restartCountStatic++
		} else {
			// almost certainly means shenanigans, as API pods should never have the same UID after being deleted and recreated
			// unless there is a major API violation
			restartCount++
		}
	}
	metrics.RestartedPodTotal.WithLabelValues("true").Add(float64(restartCountStatic))
	metrics.RestartedPodTotal.WithLabelValues("").Add(float64(restartCount))

	}
	if len(runningContainers) > 0 {
		return fmt.Errorf("detected running containers after a successful KillPod, CRI violation: %v", runningContainers)
	}

	// NOTE: resources must be unprepared AFTER all containers have stopped
	// and BEFORE the pod status is changed on the API server