fix: memory leaks; tests, deps, demos, and SSR updates (#15397)

Co-authored-by: Konstantin Dinev <[email protected]>

Author: pmoleri

.github/workflows/nodejs.yml

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
 
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        node-version: [18.x, 20.x]
+        node-version: [20.x, 22.x]
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout

.github/workflows/npm-publish.yml

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
-          node-version: 18
+          node-version: 22
           cache: 'npm'
           registry-url: 'https://registry.npmjs.org'
       - run: echo "VERSION=${GITHUB_REF/refs\/tags\//}" >> $GITHUB_ENV

angular.json

@@ -399,7 +399,6 @@
               ]
             },
             "server": "projects/bundle-test/src/main.server.ts",
-            "prerender": true,
             "ssr": {
               "entry": "projects/bundle-test/server.ts"
             }