[Release-2.55] Cherry-pick #30648 into release branch

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This reverts commit ffe2dba.

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R: @arvindram03

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Flaky test in dataflow-worker:

testDoFnActiveMessageMetadataReportedOnHeartbeat failed indexOutofBound

testDoFnActiveMessageMetadataReportedOnHeartbeat[1: [streamingEngine=true]] (org.apache.beam.runners.dataflow.worker.StreamingDataflowWorkerTest) failed
runners/google-cloud-dataflow-java/worker/build/test-results/test/TEST-org.apache.beam.runners.dataflow.worker.StreamingDataflowWorkerTest.xml [took 2s]
java.lang.IndexOutOfBoundsException: Index: 0, Size: 0
	at java.util.ArrayList.rangeCheck(ArrayList.java:659)
	at java.util.ArrayList.get(ArrayList.java:435)
	at java.util.Collections$UnmodifiableList.get(Collections.java:1311)
	at org.apache.beam.runners.dataflow.worker.windmill.Windmill$ComputationHeartbeatRequest.getHeartbeatRequests(Windmill.java:62820)
	at org.apache.beam.runners.dataflow.worker.StreamingDataflowWorkerTest.testDoFnActiveMessageMetadataReportedOnHeartbeat(StreamingDataflowWorkerTest.java:3681)
	...

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known flaky test:

testInvalidRecordReceived (org.apache.beam.sdk.io.gcp.spanner.changestreams.SpannerChangeStreamErrorTest) failed
Expected: (an instance of com.google.cloud.spanner.SpannerException and exception with message a string containing "DEADLINE_EXCEEDED")
     but: an instance of com.google.cloud.spanner.SpannerException <java.lang.AssertionError: 
Expected: <0>
     but: was <7>> is a java.lang.AssertionError
Stacktrace was: java.lang.AssertionError: 
Expected: <0>
     but: was <7>

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Different tests failing on retry:

testRampupThrottler (org.apache.beam.sdk.io.gcp.datastore.RampupThrottlingFnTest) failed

merging for now