CI: make wait-for-step.sh tolerate GitHub API errors and lagging step states

[paraseba]

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Codecov Report

✅ All modified and coverable lines are covered by tests.
✅ Project coverage is 85.92%. Comparing base (f448dfd) to head (098a776).

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- Coverage   85.92%   85.92%   -0.01%     
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  Files          97       97              
  Lines       44356    44356              
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- Hits        38113    38112       -1     
- Misses       6243     6244       +1     

Flag	Coverage Δ
python	90.16% <ø> (ø)
rust	85.38% <ø> (-0.01%)	⬇️

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