Stabilize synchronous gauge #4254

Job	Run time
build-graal	6m 31s
Build (macos-latest, 11)	10m 4s
Build (macos-latest, 17)	10m 29s
Build (macos-latest, 21)	11m 1s
Build (macos-13, 8)	13m 0s
Build (ubuntu-latest, 8)	10m 27s
Build (ubuntu-latest, 11)	10m 43s
markdown-link-check / markdown-link-check	50s
Build (ubuntu-latest, 17)	10m 57s
Build (ubuntu-latest, 21)	10m 58s
Build (ubuntu-20.04, 21, true, true)	11m 47s
misspell-check / misspell-check	7s
required-status-check	1s
publish-snapshots (skipped)	8s
	1h 47m 3s

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