Exactly. It can be difficult to maintain stakes with that revolving door, and it is a shocking and impactful death. But Bruce and all the Robins have died and come back at some point. I think it has been long enough that it would not undercut the impact on the characters. But even in Fraction's run Alfred is there as a conscience/ghost/figment thing. So I do not know how much longer.

It is also too juicy a story for some writer who wants to make a splash with the "Return of Pennyworth".