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/bootstrap/Security.java
if (Files.isDirectory(path)) {
            
            
            path.getFileSystem().provider().checkAccess(path.toRealPath(), AccessMode.READ);
        } else {
            
            try {
                Files.createDirectories(path);
            } catch (FileAlreadyExistsException e) {
                
                IOException e2 = new NotDirectoryException(path.toString());
                e2.addSuppressed(e);
                throw e2;
            }
        }
    }
    
    @SuppressForbidden(reason = "accesses jvm default tempdir as a self-test")
    static void selfTest() throws IOException {
        
        try {
            Path p = Files.createTempFile(null, null);
            try {
                Files.delete(p);
            } catch (IOException ignored) {
                
            }
        } catch (SecurityException problem) {
            throw new SecurityException("Security misconfiguration: cannot access java.io.tmpdir", problem);