be retried by the queue.
		} else {

	closed := fakens.closed
	workload := WorkloadInfo{
		Workload: podToWorkload(pod),
		Netns:    fakens,
	}
	fixture.podNsMap.UpsertPodCacheWithNetns(string(pod.UID), workload)
	err := netServer.RemovePodFromMesh(ctx, pod)
	assert.NoError(t, err)
	assert.Equal(t, ztunnelServer.deletedPods.Load(), 1)
	assert.Equal(t, nlDeps.DelInpodMarkIPRuleCnt.Load(), 1)
	assert.Equal(t, nlDeps.DelLoopbackRoutesCnt.Load(), 1)

		NetworkNamespace: "",
	}
}

// Remove pod from mesh: pod is not deleted, we just want to remove it from the mesh.
func (s *NetServer) RemovePodFromMesh(ctx context.Context, pod *corev1.Pod) error {
	log := log.WithLabels("ns", pod.Namespace, "name", pod.Name)
	log.Debugf("Pod is now opt out... cleaning up.")

	openNetns := s.currentPodSnapshot.Take(string(pod.UID))