[cherry-pick] panic due to mark retention task error

[stonezdj]

fixes #20129

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All modified and coverable lines are covered by tests ✅

Project coverage is 44.92%. Comparing base (ccfc3f8) to head (92c97cf).

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##           release-2.9.0   #20170       +/-   ##
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- Coverage          67.42%   44.92%   -22.51%     
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  Files                993      244      -749     
  Lines             108982    13417    -95565     
  Branches            2752     2752               
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- Hits               73486     6027    -67459     
+ Misses             31540     7085    -24455     
+ Partials            3956      305     -3651     

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[wy65701436]

lgtm