[CI] SearchWithMinCompatibleSearchNodeIT testMinVersionAsNewVersion failing

[elasticsearchmachine]

Build Scans:

• elasticsearch-periodic #9088 / 7.5.2_bwc
• elasticsearch-periodic #9037 / 7.3.2_bwc
• elasticsearch-periodic #9030 / 7.0.1_bwc

Reproduction Line:

./gradlew ':qa:mixed-cluster:v7.5.2#mixedClusterTest' -Dtests.class="org.elasticsearch.backwards.SearchWithMinCompatibleSearchNodeIT" -Dtests.method="testMinVersionAsOldVersion" -Dtests.seed=5E2351CF018B3C9A -Dtests.bwc=true -Dtests.locale=sr-Latn-ME -Dtests.timezone=America/North_Dakota/Center -Druntime.java=22

Applicable branches:
7.17

Reproduces locally?:
N/A

Failure History:
See dashboard

Failure Message:

java.lang.IndexOutOfBoundsException: Index 0 out of bounds for length 0

Issue Reasons:

• [7.17] 3 failures in test testMinVersionAsNewVersion (1.9% fail rate in 154 executions)
• [7.17] 3 failures in pipeline elasticsearch-periodic (33.3% fail rate in 9 executions)

Note:
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[elasticsearchmachine]

Pinging @elastic/es-search-foundations (Team:Search Foundations)

[drempapis]

Closing due to #128078 (comment)