Reduce hidden-node space inflation during long-running backups via incremental per-table block release

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    • Type: Improvement
    • Resolution: Unresolved
    • Priority: Major - P3
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    • Component/s: Backup
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    • Storage Engines - Persistence
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      WiredTiger: support incremental release of tables during an open backup
      cursor to substantially reduce hidden-node space inflation. (In our
      production fleet, 99%+ of clusters are multi-collection deployments,
      so this optimization applies broadly.

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