Backports sanity tests to 1.x

[DarshitChanpura]

Backports #1958 manually.

Resolves #2398

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- [ ] New functionality includes testing
- [ ] New functionality has been documented

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[peternied]

Unfortunately we can't just backport this PR, the build.gradle scripts were completely rewritten [1] in 2.0 to fix these issues you are encountering during the build.

Could you see if there a way we can remove the gradle related components of the test so we can minimize build script changes?

• [1] Switch to standard OpenSearch gradle build #1888

[peternied]

@DarshitChanpura any thoughts on where we go from here?

[DarshitChanpura]

@DarshitChanpura any thoughts on where we go from here?

I'll convert this to draft for now until I have significant update, as this requires more change than a simple gradle fix.

[peternied]

Unless you are actively working on this I'd recommend we covert this to an issue

[DarshitChanpura]

Unless you are actively working on this I'd recommend we covert this to an issue

Done. I will close this PR for now and will re-open once I resume work on this.