Merge pull request #296 from GEOS-ESM/merge/handmerge/develop-to-v12-2025Feb14

Handmerge of develop into v12

Author: mathomp4

.github/workflows/validate_yaml_files.yml

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
   validate-YAML:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3.3.0
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - id: yaml-lint
         name: yaml-lint
         uses: ibiqlik/action-yamllint@v3
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
           format: colored
           config_file: .yamllint.yml
 
-      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         if: always()
         with:
           name: yamllint-logfile