Bump Node.js packages and update testing infrastructure

[andyleejordan]

See title.

[Copilot]

Pull Request Overview

This PR bumps various Node.js package versions to their latest releases and updates the project's configuration accordingly.

• Upgraded package versions in package.json
• Removed the always-auth configuration from .npmrc

Reviewed Changes

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File	Description
package.json	Updated dependency and devDependency versions.
.npmrc	Removed the always-auth flag for npm registry.

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.npmrc:4

• Consider adding a comment to explain the removal of 'always-auth=true' so that future maintainers understand the rationale behind this change, especially regarding registry authentication expectations.

-always-auth=true