Recovery at replica stuck because recovery incorrectly trusts an old high-water mark

Applying: Rewind walreceiver flushedUpto when restarting from an earlier LSN.
Using index info to reconstruct a base tree...
M	src/backend/replication/walreceiverfuncs.c
M	src/include/replication/walreceiver.h
M	src/test/recovery/meson.build
Falling back to patching base and 3-way merge...
Auto-merging src/test/recovery/meson.build
CONFLICT (content): Merge conflict in src/test/recovery/meson.build
Auto-merging src/include/replication/walreceiver.h
Auto-merging src/backend/replication/walreceiverfuncs.c
Patch failed at 0001 Rewind walreceiver flushedUpto when restarting from an earlier LSN.

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