// snapshot timestamp, or some other timestamp later encoded into the metadata.
        // TODO this needs to be repeated here so the merging doesn't interfere with the written metadata
        //  - we'd be much better having a pristine input, and an ongoing metadata for merging instead

        Map<ArtifactRepository, Metadata> previousMetadata = new HashMap<>();

   * element in the underlying collection and determine which elements satisfy the filter. When a
   * live view is <i>not</i> needed, it may be faster to copy {@code Iterables.filter(unfiltered,
   * predicate)} and use the copy.
   *
   * <p><b>Warning:</b> {@code predicate} must be <i>consistent with equals</i>, as documented at

For applications that do, they will see a slight latency increase during startup; most applications can handle this far better than failed connections.

## Pod Shutdown

### Pod Shutdown Requirements

During Pod shutdown, we MUST meet the constraint that Pod traffic will be handled until all containerized processes within the Pod have terminated.

#      Ex. disk_cache -- Use a local cache
#      Ex. public_cache -- Use TF's public cache (read-only)
#      Ex. public_cache_push -- Use TF's public cache (read and write, Googlers only)
#      Ex. rbe        -- Use RBE for faster builds (Googlers only; see below)
#      Ex. no_docker  -- Disable docker on enabled platforms
#    See full examples below for more details on these. Some other modifiers are:

     either this License or such Secondary License(s).

3.4. Notices

     You may not remove or alter the substance of any license notices (including
     copyright notices, patent notices, disclaimers of warranty, or limitations
     of liability) contained within the Source Code Form of the Covered
     Software, except that You may alter any license notices to the extent
     required to remedy known factual inaccuracies.

     License(s).

3.4. Notices

     You may not remove or alter the substance of any license notices
     (including copyright notices, patent notices, disclaimers of warranty, or
     limitations of liability) contained within the Source Code Form of the
     Covered Software, except that You may alter any license notices to the
     extent required to remedy known factual inaccuracies.

   * build-system quirks.
   */
  private @interface GwtTransient {}

  /**
   * Compares strings in natural order except that null comes immediately before a given value. This
   * works better than Ordering.natural().nullsFirst() because, if null comes before all other
   * values, it lies outside the submap/submultiset ranges we test, and the variety of tests that
   * exercise null handling fail on those subcollections.

     either this License or such Secondary License(s).

3.4. Notices

     You may not remove or alter the substance of any license notices (including
     copyright notices, patent notices, disclaimers of warranty, or limitations
     of liability) contained within the Source Code Form of the Covered
     Software, except that You may alter any license notices to the extent
     required to remedy known factual inaccuracies.

  }

  /**
   * Not supported. Use {@link #naturalOrder}, which offers better type-safety, instead. This method
   * exists only to hide {@link ImmutableSet#builder} from consumers of {@code ImmutableSortedSet}.
   *
   * @throws UnsupportedOperationException always
   * @deprecated Use {@link ImmutableSortedSet#naturalOrder}, which offers better type-safety.
   */
  @DoNotCall("Use naturalOrder")
  @Deprecated

 * better) behavior</a> when multiple threads attempt concurrent mutations. Its equivalent to {@code
 * CacheBuilder} is its <a
 * href="https://www.javadoc.io/doc/com.github.ben-manes.caffeine/caffeine/latest/com.github.benmanes.caffeine/com/github/benmanes/caffeine/cache/Caffeine.html">{@code
 * Caffeine}</a> class. Caffeine offers better performance, more features (including asynchronous