[CI] Ec2DiscoveryTests testDefaultSettings failing

[elasticsearchmachine]

Build Scans:

• elasticsearch-periodic #4293 / openjdk23_java-matrix
• elasticsearch-periodic #4289 / openjdk23_java-matrix

Reproduction Line:

./gradlew ':plugins:discovery-ec2:test' --tests "org.elasticsearch.discovery.ec2.Ec2DiscoveryTests.testPublicIp" -Dtests.seed=67E5E30A1DC80CD3 -Dtests.locale=ne -Dtests.timezone=America/Virgin -Druntime.java=23

Applicable branches:
7.17

Reproduces locally?:
N/A

Failure History:
See dashboard

Failure Message:

java.lang.AssertionError: 
Expected: a collection with size <5>
     but: collection size was <0>

Issue Reasons:

• [7.17] 2 consecutive failures in step openjdk23_java-matrix
• [7.17] 2 failures in test testDefaultSettings (1.6% fail rate in 126 executions)
• [7.17] 2 failures in step openjdk23_java-matrix (100.0% fail rate in 2 executions)
• [7.17] 2 failures in pipeline elasticsearch-periodic (50.0% fail rate in 4 executions)

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