Deduplicate JSON Task Events

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Problem

Given a list of JSON strings, each representing a task event with fields task_id, status, and timestamp, write a function that returns a list of parsed task objects after removing duplicates. Two events are duplicates if they have the same task_id and status; keep only the one with the greatest timestamp. Ignore invalid JSON entries or entries missing any required field.

Constraints

1 <= len(events) <= 10^4
Each input element is a string
timestamp is an integer when present
task_id and status are non-empty strings when present

Function Signature

def deduplicate_events(events):

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