failedIndexes := calculateFailedIndexes(logger, &tc.job, tc.pods)
			_, succeededIndexes := calculateSucceededIndexes(logger, &tc.job, tc.pods)
			jobCtx := &syncJobCtx{
				job:                  &tc.job,
				pods:                 tc.pods,
				activePods:           activePods,
				succeededIndexes:     succeededIndexes,
				failedIndexes:        failedIndexes,

		if job.Spec.Completions != nil && job.Spec.BackoffLimitPerIndex != nil && status.FailedIndexes != nil {
			if _, err := validateIndexesFormat(*status.FailedIndexes, int32(*job.Spec.Completions)); err != nil {
				allErrs = append(allErrs, field.Invalid(fldPath.Child("failedIndexes"), status.FailedIndexes, fmt.Sprintf("error parsing failedIndexes: %s", err.Error())))
			}
		}
	}

					BackoffLimitPerIndex: ptr.To[int32](1),
				},
				Status: batch.JobStatus{
					FailedIndexes: ptr.To("invalid format"),
				},
			},
			wantErrs: field.ErrorList{
				{Type: field.ErrorTypeInvalid, Field: "status.failedIndexes"},
			},
		},
		"invalid format for FailedIndexes, but allowed": {
			enableJobManagedBy: true,
			job: &batch.Job{
				ObjectMeta: validObjectMeta,

		jobCtx.job.Status.CompletedIndexes = succeededIndexesStr
		var failedIndexesStr *string
		if jobCtx.failedIndexes != nil {
			failedIndexesStr = ptr.To(jobCtx.failedIndexes.String())
		}
		if !ptr.Equal(jobCtx.job.Status.FailedIndexes, failedIndexesStr) {
			jobCtx.job.Status.FailedIndexes = failedIndexesStr
			needsFlush = true
		}
	}
	if feature.DefaultFeatureGate.Enabled(features.JobPodFailurePolicy) {

		*out = (*in).DeepCopy()
	}
	if in.Terminating != nil {
		in, out := &in.Terminating, &out.Terminating
		*out = new(int32)
		**out = **in
	}
	if in.FailedIndexes != nil {
		in, out := &in.FailedIndexes, &out.FailedIndexes
		*out = new(string)
		**out = **in
	}
	if in.UncountedTerminatedPods != nil {
		in, out := &in.UncountedTerminatedPods, &out.UncountedTerminatedPods

		*out = new(int32)
		**out = **in
	}
	if in.Ready != nil {
		in, out := &in.Ready, &out.Ready
		*out = new(int32)
		**out = **in
	}
	if in.FailedIndexes != nil {
		in, out := &in.FailedIndexes, &out.FailedIndexes
		*out = new(string)
		**out = **in
	}
	if in.UncountedTerminatedPods != nil {
		in, out := &in.UncountedTerminatedPods, &out.UncountedTerminatedPods

	out.Active = in.Active
	out.Succeeded = in.Succeeded
	out.Failed = in.Failed
	out.Terminating = (*int32)(unsafe.Pointer(in.Terminating))
	out.CompletedIndexes = in.CompletedIndexes
	out.FailedIndexes = (*string)(unsafe.Pointer(in.FailedIndexes))
	out.UncountedTerminatedPods = (*batch.UncountedTerminatedPods)(unsafe.Pointer(in.UncountedTerminatedPods))
	out.Ready = (*int32)(unsafe.Pointer(in.Ready))
	return nil
}

	//
	// This field is beta-level. It can be used when the `JobBackoffLimitPerIndex`
	// feature gate is enabled (enabled by default).
	// +optional
	FailedIndexes *string `json:"failedIndexes,omitempty" protobuf:"bytes,10,opt,name=failedIndexes"`

	// uncountedTerminatedPods holds the UIDs of Pods that have terminated but
	// the job controller hasn't yet accounted for in the status counters.
	//

					UncountedTerminatedPods: &batch.UncountedTerminatedPods{
						Failed: []types.UID{"a1"},
					},
					FailedIndexes: ptr.To(""),
				},
				{
					Active:                  1,
					Failed:                  1,
					UncountedTerminatedPods: &batch.UncountedTerminatedPods{},
					FailedIndexes:           ptr.To(""),
				},
			},
			wantFailedPodsMetric: 1,
		},

		isCompletedIndexesChanged := oldJob.Status.CompletedIndexes != newJob.Status.CompletedIndexes
		isFailedIndexesChanged := !ptr.Equal(oldJob.Status.FailedIndexes, newJob.Status.FailedIndexes)
		isActiveChanged := oldJob.Status.Active != newJob.Status.Active
		isStartTimeChanged := !ptr.Equal(oldJob.Status.StartTime, newJob.Status.StartTime)