Merge branch 'feature/VLTCLT-59-bump-ci-runner' into q/7.10

Author: bert-e

.github/workflows/pre-merge.yml

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ on:  # yamllint disable-line rule:truthy
 
 jobs:
   tests:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v4