} else {
      return new RegularImmutableSortedSet<>(ImmutableList.of(), comparator);
    }
  }

  /**
   * Returns the empty immutable sorted set.
   *
   * <p><b>Performance note:</b> the instance returned is a singleton.
   */
  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // The natural-ordered empty set supports all types.
  public static <E> ImmutableSortedSet<E> of() {

## Changelog since v1.15.10

## Changes by Kind

### Other (Bug, Cleanup or Flake)

- Add delays between goroutines for vm instance update ([#88094](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/88094), [@aramase](https://github.com/aramase)) [SIG Cloud Provider]

   * doesn't need to be a view, copy the returned multimap into a new multimap of your choosing.
   *
   * <p><b>Warning:</b> This method assumes that for any instance {@code k} of {@code
   * EntryTransformer} key type {@code K}, {@code k.equals(k2)} implies that {@code k2} is also of
   * type {@code K}. Using an {@code EntryTransformer} key type for which this may not hold, such as

   * doesn't need to be a view, copy the returned multimap into a new multimap of your choosing.
   *
   * <p><b>Warning:</b> This method assumes that for any instance {@code k} of {@code
   * EntryTransformer} key type {@code K}, {@code k.equals(k2)} implies that {@code k2} is also of
   * type {@code K}. Using an {@code EntryTransformer} key type for which this may not hold, such as

    private final Inet4Address server;
    private final Inet4Address client;
    private final int port;
    private final int flags;

    /**
     * Constructs a TeredoInfo instance.
     *
     * <p>Both server and client can be {@code null}, in which case the value {@code "0.0.0.0"} will
     * be assumed.
     *

## Changes by Kind

### API Change

- We have added a new Priority & Fairness rule that exempts all probes (/readyz, /healthz, /livez) to prevent 
  restarting of "healthy" kube-apiserver instance(s) by kubelet. ([#101114](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/101114), [@tkashem](https://github.com/tkashem)) [SIG API Machinery]

### Bug or Regression

## Changelog since v1.8.11

### Other notable changes

* GCE: Fix for internal load balancer management resulting in backend services with outdated instance group links. ([#62887](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/62887), [@nicksardo](https://github.com/nicksardo))

- Fix: skip instance not found when decoupling vmss from lb ([#105836](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/105836), [@nilo19](https://github.com/nilo19)) [SIG Cloud Provider]

<p>
On machines where <code>SP</code> and <code>PC</code> are
traditionally aliases for a physical, numbered register,
in the Go assembler the names <code>SP</code> and <code>PC</code>
are still treated specially;
for instance, references to <code>SP</code> require a symbol,
much like <code>FP</code>.
To access the actual hardware register use the true <code>R</code> name.
For example, on the ARM architecture the hardware

### Bug or Regression

- Fix: skip instance not found when decoupling vmss from lb ([#105835](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/105835), [@nilo19](https://github.com/nilo19)) [SIG Cloud Provider]