Merge remote-tracking branch 'upstream/master' into pr-osparc-add-notifications-service

Author: Andrei Neagu

.github/copilot-instructions.md

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ This document provides guidelines and best practices for using GitHub Copilot in
 - ensure we use `sqlalchemy` >2 compatible code.
 - ensure we use `pydantic` >2 compatible code.
 - ensure we use `fastapi` >0.100 compatible code
-
+- use f-string formatting
 
 ## Node.js-Specific Instructions
 

.github/workflows/ci-pact-master.yml

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: install uv
         uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v5
         with:
-          version: "0.5.x"
+          version: "0.6.x"
           enable-cache: false
       - name: checkout source branch
         uses: actions/checkout@v4