arduino/arduino-ide#1909, arduino/arduino-cli#2033, arduino/arduino-cli#2029 Arduino CLI caches the objects produced by compiling a sketch program under the temporary folder. These folders are intentionally left behind in the temporary folder after an Arduino CLI process exits so that they can be reused for subsequent compilations as applicable. More @Wikipedia
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