fix: perf issue with too many API reqs when listing pods in all ns

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• Changes have been manually QA'd
• New features have been approved by the corresponding PM
• User-facing API changes have the "User-facing API Change" label
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Project coverage is 49.06%. Comparing base (5b03599) to head (5b03599).
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