[CI] GeoDistanceIT testDistanceSortingWithUnmappedField failing

[elasticsearchmachine]

Build Scans:

• elasticsearch-periodic #7620 / openjdk17_checkpart1_java-fips-matrix
• elasticsearch-periodic-platform-support #7614 / debian-12_platform-support-unix
• elasticsearch-periodic-platform-support #7614 / rhel-9_platform-support-unix
• elasticsearch-periodic #7578 / openjdk23_checkpart1_java-matrix

Reproduction Line:

./gradlew ":server:internalClusterTest" --tests "org.elasticsearch.search.sort.GeoDistanceIT.testDistanceSortingWithUnmappedField" -Dtests.seed=6216A97CDE49EF02 -Dtests.locale=nn -Dtests.timezone=America/Creston -Druntime.java=17 -Dtests.fips.enabled=true

Applicable branches:
8.x

Reproduces locally?:
N/A

Failure History:
See dashboard

Failure Message:

org.elasticsearch.action.search.SearchPhaseExecutionException: 

Issue Reasons:

• [8.x] 4 failures in test testDistanceSortingWithUnmappedField (1.8% fail rate in 221 executions)
• [8.x] 2 failures in pipeline elasticsearch-periodic (28.6% fail rate in 7 executions)

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[elasticsearchmachine]

Pinging @elastic/es-search-foundations (Team:Search Foundations)

[javanna]

@cbuescher see #126770