func logPostTimeoutResult(timedOutAt time.Time, r *result) {
	if r == nil {
		// we are using r == nil to indicate that the child goroutine never returned a result.
		metrics.RecordRequestPostTimeout(metrics.PostTimeoutSourceRestHandler, metrics.PostTimeoutHandlerPending)
		klog.Errorf("FinishRequest: post-timeout activity, waited for %s, child goroutine has not returned yet", time.Since(timedOutAt))
		return
	}

				status := metrics.PostTimeoutHandlerOK
				if res != nil {
					// a non nil res indicates that there was a panic.
					status = metrics.PostTimeoutHandlerPanic
				}

				metrics.RecordRequestPostTimeout(metrics.PostTimeoutSourceTimeoutHandler, status)
				utilruntime.HandleErrorWithContext(r.Context(), nil, "Post-timeout activity", "timeElapsed", time.Since(timedOutAt), "method", r.Method, "path", r.URL.Path, "result", res)

}

func RecordTimestampComparisonLatency(codePath string, elapsed time.Duration) {
	requestTimestampComparisonDuration.WithLabelValues(codePath).Observe(elapsed.Seconds())
}

func RecordRequestPostTimeout(source string, status string) {
	requestPostTimeoutTotal.WithLabelValues(source, status).Inc()
}

// RecordRequestAbort records that the request was aborted possibly due to a timeout.