Fix two issues with the timer handling #17659

Job	Run time
cpp_test_driver (ubuntu-22.04)	7m 4s
build_and_test (ubuntu-22.04, 1.77)	12m 33s
cpp_test_driver (macos-12)	5m 30s
build_and_test (macos-12, stable)	15m 55s
cpp_test_driver (windows-2022)	7m 47s
build_and_test (windows-2022, stable)	14m 27s
mcu (pico-st7789, thumbv6m-none-eabi)	28s
cpp_cmake (macos-12, 1.77)	11m 13s
build_and_test (windows-2022, 1.77)	14m 29s
mcu (stm32h735g, thumbv7em-none-eabihf)	36s
cpp_cmake (windows-2022, nightly)	9m 8s
build_and_test (windows-2022, beta, --exclude ffmpeg --exclude gstreamer-player)	14m 18s
mcu_esp	2m 40s
cpp_cmake (ubuntu-22.04, stable)	7m 10s
build_and_test (ubuntu-22.04, nightly)	9m 46s
node_test (ubuntu-22.04)	3m 0s
node_test (macos-12)	3m 41s
python_test (ubuntu-22.04)	1m 32s
node_test (windows-2022)	5m 56s
python_test (macos-12)	1m 47s
python_test (windows-2022)	2m 45s
vsce_build_test	5m 34s
android	1m 47s
ffi_32bit_build	1m 1s
fmt_test	1m 46s
esp-idf-quick	8m 58s
miri	49s
updater_test (0.3.0)	1m 28s
docs / docs	6m 57s
wasm / wasm	3m 56s
tree-sitter / tree-sitter-tests	13s
wasm_demo / wasm_demo	2m 9s
wasm / lint-slintpad	11s
wasm / build-slintpad	34s
cpp_package_test	2m 39s
	3h 9m 47s

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