def METHOD_NAME(api_client, name):
    # Verifies the namespace is created with profile 'name' specified.
    coreV1 = k8s_client.CoreV1Api(api_client)
    retry_read_namespace = retry(
        wait_exponential_multiplier=1000,
        wait_exponential_max=60000,  # 60 sec max
    )(coreV1.read_namespace)
    resp = retry_read_namespace(name)
    logging.info("found namespace: %s", resp)