Harden TopicChannelCountRecoveryTests

(merge ce/main -> ce/24.03 109963)

[git-p4: depot-paths = "//dev/coherence-ce/release/coherence-ce-v24.03/": change = 109966]

Author: thegridman

prj/test/functional/topics/src/main/java/topics/TopicChannelCountRecoveryTests.java

@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ private CoherenceCluster startCluster(String suffix, boolean fStorage, int cMemb
                                                         SystemProperty.of("test.log.level", "9"),
                                                         SystemProperty.of("test.log", "stderr"),
                                                         SystemProperty.of("coherence.distributed.partitioncount", "13"),
-                                                        StabilityPredicate.of(CoherenceCluster.Predicates.isReady()),
+                                                        StabilityPredicate.of(CoherenceCluster.Predicates.isCoherenceRunning()),
                                                         LocalStorage.enabled(fStorage),
                                                         Logging.atMax(),
                                                         JMXManagementMode.ALL,

prj/test/functional/topics/src/main/java/topics/callables/EnsureTopic.java

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 import com.oracle.bedrock.runtime.concurrent.RemoteCallable;
 import com.oracle.coherence.common.base.Logger;
+import com.oracle.coherence.common.util.Duration;
 import com.tangosol.net.CacheFactory;
 import com.tangosol.net.Coherence;
 import com.tangosol.net.Session;
@@ -32,7 +33,10 @@ public EnsureTopic(String sName, String sGroup)
     public Boolean call() throws Exception
         {
         Logger.info("Ensuring topic " + f_sName);
-        NamedTopic<?> topic = Coherence.getInstance().getSession().getTopic(f_sName);
+        Coherence coherence = Coherence.getInstance();
+        coherence.startAndWait();
+
+        NamedTopic<?> topic    = coherence.getSession().getTopic(f_sName);
         if (f_sGroup != null && !f_sGroup.isEmpty())
             {
             Logger.info("Ensuring subscriber group " + f_sGroup + " for topic " + f_sName);