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+---
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+kind: ClusterRole
+metadata:
+  name: clusterrole-read-namespaces
+rules:
+  - apiGroups: [""]
+    resources: ["namespaces"]
+    verbs: ["get", "list"]