[release-21.0] Fix potential deadlock in health streamer (#17261)

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Description

This is a backport of #17261

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Codecov Report

All modified and coverable lines are covered by tests :white_check_mark:

Project coverage is 67.53%. Comparing base (e72904b) to head (ca974e2). Report is 1 commits behind head on release-21.0.

Additional details and impacted files

```diff @@ Coverage Diff @@ ## release-21.0 #17270 +/- ## ================================================ + Coverage 67.50% 67.53% +0.02% ================================================ Files 1570 1570 Lines 251389 251391 +2 ================================================ + Hits 169695 169765 +70 + Misses 81694 81626 -68 ```

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