Thin-lto cache file atimes are used for expiration based pruning, and since Vista, access file times are not updated by Windows by default:
https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/filecab/2006/11/07/disabling-last-access-time-in-windows-vista-to-improve-ntfs-performance/
This means on Windows, cache files are currently being pruned from creation time. This change manually updates cache files that are accessed by Thin-lto, when on Windows.
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