fix: 17331: Improve in-memory virtual map mode to run garbage collection for merged copies #28852

Job	Run time
Code / Compiles	2m 52s
Dependency (Module Info) / Check	2m 12s
Spotless / Check	2m 13s
HAPI Tests (Token) / Standard	15m 51s
HAPI Tests (Crypto) / Standard	21m 3s
HAPI Tests (Misc) / Standard	26m 37s
HAPI Tests (Node Death Reconnect) / Standard	7m 24s
HAPI Tests (Restart) / Standard	15m 7s
HAPI Tests (Smart Contract) / Standard	42m 5s
HAPI Tests (Time Consuming) / Standard	25m 25s
Unit Tests / Standard	9m 23s
JRS Panel / Platform SDK	21m 39s
Gradle Determinism / Generate Baseline	2m 29s
Snyk Scan / Standard	2m 54s
Docker Determinism / Generate Baseline	5m 38s
Hedera Node JRS Panel / Abbrev Update Test	42m 41s
Gradle Determinism / Verify Artifacts (ubuntu-22.04)	9m 13s
Gradle Determinism / Verify Artifacts (ubuntu-20.04)	8m 57s
Gradle Determinism / Verify Artifacts (windows-2022)	12m 51s
Gradle Determinism / Verify Artifacts (windows-2019)	11m 58s
Gradle Determinism / Verify Artifacts (network-node-linux-medium)	7m 10s
Gradle Determinism / Verify Artifacts (network-node-linux-large)	5m 28s
Docker Determinism / Verify Artifacts (network-node-linux-medium)	3m 24s
Docker Determinism / Verify Artifacts (network-node-linux-large)	3m 18s
	5h 7m 52s

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