[filebeat][gcs] - Simplified state checkpoint calculation

[ShourieG]

Type of change

• Enhancement

Proposed commit message

• WHAT: Simplified state checkpoint calculation
• WHY: The existing state checkpoint calculation logic was convoluted and depended on unreliable flag logic, then it has been simplified so that if errors occur they are become simpler to debug.

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Related issues

• Closes Simplify GCS input state calculation logic #40878
• Relates [filebeat][azure-blob-storage] - Simplified state checkpoint calculation #40936

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[efd6]

Similar comments to the azureblobstorage change.

[ShourieG]

@efd6, updated with similar changes as the abs input.

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git fetch upstream
git checkout -b gcs/simplify_state upstream/gcs/simplify_state
git merge upstream/main
git push upstream gcs/simplify_state