As wsrep_slave_threads is not set to anything on new MySQL versions it seems to guess on a value, maybe wsrep_applier_threads should be used instead when wsrep_slave_threads is not found.
Deprecated as of MySQL-wsrep 8.0.26-26.8 in favor of [wsrep_applier_threads]
https://galeracluster.com/library/documentation/mysql-wsrep-options.html#wsrep-slave-threads