[release/v7.4] Fix the NREs when writing to console from multiple threads - #25503

Backport of #25440 to release/v7.4

Triggered by Travis Plunk (@TravisEz13) on behalf of Kris Borowinski (@kborowinski)

Original CL Label: CL-General

/cc @PowerShell/powershell-maintainers

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Comment from Kris Borowinski (@kborowinski)

#25440 (comment)

I understand the decision not to backport this PR to the LTS version, but I would like to clarify that the actual script results are affected in PS 7.4.X and up.

I first reported this issue on the 7Zip4PowerShell repo, where the unpacking process was crashing mid-task.
I proposed a PR that was merged to implement a workaround that swallows NREs coming from progress pane:

try {
    worker.Progress.StatusDescription = "Finished";
    worker.Progress.RecordType = ProgressRecordType.Completed;
    WriteProgress(worker.Progress);
} catch (NullReferenceException) {
    // Possible bug in PowerShell 7.4.0 leading to a null reference exception being thrown on ProgressPane completion
    // This is not happening on PowerShell 5.1
}

This issue affects all scripts that write to the console from multiple threads, leading to potential crashes in the LTS version of PowerShell. Affected users are forced to disable the progress bar either globally or per script.

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