pylint only catching `cyclic-import` in parallel mode

[purajit]

Bug description

With the following file system and no explicit pylint configuration:

# a.py
from .b import *

# b.py
from .c import *

# c.py
from .a import *

Running pylint:

$ PYTHONPATH=. pylint --score=no --disable=C0114,W0614,W0401 -j0 .
************* Module b
b.py:1:0: R0401: Cyclic import (a -> b -> c) (cyclic-import)

$ PYTHONPATH=. pylint --score=no --disable=C0114,W0614,W0401 -j1 .

$ PYTHONPATH=. pylint --score=no --disable=C0114,W0614,W0401 -j2 .
************* Module b
b.py:1:0: R0401: Cyclic import (a -> b -> c) (cyclic-import)

Potentially related issues:
#9168

Configuration

None

Expected behavior

Would expect all three to give the same output; worst-case scenario, I expect -j1 to
catch all issues, while running with parallelism may miss a few.

Pylint version

pylint 3.3.2
astroid 3.3.6
Python 3.13.0 (main, Oct 16 2024, 08:05:40) [Clang 18.1.8 ]

# however, this issue persists across a large variety of pylint and Python version combinations

OS / Environment

Apple Silicon
MacOS 15.1.1

Same results on an Ubuntu container.