diff --git a/web/packages/teleterm/src/ui/AccessRequestCheckout/useAccessRequestCheckout.test.tsx b/web/packages/teleterm/src/ui/AccessRequestCheckout/useAccessRequestCheckout.test.tsx
index 9530e74cbbf67..a4dc881042005 100644
--- a/web/packages/teleterm/src/ui/AccessRequestCheckout/useAccessRequestCheckout.test.tsx
+++ b/web/packages/teleterm/src/ui/AccessRequestCheckout/useAccessRequestCheckout.test.tsx
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ test('fetching requestable roles for servers uses UUID, not hostname', async ()
   );
 });
 
-test('fetching requestable roles kube_cluster resource without namespace request', async () => {
+test('fetching requestable roles for a kube_cluster resource without specifying a namespace', async () => {
   const kube = makeKube();
   const cluster = makeRootCluster();
   const appContext = new MockAppContext();
diff --git a/web/packages/teleterm/src/ui/AccessRequestCheckout/useAccessRequestCheckout.ts b/web/packages/teleterm/src/ui/AccessRequestCheckout/useAccessRequestCheckout.ts
index 363ef039d85cc..1d5a282bbdfd2 100644
--- a/web/packages/teleterm/src/ui/AccessRequestCheckout/useAccessRequestCheckout.ts
+++ b/web/packages/teleterm/src/ui/AccessRequestCheckout/useAccessRequestCheckout.ts
@@ -163,10 +163,6 @@ export default function useAccessRequestCheckout() {
   /**
    *
    * @param pendingRequest holds a list or map of resources to process
-   * @param excludeSubResourceParentResource when true, resources that have
-   * subresources, will be excluded from the returned list. eg:
-   * if a kube_cluster resource has a list of namespaces (subresources),
-   * then if this flag is true, kube_cluster will be excluded from the result.
    */
   function getPendingAccessRequestsPerResource(
     pendingRequest: PendingAccessRequest
@@ -293,19 +289,11 @@ export default function useAccessRequestCheckout() {
       resourceIds: pendingAccessRequestsWithoutParentResource
         .filter(d => d.kind !== 'role')
         .map(d => {
-          if (d.kind === 'namespace') {
-            return {
-              name: d.id,
-              kind: d.kind,
-              clusterName: d.clusterName,
-              subResourceName: d.subResourceName,
-            };
-          }
           return {
             name: d.id,
             clusterName: d.clusterName,
             kind: d.kind,
-            subResourceName: '',
+            subResourceName: d.subResourceName || '',
           };
         }),
       roles: pendingAccessRequestsWithoutParentResource
@@ -345,6 +333,9 @@ export default function useAccessRequestCheckout() {
   async function performDryRun() {
     let teletermAccessRequest: TeletermAccessRequest;
 
+    // reset any create attempts between dry runs.
+    setCreateRequestAttempt({ status: '' });
+
     try {
       const { accessRequest } = await prepareAndCreateRequest({
         dryRun: true,
@@ -352,12 +343,9 @@ export default function useAccessRequestCheckout() {
       });
       teletermAccessRequest = accessRequest;
     } catch {
-      setCreateRequestAttempt({ status: '' });
       return;
     }
 
-    setCreateRequestAttempt({ status: '' });
-
     const accessRequest = makeUiAccessRequest(teletermAccessRequest);
     onDryRunChange(accessRequest);
   }
@@ -440,7 +428,7 @@ export default function useAccessRequestCheckout() {
     isCollapsed,
     assumedRequests: getAssumedRequests(),
     toggleResource,
-    data: pendingAccessRequests,
+    pendingAccessRequests,
     shouldShowClusterNameColumn,
     createRequest,
     reset,
diff --git a/web/packages/teleterm/src/ui/DocumentAccessRequests/NewRequest/useNewRequest.ts b/web/packages/teleterm/src/ui/DocumentAccessRequests/NewRequest/useNewRequest.ts
index f9dde65ac760d..bcc9d7b04f3e0 100644
--- a/web/packages/teleterm/src/ui/DocumentAccessRequests/NewRequest/useNewRequest.ts
+++ b/web/packages/teleterm/src/ui/DocumentAccessRequests/NewRequest/useNewRequest.ts
@@ -211,9 +211,14 @@ export default function useNewRequest(rootCluster: Cluster) {
       return;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * This should never happen but just a safeguard.
+     * This function is used in the "unified resources" view,
+     * where a user can click on a "request access" button.
+     * Selecting kube_cluster's namespace is not available in this view
+     * (instead it is rendered in the "request checkout" view).
+     */
     if (kind === 'namespace') {
-      // It is not possible to request a kube namespace through this function.
-      // The type should be corrected.
       return;
     }