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Removed containers are not always waiting
fixes#54499
The issue was that a container that is removed (during pod deletion, for example), is assumed to be in a "waiting" state.
Instead, we should use the previous container state.
Fetching the most recent status is required to ensure that we accurately reflect the previous state. The status attached to a pod object is often stale.
I verified this by looking through the kubelet logs during a deletion, and verifying that the status updates do not transition from terminated -> pending.
cc @kubernetes/sig-node-bugs @sjenning @smarterclayton @derekwaynecarr @dchen1107
```release-note
Fix an issue where pods were briefly transitioned to a "Pending" state during the deletion process.
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