test: fix flaky MultipleVhdsOverAds by synchronizing on VHDS removal propagation

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AdsIntegrationTest.MultipleVhdsOverAds races between sending a VHDS delta removal and asserting a 404: if the removal hasn't reached the worker's route table yet, the request is forwarded to the upstream which nobody reads in the 404 path, causing a timeout and a 504 instead of 404.

Fix

After sending the route_config_0/foo removal, wait for the VHDS config_reload counter to reach 2 before sending the request that expects 404:

sendDiscoveryResponse<envoy::config::route::v3::VirtualHost>(
    Config::TestTypeUrl::get().VirtualHost, {}, {}, {"route_config_0/foo"}, "1");
test_server_->waitForCounterGe("http.ads_test.rds.vhds.route_config_0.config_reload", 2);
send_request_and_verify("http1", foo_request_headers, true);

VhdsSubscription::onConfigUpdate() increments config_reload after updating the route table and immediately before calling route_config_provider_->onConfigUpdate() to dispatch to workers. Reaching count 2 (1 = initial add batch, 2 = removal batch) guarantees the worker dispatch is queued; the time to establish the next client connection is sufficient for workers to drain it.

The stat path http.ads_test.rds.vhds.route_config_0.config_reload follows the existing pattern already used in the same file (e.g. http.ads_test.rds.route_config_0.config_reload at line 1450).

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Original prompt

Fix flaky test AdsIntegrationTest.MultipleVhdsOverAds in test/integration/ads_integration_test.cc.

Tracking issue: #44425

Symptoms

The test is flaky (~1/1000 in deflake testing) and is a release blocker. Two observed failure modes:

Failure mode 1 — 504 instead of expected 404/200

From https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/actions/runs/24180584932/job/70572277286#step:19:2057

[ RUN      ] IpVersionsClientTypeDeltaWildcard/AdsIntegrationTest.MultipleVhdsOverAds/IPv4_GoogleGrpc_Delta
test/integration/ads_integration_test.cc:3133: Failure
Expected equality of these values:
  "404"
  response->headers().getStatusValue()
    Which is: "504"

test/integration/http_integration.cc:614: Failure
Expected equality of these values:
  "200"
  response->headers().getStatusValue()
    Which is: "504"

test/integration/http_integration.cc:615: Failure
Expected equality of these values:
  expected_response_size
    Which is: 0
  response->body().size()
    Which is: 24

Failure mode 2 — Timed out waiting for new connection

[ RUN      ] IpVersionsClientTypeDeltaWildcard/AdsIntegrationTest.MultipleVhdsOverAds/IPv6_GoogleGrpc_Delta
assert failure: 0. Details: Timed out waiting for new connection.
#0 Envoy::HttpIntegrationTest::waitForNextUpstreamRequest()
#1 Envoy::HttpIntegrationTest::sendRequestAndWaitForResponse()
#2 Envoy::HttpIntegrationTest::sendRequestAndWaitForResponse()
#3 Envoy::AdsIntegrationTest_MultipleVhdsOverAds_Test::TestBody()::$_0::operator()()

The 504 response strongly suggests a race where the request is sent and routed before the VHDS-delivered virtual host / upstream cluster membership is fully applied, so the router either selects no healthy upstream or times out establishing an upstream connection. The "Timed out waiting for new connection" mode points to the same underlying race from a slightly different timing angle.

Investigation guidance

1. Read test/integration/ads_integration_test.cc around the MultipleVhdsOverAds test (line ~3133) and understand the VHDS delta sequencing. Identify what the test waits for before sending each HTTP request.
2. Look for places where the test pushes VHDS updates (virtual hosts) and/or EDS/CDS updates and then immediately issues an HTTP request without waiting for the config to be fully ingested by the worker threads / router. Compare with patterns in other stable ADS tests (e.g., waiting on stats like vhds.*update_success, cluster_manager.cluster_added, http.config_test.rds.*.update_success, or using test_server_->waitForCounterGe(...) / waitForGaugeEq(...)).
3. waitForNextUpstreamConnection timing out means either no upstream was routed to, or the upstream cluster warm-up hadn't completed. Confirm whether the test waits for the cluster to become ACTIVE before sending traffic.
4. Consider whether the test's expected 404 path (request to a virtual host that was just removed via VHDS) has an analogous race where the removal hasn't been applied yet when the request is sent.

Fix

Add the missing synchronization between VHDS/CDS/EDS updates and the HTTP request dispatch so that:

• Before asserting 404 for a removed virtual host, wait for the VHDS update counter to advance to reflect the removal.
• Before asserting 200, wait for the new virtual host and any associated cluster to be fully applied (e.g., waitForCounterGe on the appropriate vhds.*.update_success / cluster warming counters).
• Ensure waitForNextUpstreamConnection is only called after the relevant cluster is guaranteed to exist and be warmed.

Prefer deterministic stat-based waits over sleeps. Do not disable or skip the test.

Run the test under --runs_per_test=1000 (or equivalent) to validate the fix removes the flake. Keep the change minimal and scoped to the test file unless a production bug is uncovered, in which case clearly call it out in the PR description.

Reference the issue in the PR body with Fixes #44425.

The following is the prior conversation context from the user's chat exploration (may be truncated):

User: this needs a fix - its kinda infrequent - only triggered 1/1000 in my deflake testing

[----------] 1 test from IpVersionsClientTypeDeltaWildcard/AdsIntegrationTest
[ RUN ] IpVersionsClientTypeDeltaWildcard/AdsIntegrationTest.MultipleVhdsOverAds/IPv6_GoogleGrpc_Delta
[2026-04-21 13:16:30.672][17548][critical][assert] [test/integration/http_integration.cc:573] assert failure: 0. Details: Timed out waiting for new connection.
Error: 4-21 13:16:30.672][17548][error][envoy_bug] [./source/common/common/assert.h:38] stacktrace for envoy bug
Error: 4-21 13:16:30.697][17548][error][envoy_bug] [./source/common/common/assert.h:43] #0 Envoy::HttpIntegrationTest::waitForNextUpstreamRequest() [0x555d2036e749]
Error: 4-21 13:16:30.704][17548][error][envoy_bug] [./source/common/common/assert.h:43] #1 Envoy::HttpIntegrationTest::sendRequestAndWaitForResponse() [0x555d2036d0e0]
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