Merge master into 2026-07-28-protocol-support - #293

Node.js 20 is deprecated. The following actions target Node.js 20 but are being forced to run on Node.js 24: actions/setup-node@v4, actions/upload-artifact@v5, VirtusLab/scala-cli-setup@68bd9c30954d20e6cb6ddaf01b3b38336f25df4b. For more information see: https://github.blog/changelog/2025-09-19-deprecation-of-node-20-on-github-actions-runners/