[7.17] [Testing] Enable bwc and fix sorting for 500_date_range (#90681) (#90689)

the #90458 has been backported to all branches so the bwc testing can be enable for this tests were incorrectly relying on sort order. Added sort to make it deterministic

closes #90668

Author: pgomulka

rest-api-spec/src/yamlRestTest/resources/rest-api-spec/test/search/500_date_range.yml

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 setup:
   - skip:
-      version: " - 8.5.99"
-      reason: awaits backports
+      version: " - 7.17.6"
+      reason: fixed in 7.17.7
   - do:
       indices.create:
         index: dates_year_only
@@ -16,14 +16,14 @@ setup:
       bulk:
         refresh: true
         body:
-          - '{ "index" : { "_index" : "dates_year_only", "_id" : "first" } }'
+          - '{ "index" : { "_index" : "dates_year_only", "_id" : "1" } }'
           - '{"date" : "1900", "field" : 1 }'
-          - '{ "index" : { "_index" : "dates_year_only", "_id" : "second" } }'
-          - '{"date" : "2022", "field" : 1 }'
-          - '{ "index" : { "_index" : "dates_year_only", "_id" : "third" } }'
+          - '{ "index" : { "_index" : "dates_year_only", "_id" : "2" } }'
           - '{"date" : "2022", "field" : 2 }'
-          - '{ "index" : { "_index" : "dates_year_only", "_id" : "fourth" } }'
-          - '{"date" : "1500", "field" : 2 }'
+          - '{ "index" : { "_index" : "dates_year_only", "_id" : "3" } }'
+          - '{"date" : "2022", "field" : 3 }'
+          - '{ "index" : { "_index" : "dates_year_only", "_id" : "4" } }'
+          - '{"date" : "1500", "field" : 4 }'
 
   - do:
       indices.create:
@@ -38,16 +38,16 @@ setup:
       bulk:
         refresh: true
         body:
-          - '{ "index" : { "_index" : "dates", "_id" : "first" } }'
+          - '{ "index" : { "_index" : "dates", "_id" : "1" } }'
           - '{"date" : "1900-01-01T12:12:12.123456789Z", "field" : 1 }'
-          - '{ "index" : { "_index" : "dates", "_id" : "second" } }'
-          - '{"date" : "2022-01-01T12:12:12.123456789Z", "field" : 1 }'
-          - '{ "index" : { "_index" : "dates", "_id" : "third" } }'
-          - '{"date" : "2022-01-03T12:12:12.123456789Z", "field" : 2 }'
-          - '{ "index" : { "_index" : "dates", "_id" : "fourth" } }'
-          - '{"date" : "1500-01-01T12:12:12.123456789Z", "field" : 2 }'
-          - '{ "index" : { "_index" : "dates", "_id" : "fifth" } }'
-          - '{"date" : "1500-01-05T12:12:12.123456789Z", "field" : 2 }'
+          - '{ "index" : { "_index" : "dates", "_id" : "2" } }'
+          - '{"date" : "2022-01-01T12:12:12.123456789Z", "field" : 2 }'
+          - '{ "index" : { "_index" : "dates", "_id" : "3" } }'
+          - '{"date" : "2022-01-03T12:12:12.123456789Z", "field" : 3 }'
+          - '{ "index" : { "_index" : "dates", "_id" : "4" } }'
+          - '{"date" : "1500-01-01T12:12:12.123456789Z", "field" : 4 }'
+          - '{ "index" : { "_index" : "dates", "_id" : "5" } }'
+          - '{"date" : "1500-01-05T12:12:12.123456789Z", "field" : 5 }'
 
 ---
 "test range query for all docs with year uuuu":
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ setup:
         rest_total_hits_as_int: true
         index: dates
         body:
+          sort: field
           query:
             range:
               date:
@@ -73,6 +74,7 @@ setup:
         rest_total_hits_as_int: true
         index: dates
         body:
+          sort: field
           query:
             range:
               date:
@@ -82,7 +84,7 @@ setup:
 
   - match: { hits.total: 1 }
   - length: { hits.hits: 1 }
-  - match: { hits.hits.0._id: "fourth" }
+  - match: { hits.hits.0._id: "4" }
 
 ---
 "test match query gte and lte with year uuuu":
@@ -91,6 +93,7 @@ setup:
         rest_total_hits_as_int: true
         index: dates
         body:
+          sort: field
           query:
             range:
               date:
@@ -100,9 +103,9 @@ setup:
 
   - match: { hits.total: 3 }
   - length: { hits.hits: 3 }
-  - match: { hits.hits.0._id: "first" }
-  - match: { hits.hits.1._id: "fourth" }
-  - match: { hits.hits.2._id: "fifth" }
+  - match: { hits.hits.0._id: "1" }
+  - match: { hits.hits.1._id: "4" }
+  - match: { hits.hits.2._id: "5" }
 
 ---
 "test match query with year uuuu":
@@ -111,11 +114,12 @@ setup:
         rest_total_hits_as_int: true
         index: dates_year_only
         body:
+          sort: field
           query:
             match:
               date:
                 query: "1500"
 
   - match: { hits.total: 1 }
   - length: { hits.hits: 1 }
-  - match: { hits.hits.0._id: "fourth" }
+  - match: { hits.hits.0._id: "4" }