**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/main/java/org/elasticsearch/reservedstate/service/FileSettingsService.java
) {
            ReservedStateChunk parsedState = stateService.parse(NAMESPACE, parser);
            if (nodeInfosRefreshRequired || nodesInfoResponse == null) {
                var nodesInfoRequest = NodesInfoRequest.requestWithMetrics(NodesInfoRequest.Metric.INGEST);
                clusterAdminClient().nodesInfo(nodesInfoRequest, new ActionListener<>() {
                    @Override
                    public void onResponse(NodesInfoResponse response) {
                        
                        nodesInfoResponse = response;
                        nodeInfosRefreshRequired = false;
                        stateService.process(NAMESPACE, parsedState, (e) -> completeProcessing(e, completion));
                    }
                    @Override
                    public void onFailure(Exception e) {
                        completion.completeExceptionally(e);
                    }
                });
            } else {
                stateService.process(NAMESPACE, parsedState, (e) -> completeProcessing(e, completion));
            }
        } catch (Exception e) {
            completion.completeExceptionally(e);
        }
        return completion;
    }
    
    ClusterAdminClient clusterAdminClient() {
        return nodeClient.admin().cluster();
    }
    private void completeProcessing(Exception e, CompletableFuture<Void> completion) {