Merge branch 'release/v1.4.2'

Author: Animesh-Sri-bugb

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -15,7 +15,13 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
-          node-version: '22'
+          # Node 24 ships with npm 11.x, which satisfies the >=11.5.1
+          # requirement for OIDC trusted publishing. Node 22's bundled
+          # npm 10.x would need an upgrade, but `npm install -g npm@latest`
+          # corrupts npm's own node_modules mid-upgrade (see v1.4.2 release
+          # failure, MODULE_NOT_FOUND on promise-retry).
+          node-version: '24'
+          registry-url: 'https://registry.npmjs.org'
 
       - name: Install latest npm (trusted publishing requires >=11.5.1)
         run: npm install -g npm@latest