func PatchPodStatus(ctx context.Context, c clientset.Interface, namespace, name string, uid types.UID, oldPodStatus, newPodStatus v1.PodStatus) (*v1.Pod, []byte, bool, error) {
	patchBytes, unchanged, err := preparePatchBytesForPodStatus(namespace, name, uid, oldPodStatus, newPodStatus)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, nil, false, err
	}
	if unchanged {
		return nil, patchBytes, true, nil
	}

	// See https://issues.k8s.io/108594 for more details.
	if podutil.IsPodPhaseTerminal(newPodStatus.Phase) {
		if podutil.IsPodReadyConditionTrue(newPodStatus) || podutil.IsContainersReadyConditionTrue(newPodStatus) {
			containersReadyCondition := generateContainersReadyConditionForTerminalPhase(newPodStatus.Phase)
			podutil.UpdatePodCondition(&newPodStatus, &containersReadyCondition)

			},
		}

		pleg.updateRunningPodMetric(&newPodStatus)
		pleg.cache.Set(newPodStatus.ID, &newPodStatus, nil, time.Now())
	}
	pleg.cache.UpdateTime(time.Now())

	expectedMetric = `
# HELP kubelet_running_pods [ALPHA] Number of pods that have a running pod sandbox
# TYPE kubelet_running_pods gauge
kubelet_running_pods 3
`

	useCases := []struct {
		desc                          string
		enablePodDisruptionConditions bool
		hasRunningContainers          bool
		oldPodStatus                  func(input v1.PodStatus) v1.PodStatus
		newPodStatus                  func(input v1.PodStatus) v1.PodStatus
		expectPodStatus               v1.PodStatus
	}{
		{
			"no change",
			false,
			false,