**Build scan:**
https://gradle-enterprise.elastic.co/s/swrn2vccdizu6/tests/:qa:smoke-test-http:javaRestTest/org.elasticsearch.http.ClusterStateRestCancellationIT/testClusterStateRestCancellation

**Reproduction line:**
`./gradlew ':qa:smoke-test-http:javaRestTest' --tests "org.elasticsearch.http.ClusterStateRestCancellationIT.testClusterStateRestCancellation" -Dtests.seed=2034D67B43AAFEF0 -Dtests.locale=ca -Dtests.timezone=Europe/Madrid -Druntime.java=17`

**Applicable branches:**
main

**Reproduces locally?:**
No

**Failure history:**
https://gradle-enterprise.elastic.co/scans/tests?tests.container=org.elasticsearch.http.ClusterStateRestCancellationIT&tests.test=testClusterStateRestCancellation

**Failure excerpt:**
```
java.lang.IllegalStateException: unable to launch a new watch service

  at __randomizedtesting.SeedInfo.seed([2034D67B43AAFEF0:A2A0FB19FD8E07BE]:0)
  at org.elasticsearch.reservedstate.service.FileSettingsService.startWatcher(FileSettingsService.java:271)
  at org.elasticsearch.reservedstate.service.FileSettingsService.startIfMaster(FileSettingsService.java:142)
  at org.elasticsearch.reservedstate.service.FileSettingsService.doStart(FileSettingsService.java:116)
  at org.elasticsearch.common.component.AbstractLifecycleComponent.start(AbstractLifecycleComponent.java:43)
  at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.start(Node.java:1372)
  at org.elasticsearch.test.InternalTestCluster$NodeAndClient.startNode(InternalTestCluster.java:982)
  at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:539)
  at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:264)
  at org.elasticsearch.common.util.concurrent.ThreadContext$ContextPreservingRunnable.run(ThreadContext.java:820)
  at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1136)
  at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:635)
  at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:833)

  Caused by: java.io.IOException: User limit of inotify watches reached

    at sun.nio.fs.LinuxWatchService$Poller.implRegister(LinuxWatchService.java:264)
    at sun.nio.fs.AbstractPoller.processRequests(AbstractPoller.java:266)
    at sun.nio.fs.LinuxWatchService$Poller.run(LinuxWatchService.java:364)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:833)

```
server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/reservedstate/service/FileSettingsServiceTests.java
import org.elasticsearch.threadpool.TestThreadPool;
import org.elasticsearch.threadpool.ThreadPool;
import org.junit.After;
import org.junit.Before;
import org.mockito.Mockito;
import org.mockito.stubbing.Answer;
import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
import java.nio.file.Files;
import java.nio.file.Path;
import java.nio.file.attribute.FileTime;
import java.time.Instant;
import java.time.LocalDateTime;
import java.time.ZoneId;
import java.time.ZoneOffset;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
import java.util.function.Consumer;
import static java.util.Collections.emptyMap;
import static java.util.Collections.emptySet;
import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.allOf;
import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.hasToString;
import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.instanceOf;
import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any;
import static org.mockito.Mockito.clearInvocations;
import static org.mockito.Mockito.doAnswer;
import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
import static org.mockito.Mockito.spy;