Switch to new actions and use npm ci

[heavyrubberslave]

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Chores
  • Updated the release process to use a newer Node setup action.
  • Switched dependency installation to a cleaner, lockfile-based install during releases.

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ℹ️ Recent review info

⚙️ Run configuration

Configuration used: defaults

Review profile: CHILL

Plan: Pro

Run ID: 695b04c2-ec1e-4618-be42-8fadfade3af3

📥 Commits

Reviewing files that changed from the base of the PR and between 77c8260 and ee96349.

📒 Files selected for processing (1)

• .github/workflows/release.yml

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The release workflow updates its Node.js setup step to actions/setup-node@v5 and replaces npm install with npm ci, while keeping Node 24.x unchanged.

Changes

Release workflow Node update

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Node setup and install command .github/workflows/release.yml	The release job updates the Node runtime action version and switches module installation from npm install to npm ci.

Estimated code review effort

🎯 1 (Trivial) | ⏱️ ~3 minutes

Poem

🐰 I hopped through the release path bright,
npm ci keeps the burrows tight.
With Node all set to twenty-four,
The build sings softly once more.
A whisker twitch, a bundle cheer—
Release day hops both smooth and clear.

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5

✅ Passed checks (5 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Description Check	✅ Passed	Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check	✅ Passed	The title accurately summarizes the workflow update to a newer setup-node action and npm ci.
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.

✨ Finishing Touches

🧪 Generate unit tests (beta)

• Create PR with unit tests
• Commit unit tests in branch fix/release-pipeline-2

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