Publisher list improvements (uplift to 1.8.x)

[brave-builds]

Uplift of #5301
Uplift of #5355
Uplift of #5356

Fixes brave/brave-browser#9376
Fixes brave/brave-browser#9440
Fixes brave/brave-browser#9441

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[kjozwiak]

Restarting Linux as it looks like the node was disconnected during dist as per https://ci.brave.com/job/brave-browser-build-pr/job/pr5301_publisher-list-improvments_1.8.x/1/execution/node/438/log/.

13:05:31  Cannot contact linux-spot-4: hudson.remoting.ChannelClosedException: Channel "hudson.remoting.Channel@5e78622a:linux-spot-4": Remote call on linux-spot-4 failed. The channel is closing down or has closed down
13:17:53  ninja: build stopped: interrupted by user.
13:22:59  wrapper script does not seem to be touching the log file in /home/ubuntu/jenkins/workspace/publisher-list-improvments_1.8.x@tmp/durable-b8e0af38
13:22:59  (JENKINS-48300: if on an extremely laggy filesystem, consider -Dorg.jenkinsci.plugins.durabletask.BourneShellScript.HEARTBEAT_CHECK_INTERVAL=86400)

Restarting Win x64 as it looks like the node was disconnected as per https://ci.brave.com/job/brave-browser-build-pr/job/pr5301_publisher-list-improvments_1.8.x/1/execution/node/279/log/.

13:16:17  Cannot contact i-0ccb4af2640cd81c4: hudson.remoting.ChannelClosedException: Channel "hudson.remoting.Channel@6a3c188b:i-0ccb4af2640cd81c4": Remote call on i-0ccb4af2640cd81c4 failed. The channel is closing down or has closed down
13:21:09  Could not connect to i-0ccb4af2640cd81c4 to send interrupt signal to process

Looks like test-browser failed on macOS as per https://ci.brave.com/job/brave-browser-build-pr/job/pr5301_publisher-list-improvments_1.8.x/1/execution/node/556/log/.

13:37:32  [  FAILED  ] BraveRewardsBrowserTest.NotVerifiedWallet, where TypeParam =  and GetParam() =  (6086 ms)
13:37:32  [539/539] BraveRewardsBrowserTest.NotVerifiedWallet (6336 ms)
13:37:32  1 test failed:
13:37:32      BraveRewardsBrowserTest.NotVerifiedWallet (../../brave/components/brave_rewards/browser/rewards_service_browsertest.cc:2323)

The above is a known issue and will be addressed via brave/brave-browser#9339.

[kjozwiak]

Restarting Linux as init failed as per https://ci.brave.com/job/brave-browser-build-pr/job/pr5301_publisher-list-improvments_1.8.x/3/execution/node/257/log/.

Restarting Win as init failed as per https://ci.brave.com/job/brave-browser-build-pr/job/pr5301_publisher-list-improvments_1.8.x/3/execution/node/306/log/.

[bsclifton]

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