[test] Avoid needless start/stop from using `createSandbox` (#85507)
`createSandbox` fully isolates the returned session from the existing
Next instance by restarting the server.
This is wasteful if the existing instance is already started. Some tests
called `nextTestSetup()` without `skipStart` which got fixed in this PR.
Some tests can just use `patchFile` nowadays instead of `createSandbox`.