Reduce allocation overhead of #50623 - #1

Node.js 20 is deprecated. The following actions target Node.js 20 but are being forced to run on Node.js 24: devcontainers/ci@8bf61b26e9c3a98f69cb6ce2f88d24ff59b785c6, docker/login-action@74a5d142397b4f367a81961eba4e8cd7edddf772. For more information see: https://github.blog/changelog/2025-09-19-deprecation-of-node-20-on-github-actions-runners/