DR-008 Option 4: two-stage test-execution workflow (PR 2 of 2) - #280

Node.js 20 is deprecated. The following actions target Node.js 20 but are being forced to run on Node.js 24: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683, actions/setup-python@v5, actions/upload-artifact@v4.4.0, bazel-contrib/setup-bazel@0.18.0. For more information see: https://github.blog/changelog/2025-09-19-deprecation-of-node-20-on-github-actions-runners/