// deleted by the status manager, but are not in pod workers.
// First, the check for deletionTimestamp is a performance optimization as we
// don't need to do anything with terminal pods without deletionTimestamp.
// Second, the check for terminal pods is to avoid race conditions of triggering
// deletion on Pending pods which are not yet added to pod workers.
// Third, the check to skip pods known to pod workers is that the lifecycle of