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/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/metadata/ToAndFromJsonMetadataTests.java
}
              }
            }""".formatted(Version.CURRENT.id, Version.CURRENT.id), Strings.toString(builder));
    }
    private Metadata buildMetadata() throws IOException {
        return Metadata.builder()
            .clusterUUID("clusterUUID")
            .coordinationMetadata(
                CoordinationMetadata.builder()
                    .term(1)
                    .lastCommittedConfiguration(new CoordinationMetadata.VotingConfiguration(new HashSet<>() {
                        {
                            add("commitedConfigurationNodeId");
                        }
                    }))
                    .lastAcceptedConfiguration(new CoordinationMetadata.VotingConfiguration(new HashSet<>() {
                        {
                            add("acceptedConfigurationNodeId");
                        }
                    }))
                    .addVotingConfigExclusion(new CoordinationMetadata.VotingConfigExclusion("exlucdedNodeId", "excludedNodeName"))
                    .build()
            )
            .persistentSettings(Settings.builder().put(SETTING_VERSION_CREATED, Version.CURRENT.id).build())
            .transientSettings(Settings.builder().put(SETTING_VERSION_CREATED, Version.CURRENT.id).build())
            .put(
                IndexMetadata.builder("index")
                    .state(IndexMetadata.State.OPEN)
                    .settings(Settings.builder().put(SETTING_VERSION_CREATED, Version.CURRENT.id))
                    .putMapping(new MappingMetadata("type", new HashMap<>() {