1. wait for preloading to complete before fetching cluster data. since cluster data is fetched during preloading, this avoids duplicate API calls.
2. allow coordination between dashboard cache and preloader so _refreshInBackground does not refresh data that has recently been preloaded.

Tested (run the relevant ones):

• Code formatting: install pre-commit (auto-check on commit) or bash format.sh
• Any manual or new tests for this PR (please specify below)
• All smoke tests: /smoke-test (CI) or pytest tests/test_smoke.py (local)
• Relevant individual tests: /smoke-test -k test_name (CI) or pytest tests/test_smoke.py::test_name (local)
• Backward compatibility: /quicktest-core (CI) or pytest tests/smoke_tests/test_backward_compat.py (local)