Stabilize synchronous gauge #4298

Job	Run time
Build (macos-latest, 11)	9m 35s
Build (macos-latest, 17)	10m 8s
Build (macos-latest, 21)	9m 18s
build-graal	6m 38s
Build (macos-13, 8)	10m 56s
Build (ubuntu-latest, 8)	9m 50s
Build (ubuntu-latest, 11)	11m 23s
Build (ubuntu-latest, 17)	11m 0s
misspell-check / misspell-check	4s
Build (ubuntu-latest, 21)	11m 13s
Build (ubuntu-20.04, 21, true, true)	11m 42s
markdown-link-check / markdown-link-check	50s
required-status-check	1s
publish-snapshots (skipped)	4s
	1h 42m 42s

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