eventedPLEGUsage   = false
	eventedPLEGUsageMu = sync.RWMutex{}
)

// isEventedPLEGInUse indicates whether Evented PLEG is in use. Even after enabling
// the Evented PLEG feature gate, there could be several reasons it may not be in use.
// e.g. Streaming data issues from the runtime or the runtime does not implement the
// container events stream.
func isEventedPLEGInUse() bool {
	eventedPLEGUsageMu.RLock()
	defer eventedPLEGUsageMu.RUnlock()

	// For more details refer to:
	// https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/tree/master/keps/sig-node/3386-kubelet-evented-pleg#timestamp-of-the-pod-status
	if utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate.Enabled(features.EventedPLEG) && isEventedPLEGInUse() && status != nil {
		timestamp = status.TimeStamp
	}

	return err, g.cache.Set(pod.ID, status, err, timestamp)
}

func (g *GenericPLEG) UpdateCache(pod *kubecontainer.Pod, pid types.UID) (error, bool) {