TypeError: array_merge(): Argument #1 must be of type array, string given in array_merge()

TypeError: array_merge(): Argument #1 must be of type array, string given in array_merge() (line 137 of core/lib/Drupal/Core/Render/Element/RenderElement.php

This issue manifests in PHP 8.1 but does not in PHP7.4.

Upgrade to Drupal 9.4.8 and PHP 8.1

try/catch around line 137 of core/lib/Drupal/Core/Render/Element/RenderElement.php i.e:

try {
        $element['#attributes']['class'] = array_merge($element['#attributes']['class'], $class);
} catch (\TypeError $t) {}

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TypeError: array_merge(): Argument #1 must be of type array, string given in array_merge() (line 137 of core/lib/Drupal/Core/Render/Element/RenderElement.php).

array_merge('add_systems', Array) (Line: 137)
Drupal\Core\Render\Element\RenderElement::setAttributes(Array, Array) (Line: 102)
Drupal\Core\Render\Element\Checkbox::preRenderCheckbox(Array)
call_user_func_array(Array, Array) (Line: 101)
Drupal\Core\Render\Renderer->doTrustedCallback(Array, Array, 'Render #pre_render callbacks must be methods of a class that implements \Drupal\Core\Security\TrustedCallbackInterface or be an anonymous function. The callback was %s. See https://www.drupal.org/node/2966725', 'exception', 'Drupal\Core\Render\Element\RenderCallbackInterface') (Line: 772)
Drupal\Core\Render\Renderer->doCallback('#pre_render', Array, Array) (Line: 363)
Drupal\Core\Render\Renderer->doRender(Array) (Line: 435)
Drupal\Core\Render\Renderer->doRender(Array, ) (Line: 201)
Drupal\Core\Render\Renderer->render(Array) (Line: 479)
Drupal\Core\Template\TwigExtension->escapeFilter(Object, Array, 'html', NULL, 1) (Line: 39)
__TwigTemplate_d6ea8ee46b5e1dadfd78d9056abf346f->doDisplay(Array, Array) (Line: 405)
Twig\Template->displayWithErrorHandling(Array, Array) (Line: 378)
Twig\Template->display(Array) (Line: 390)
Twig\Template->render(Array) (Line: 55)
twig_render_template('core/modules/system/templates/system-config-form.html.twig', Array) (Line: 384)
Drupal\Core\Theme\ThemeManager->render('system_config_form', Array) (Line: 422)
Drupal\Core\Render\Renderer->doRender(Array, ) (Line: 201)
Drupal\Core\Render\Renderer->render(Array, ) (Line: 241)
Drupal\Core\Render\MainContent\HtmlRenderer->Drupal\Core\Render\MainContent\{closure}() (Line: 564)
Drupal\Core\Render\Renderer->executeInRenderContext(Object, Object) (Line: 242)
Drupal\Core\Render\MainContent\HtmlRenderer->prepare(Array, Object, Object) (Line: 132)
Drupal\Core\Render\MainContent\HtmlRenderer->renderResponse(Array, Object, Object) (Line: 90)
Drupal\Core\EventSubscriber\MainContentViewSubscriber->onViewRenderArray(Object, 'kernel.view', Object)
call_user_func(Array, Object, 'kernel.view', Object) (Line: 142)
Drupal\Component\EventDispatcher\ContainerAwareEventDispatcher->dispatch(Object, 'kernel.view') (Line: 174)
Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\HttpKernel->handleRaw(Object, 1) (Line: 81)
Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\HttpKernel->handle(Object, 1, 1) (Line: 58)
Drupal\Core\StackMiddleware\Session->handle(Object, 1, 1) (Line: 48)
Drupal\Core\StackMiddleware\KernelPreHandle->handle(Object, 1, 1) (Line: 106)
Drupal\page_cache\StackMiddleware\PageCache->pass(Object, 1, 1) (Line: 85)
Drupal\page_cache\StackMiddleware\PageCache->handle(Object, 1, 1) (Line: 48)
Drupal\Core\StackMiddleware\ReverseProxyMiddleware->handle(Object, 1, 1) (Line: 51)
Drupal\Core\StackMiddleware\NegotiationMiddleware->handle(Object, 1, 1) (Line: 23)
Stack\StackedHttpKernel->handle(Object, 1, 1) (Line: 709)
Drupal\Core\DrupalKernel->handle(Object) (Line: 19)