Upgrade action to use Node 24

[salmanmkc]

• Closes Update to Node 24 #786

Update the project to utilize Node 24, since runner now supports node24. https://github.com/actions/runner/releases/tag/v2.327.1

[Copilot]

Pull Request Overview

This PR upgrades the GitHub Action from Node 20 to Node 24, ensuring compatibility with the latest Node.js features and improvements. The upgrade includes updating the Node.js engine requirements, TypeScript definitions, and GitHub Actions runtime configuration.

• Updates Node.js engine requirement from >=20.0.0 to >=24.0.0
• Updates @types/node from 24.0.12 to 24.1.0
• Changes GitHub Action runtime from node20 to node24
• Normalizes quote style in license files from double quotes to single quotes

Reviewed Changes

Copilot reviewed 26 out of 29 changed files in this pull request and generated no comments.

File	Description
package.json	Updates Node.js engine requirement and @types/node version
action.yml	Changes GitHub Action runtime from node20 to node24
.licenses/*.dep.yml	Normalizes quote style in license metadata files
.github/workflows/post-dependabot.yml	Removes empty line in workflow file

[nasquasha]

Hi @salmanmkc thanks for putting this together and sorry we missed it. Can I help move this along at all? Or happy to approve if you can get the conflicts resolved. I wonder if we need this upgrade to get #723 working as well

[jf-cbd]

Since March 10, the following message is displayed on each add-to-project action execution :
Node.js 20 actions are deprecated. The following actions are running on Node.js 20 and may not work as expected: actions/add-to-project@v1.0.2. Actions will be forced to run with Node.js 24 by default starting June 2nd, 2026. Please check if updated versions of these actions are available that support Node.js 24. To opt into Node.js 24 now, set the FORCE_JAVASCRIPT_ACTIONS_TO_NODE24=true environment variable on the runner or in your workflow file. Once Node.js 24 becomes the default, you can temporarily opt out by setting ACTIONS_ALLOW_USE_UNSECURE_NODE_VERSION=true. For more information see: https://github.blog/changelog/2025-09-19-deprecation-of-node-20-on-github-actions-runners/

Since Node 24 will be used from June 2nd anyway, this PR sounds useful :)

[spron-in]

End of April deprecation deadline is approaching. It must be resolved.

@salmanmkc @nasquasha do you need help with moving it forward? I see some conflicts. Is the only thing needed is to resolve those? Other tests are passing - meaning all good with node 24?

[salmanmkc]

Hi @salmanmkc thanks for putting this together and sorry we missed it. Can I help move this along at all? Or happy to approve if you can get the conflicts resolved. I wonder if we need this upgrade to get #723 working as well

Solved merge conflicts now, should be good to go

[nasquasha]

thanks @salmanmkc !