Merge branch 'dependabotchanges' into dev

Author: Yamini-Microsoft

.github/workflows/Create-Release.yml

@@ -14,11 +14,11 @@ jobs:
      runs-on: ubuntu-latest
      steps:
        - name: Checkout
-         uses: actions/checkout@v4
+         uses: actions/checkout@v5
          with:
            ref: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.head_sha }}
 
-       - uses: codfish/semantic-release-action@v3
+       - uses: codfish/semantic-release-action@v4
          id: semantic
          with:
            tag-format: 'v${version}'

.github/workflows/azure-dev-validation.yml

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
     steps: 
       # Step 1: Checkout the code from your repository 
       - name: Checkout code 
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4 
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5 
       # Step 2: Validate the Azure template using microsoft/template-validation-action 
       - name: Validate Azure Template 
         uses: microsoft/template-validation-action@Latest

.github/workflows/broken-links-checker.yml

@@ -16,15 +16,15 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
       # For PR : Get only changed markdown files
       - name: Get changed markdown files (PR only)
         id: changed-markdown-files
         if: github.event_name == 'pull_request'
-        uses: tj-actions/changed-files@ed68ef82c095e0d48ec87eccea555d944a631a4c # v46
+        uses: tj-actions/changed-files@24d32ffd492484c1d75e0c0b894501ddb9d30d62 # v46
         with:
           files: |
             **/*.md
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Check Broken Links in Changed Markdown Files
         id: lychee-check-pr
         if: github.event_name == 'pull_request' && steps.changed-markdown-files.outputs.any_changed == 'true'
-        uses: lycheeverse/lychee-action@v2.4.1
+        uses: lycheeverse/lychee-action@v2.6.1
         with:
           args: >
             --verbose --exclude-mail --no-progress --exclude ^https?://
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Check Broken Links in All Markdown Files in Entire Repo (Manual Trigger)
         id: lychee-check-manual
         if: github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch'
-        uses: lycheeverse/lychee-action@v2.4.1
+        uses: lycheeverse/lychee-action@v2.6.1
         with:
           args: >
             --verbose --exclude-mail --no-progress --exclude ^https?://

.github/workflows/build-docker.yml

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
 
     - name: Checkout
-      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
     - name: Docker Login
       if: ${{ inputs.push }}

.github/workflows/deploy.yml

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
       WEBAPP_URL: ${{ steps.get_output.outputs.WEBAPP_URL }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
       - name: Setup Azure CLI
         run: |

.github/workflows/pr-title-checker.yml

@@ -17,6 +17,6 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     if: ${{ github.event_name != 'merge_group' }}
     steps:
-      - uses: amannn/action-semantic-pull-request@v5
+      - uses: amannn/action-semantic-pull-request@v6
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

.github/workflows/pylint.yml

@@ -12,11 +12,11 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       # Step 1: Checkout code
       - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
       # Step 2: Set up Python environment
       - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v3
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v6
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
 

.github/workflows/scheduled-Dependabot-PRs-Auto-Merge.yml

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
       - name: Install GitHub CLI
         run: |

.github/workflows/stale-bot.yml

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Mark Stale Issues and PRs
-        uses: actions/stale@v9
+        uses: actions/stale@v10
         with:
           stale-issue-message: "This issue is stale because it has been open 180 days with no activity. Remove stale label or comment, or it will be closed in 30 days."
           stale-pr-message: "This PR is stale because it has been open 180 days with no activity. Please update or it will be closed in 30 days."
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0  # Fetch full history for accurate branch checks
       - name: Fetch All Branches

.github/workflows/telemetry-template-check.yml

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
       - name: Check for required metadata template line
         run: |