Some more earlier failures with the same issue (all in Windows builds):
https://gradle-enterprise.elastic.co/s/ic3vf76vlpiho
https://gradle-enterprise.elastic.co/s/7nsuvadgg5bbm
https://gradle-enterprise.elastic.co/s/7kcrezoswrgdg

**Build scan:**
https://gradle-enterprise.elastic.co/s/whgmtqrtovpgu/tests/:server:internalClusterTest/org.elasticsearch.reservedstate.service.FileSettingsServiceIT/testErrorSaved

**Reproduction line:**
`gradlew ':server:internalClusterTest' --tests "org.elasticsearch.reservedstate.service.FileSettingsServiceIT.testErrorSaved" -Dtests.seed=762F971779043BEB -Dtests.locale=es-BO -Dtests.timezone=Africa/Luanda -Druntime.java=18`

**Applicable branches:**
main

**Reproduces locally?:**
Didn't try

**Failure history:**
https://gradle-enterprise.elastic.co/scans/tests?tests.container=org.elasticsearch.reservedstate.service.FileSettingsServiceIT&tests.test=testErrorSaved

**Failure excerpt:**
```
org.elasticsearch.cluster.metadata.ProcessClusterEventTimeoutException: failed to process cluster event (delete_repository [*]) within 30s

  at __randomizedtesting.SeedInfo.seed([762F971779043BEB:C5DE1806AEE40E21]:0)
  at org.elasticsearch.cluster.service.MasterService$Batcher.lambda$onTimeout$1(MasterService.java:165)
  at org.elasticsearch.common.util.concurrent.ThreadContext$ContextPreservingRunnable.run(ThreadContext.java:825)
  at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1136)
  at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:635)
  at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:833)

```
server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/reservedstate/service/FileSettingsService.java
this.operatorSettingsDir = environment.configFile().toAbsolutePath().resolve(OPERATOR_DIRECTORY);
    }
    public Path operatorSettingsDir() {
        return operatorSettingsDir;
    }
    public Path operatorSettingsFile() {
        return operatorSettingsDir().resolve(SETTINGS_FILE_NAME);
    }
    
    
    boolean watchedFileChanged(Path path) throws IOException {
        if (Files.exists(path) == false) {
            return false;
        }
        FileUpdateState previousUpdateState = fileUpdateState;
        BasicFileAttributes attr = Files.readAttributes(path, BasicFileAttributes.class);
        fileUpdateState = new FileUpdateState(attr.lastModifiedTime().toMillis(), path.toRealPath().toString(), attr.fileKey());
        return (previousUpdateState == null || previousUpdateState.equals(fileUpdateState) == false);
    }
    @Override
    protected void doStart() {
        
        
        
        this.active = Files.exists(operatorSettingsDir().getParent());
        startIfMaster(clusterService.state());
        clusterService.addListener(this);
    }
    @Override
    protected void doStop() {