absl::StrCat("The specified bucket gs://", bucket, " was not found.")
              .c_str());
    return result;
  }

  bool is_folder = FolderExists(gcs_file, path, status);
  if (TF_GetCode(status) != TF_OK) return false;
  if (is_folder) return true;

  bool is_object = ObjectExists(gcs_file, path, bucket, object, status);
  if (TF_GetCode(status) != TF_OK) return false;
  if (is_object) {

//
// This has three benefits:
//   * allows having newer plugins than the current core TensorFlow: the
//     additional entries in the plugin's table are just discarded;
//   * allows having older plugins than the current core TensorFlow (though
//     we are still warning users): the entries that core TensorFlow expects
//     but plugins didn't provide will be set to `nullptr` values and core