decodeException.initCause(e);
      throw decodeException;
    }
  }

  /*
   * We move the static constants into this class so ProGuard can inline UnsignedLongs entirely
   * unless the user is actually calling a parse method.
   */
  private static final class ParseOverflowDetection {
    private ParseOverflowDetection() {}

    // calculated as 0xffffffffffffffff / radix

    if (!timeout.exit()) return cause

    val e = InterruptedIOException("timeout")
    if (cause != null) e.initCause(cause)
    return e
  }

  /**
   * Stops applying the timeout before the call is entirely complete. This is used for WebSockets
   * and duplex calls where the timeout only applies to the initial setup.
   */
  fun timeoutEarlyExit() {
    check(!timeoutEarlyExit)
    timeoutEarlyExit = true

         *
         * 2a. If the resolved types are identical to the original types, then we can return the
         * original, identical JDK TypeVariable. By doing so, we sidestep the problem entirely.
         *
         * 2b. If the resolved types are different from the original types, things are trickier. The
         * only way to get a TypeVariable instance for the resolved types is to create our own. The

         *
         * 2a. If the resolved types are identical to the original types, then we can return the
         * original, identical JDK TypeVariable. By doing so, we sidestep the problem entirely.
         *
         * 2b. If the resolved types are different from the original types, things are trickier. The
         * only way to get a TypeVariable instance for the resolved types is to create our own. The

        if (rangeBelowLb.upperBound.compareTo(ubToAdd) >= 0) {
          // { < > }
          ubToAdd = rangeBelowLb.upperBound;
          /*
           * TODO(cpovirk): can we just "return;" here? Or, can we remove this if() entirely? If
           * not, add tests to demonstrate the problem with each approach
           */
        }
        lbToAdd = rangeBelowLb.lowerBound;
      }
    }

   * type conveys the immutability guarantee.
   */
  public static <E> ImmutableSet<E> of(E e1) {
    return new SingletonImmutableSet<>(e1);
  }

  /*
   * TODO: b/315526394 - Skip the Builder entirely for the of(...) methods, since we don't need to
   * worry that we might trigger the fallback to the JDK-backed implementation? (The varargs one

     * type. So why even make that error possible by giving callers the choice?
     *
     * On the other hand, the current signature is consistent with the similar allAsList method. And
     * eventually this method may go away entirely in favor of an API like
     * whenAllComplete().collectSuccesses(). That API would have a signature more like the current
     * one.
     */
    return new ListFuture<V>(ImmutableList.copyOf(futures), false);
  }

- Fix a scheduler preemption issue where the victim pod was not deleted due to incorrect status patching. This issue occurred when the preemptor and victim pods had different QoS classes in their status, causing the preemption to fail entirely. ([#126691](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/126691), [@Huang-Wei](https://github.com/Huang-Wei)) [SIG Scheduling]

- Fixed a scheduler preemption issue where the victim pod was not deleted due to incorrect status patching. This issue occurred when the preemptor and victim pods had different QoS classes in their status, causing the preemption to fail entirely. ([#126644](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/126644), [@Huang-Wei](https://github.com/Huang-Wei))

- Skipped pod backoff entirely when the `PodMaxBackoffDuration` kube-scheduler option was set to zero and the `SchedulerPopFromBackoffQ` feature gate was enabled. ([#131965](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/131965), [@macsko](https://github.com/macsko))