Query ESQL usage stats from new nodes only (elastic#98617)

The new ESQL stats action doesn't exist on old nodes; 
so we should avoid sending stats-requests to those nodes.

Closes elastic#98604

x-pack/plugin/esql/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/plugin/TransportEsqlStatsAction.java

@@ -6,9 +6,11 @@
  */
 package org.elasticsearch.xpack.esql.plugin;
 
+import org.elasticsearch.Version;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.FailedNodeException;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.ActionFilters;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.nodes.TransportNodesAction;
+import org.elasticsearch.cluster.ClusterState;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.node.DiscoveryNode;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.service.ClusterService;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.inject.Inject;
@@ -19,6 +21,7 @@
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.esql.execution.PlanExecutor;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
 
 /**
@@ -54,6 +57,16 @@ public TransportEsqlStatsAction(
         this.planExecutor = planExecutor;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    protected void resolveRequest(EsqlStatsRequest request, ClusterState clusterState) {
+        String[] nodesIds = clusterState.nodes().resolveNodes(request.nodesIds());
+        DiscoveryNode[] concreteNodes = Arrays.stream(nodesIds)
+            .map(clusterState.nodes()::get)
+            .filter(n -> n.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_8_11_0))
+            .toArray(DiscoveryNode[]::new);
+        request.setConcreteNodes(concreteNodes);
+    }
+
     @Override
     protected EsqlStatsResponse newResponse(
         EsqlStatsRequest request,