[CI] AutoFollowIT testAutoFollowSoftDeletesDisabled failing

[fcofdez]

Build scan:
https://gradle-enterprise.elastic.co/s/js3hkezux6vjw/tests/:x-pack:plugin:ccr:internalClusterTest/org.elasticsearch.xpack.ccr.AutoFollowIT/testAutoFollowSoftDeletesDisabled

Reproduction line:

./gradlew ':x-pack:plugin:ccr:internalClusterTest' --tests "org.elasticsearch.xpack.ccr.AutoFollowIT.testAutoFollowSoftDeletesDisabled" -Dtests.seed=67F39D2AAC1A4DD2 -Dtests.locale=es-CR -Dtests.timezone=Asia/Jerusalem -Druntime.java=20 -Dtests.fips.enabled=true

Applicable branches:
7.17

Reproduces locally?:
Didn't try

Failure history:
https://gradle-enterprise.elastic.co/scans/tests?tests.container=org.elasticsearch.xpack.ccr.AutoFollowIT&tests.test=testAutoFollowSoftDeletesDisabled

Failure excerpt:

com.carrotsearch.randomizedtesting.UncaughtExceptionError: Captured an uncaught exception in thread: Thread[id=914, name=elasticsearch[leader2][management][T#4], state=RUNNABLE, group=TGRP-AutoFollowIT]

  at __randomizedtesting.SeedInfo.seed([67F39D2AAC1A4DD2:F80125C3EE6DDC3D]:0)

  Caused by: java.lang.AssertionError: (No message provided)

    at __randomizedtesting.SeedInfo.seed([67F39D2AAC1A4DD2]:0)
    at org.elasticsearch.action.admin.cluster.state.TransportClusterStateAction.masterOperation(TransportClusterStateAction.java:116)
    at org.elasticsearch.action.admin.cluster.state.TransportClusterStateAction.masterOperation(TransportClusterStateAction.java:42)
    at org.elasticsearch.action.support.master.TransportMasterNodeAction.executeMasterOperation(TransportMasterNodeAction.java:127)
    at org.elasticsearch.action.support.master.TransportMasterNodeAction.access$500(TransportMasterNodeAction.java:52)
    at org.elasticsearch.action.support.master.TransportMasterNodeAction$AsyncSingleAction.lambda$doStart$3(TransportMasterNodeAction.java:219)
    at org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRunnable$2.doRun(ActionRunnable.java:62)
    at org.elasticsearch.common.util.concurrent.ThreadContext$ContextPreservingAbstractRunnable.doRun(ThreadContext.java:777)
    at org.elasticsearch.common.util.concurrent.AbstractRunnable.run(AbstractRunnable.java:26)
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1144)
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:642)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:1623)

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