Revert "Revert "Add back barrier after asserts (#5043)"" #5992

Job	Run time
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Pre-commit checks	2m 28s
Integration tests matrix (3.9, rolling) / Integration tests	43m 58s
Integration tests matrix (3.9, lts) / Integration tests	39m 19s
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