Similarly to https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/104821 , we use the go-cmp package in our non-test code. Problem is: this package reserves the right to panic, which is something we cannot accept in out non-test code. We need to replace to similar code which guarantee not to panic

    since 4.10

    cannot reproduce yet. It is however a risk we need to avoid

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    comparison code can panic, and we don't know when and why

    comparison code never panics

    we should fix only on 4.19 and onwards and backport on 4.18.z. Further backport will be done depending on demand and actual occurrence or not.