Reproduces only for certain seeds. `testMinimumSameAsOldVersion` and `testMinimumVersionShardDuringPhaseExecution` are also failing.

Failures started a day or two ago, perhaps with the 8.11 release. I'll be muting these.

**Build scan:**
https://gradle-enterprise.elastic.co/s/idql2jbnv3fti/tests/:server:test/org.elasticsearch.action.search.SearchQueryThenFetchAsyncActionTests/testMinimumVersionSameAsNewVersion
**Reproduction line:**
```
gradlew ':server:test' --tests "org.elasticsearch.action.search.SearchQueryThenFetchAsyncActionTests.testMinimumVersionSameAsNewVersion" -Dtests.seed=77C63432EA76B591 -Dtests.locale=mk -Dtests.timezone=Atlantic/Reykjavik -Druntime.java=21
```

**Applicable branches:**
8.11

**Reproduces locally?:**
Yes

**Failure history:**
https://gradle-enterprise.elastic.co/scans/tests?tests.container=org.elasticsearch.action.search.SearchQueryThenFetchAsyncActionTests&tests.test=testMinimumVersionSameAsNewVersion


**Failure excerpt:**
```
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Node versions can only be inferred before release version 8.10.0

  at __randomizedtesting.SeedInfo.seed([77C63432EA76B591:FCE61CEF2A9FE44B]:0)
  at org.elasticsearch.cluster.node.VersionInformation.inferVersions(VersionInformation.java:42)
  at org.elasticsearch.cluster.node.DiscoveryNodeUtils$Builder.build(DiscoveryNodeUtils.java:144)
  at org.elasticsearch.action.search.SearchQueryThenFetchAsyncActionTests.testMixedVersionsShardsSearch(SearchQueryThenFetchAsyncActionTests.java:270)
  at org.elasticsearch.action.search.SearchQueryThenFetchAsyncActionTests.testMinimumVersionSameAsNewVersion(SearchQueryThenFetchAsyncActionTests.java:247)
  at jdk.internal.reflect.DirectMethodHandleAccessor.invoke(DirectMethodHandleAccessor.java:103)
  at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:580)
  at com.carrotsearch.randomizedtesting.RandomizedRunner.invoke(RandomizedRunner.java:1758)
  at com.carrotsearch.randomizedtesting.RandomizedRunner$8.evaluate(RandomizedRunner.java:946)
  at com.carrotsearch.randomizedtesting.RandomizedRunner$9.evaluate(RandomizedRunner.java:982)
  at com.carrotsearch.randomizedtesting.RandomizedRunner$10.evaluate(RandomizedRunner.java:996)
  at com.carrotsearch.randomizedtesting.rules.StatementAdapter.evaluate(StatementAdapter.java:36)
  at org.apache.lucene.tests.util.TestRuleSetupTeardownChained$1.evaluate(TestRuleSetupTeardownChained.java:48)
  at org.apache.lucene.tests.util.AbstractBeforeAfterRule$1.evaluate(AbstractBeforeAfterRule.java:43)
  at org.apache.lucene.tests.util.TestRuleThreadAndTestName$1.evaluate(TestRuleThreadAndTestName.java:45)
  at org.apache.lucene.tests.util.TestRuleIgnoreAfterMaxFailures$1.evaluate(TestRuleIgnoreAfterMaxFailures.java:60)
  at org.apache.lucene.tests.util.TestRuleMarkFailure$1.evaluate(TestRuleMarkFailure.java:44)
  at com.carrotsearch.randomizedtesting.rules.StatementAdapter.evaluate(StatementAdapter.java:36)
  at com.carrotsearch.randomizedtesting.ThreadLeakControl$StatementRunner.run(ThreadLeakControl.java:390)
  at com.carrotsearch.randomizedtesting.ThreadLeakControl.forkTimeoutingTask(ThreadLeakControl.java:843)
  at com.carrotsearch.randomizedtesting.ThreadLeakControl$3.evaluate(ThreadLeakControl.java:490)
  at com.carrotsearch.randomizedtesting.RandomizedRunner.runSingleTest(RandomizedRunner.java:955)
  at com.carrotsearch.randomizedtesting.RandomizedRunner$5.evaluate(RandomizedRunner.java:840)
  at com.carrotsearch.randomizedtesting.RandomizedRunner$6.evaluate(RandomizedRunner.java:891)
  at com.carrotsearch.randomizedtesting.RandomizedRunner$7.evaluate(RandomizedRunner.java:902)
  at org.apache.lucene.tests.util.AbstractBeforeAfterRule$1.evaluate(AbstractBeforeAfterRule.java:43)
  at com.carrotsearch.randomizedtesting.rules.StatementAdapter.evaluate(StatementAdapter.java:36)
  at org.apache.lucene.tests.util.TestRuleStoreClassName$1.evaluate(TestRuleStoreClassName.java:38)
  at com.carrotsearch.randomizedtesting.rules.NoShadowingOrOverridesOnMethodsRule$1.evaluate(NoShadowingOrOverridesOnMethodsRule.java:40)
  at com.carrotsearch.randomizedtesting.rules.NoShadowingOrOverridesOnMethodsRule$1.evaluate(NoShadowingOrOverridesOnMethodsRule.java:40)
  at com.carrotsearch.randomizedtesting.rules.StatementAdapter.evaluate(StatementAdapter.java:36)
  at com.carrotsearch.randomizedtesting.rules.StatementAdapter.evaluate(StatementAdapter.java:36)
  at org.apache.lucene.tests.util.TestRuleAssertionsRequired$1.evaluate(TestRuleAssertionsRequired.java:53)
  at org.apache.lucene.tests.util.AbstractBeforeAfterRule$1.evaluate(AbstractBeforeAfterRule.java:43)
  at org.apache.lucene.tests.util.TestRuleMarkFailure$1.evaluate(TestRuleMarkFailure.java:44)
  at org.apache.lucene.tests.util.TestRuleIgnoreAfterMaxFailures$1.evaluate(TestRuleIgnoreAfterMaxFailures.java:60)
  at org.apache.lucene.tests.util.TestRuleIgnoreTestSuites$1.evaluate(TestRuleIgnoreTestSuites.java:47)
  at com.carrotsearch.randomizedtesting.rules.StatementAdapter.evaluate(StatementAdapter.java:36)
  at com.carrotsearch.randomizedtesting.ThreadLeakControl$StatementRunner.run(ThreadLeakControl.java:390)
  at com.carrotsearch.randomizedtesting.ThreadLeakControl.lambda$forkTimeoutingTask$0(ThreadLeakControl.java:850)
  at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:1583)

```
server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/SearchQueryThenFetchAsyncActionTests.java
searchRequest.source(new SearchSourceBuilder().size(1).sort(SortBuilders.fieldSort("timestamp")));
        SearchTransportService searchTransportService = new SearchTransportService(null, null, null) {
            @Override
            public void sendExecuteQuery(
                Transport.Connection connection,
                ShardSearchRequest request,
                SearchTask task,
                SearchActionListener<? super SearchPhaseResult> listener
            ) {
                int shardId = request.shardId().id();
                QuerySearchResult queryResult = new QuerySearchResult(
                    new ShardSearchContextId("N/A", 123),
                    new SearchShardTarget("node1", new ShardId("idx", "na", shardId), null),
                    null
                );
                SortField sortField = new SortField("timestamp", SortField.Type.LONG);
                if (shardId == 0) {
                    queryResult.topDocs(
                        new TopDocsAndMaxScore(
                            new TopFieldDocs(
                                new TotalHits(1, TotalHits.Relation.GREATER_THAN_OR_EQUAL_TO),
                                new FieldDoc[] { new FieldDoc(randomInt(1000), Float.NaN, new Object[] { shardId }) },
                                new SortField[] { sortField }
                            ),
                            Float.NaN
                        ),
                        new DocValueFormat[] { DocValueFormat.RAW }
                    );
                } else if (shardId == 1) {
                    queryResult.topDocs(