chore: update upload and download artifact actions to latest versions and add release deletion step

Author: Ranrar

.github/workflows/beta-release.yml

@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ jobs:
           echo "release_deb=$release_deb" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
 
       - name: Upload Linux artifact
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
         with:
           name: linux-deb
           path: ${{ steps.prep.outputs.release_deb }}
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ jobs:
           "release_zip=$releaseZip" | Out-File -FilePath $env:GITHUB_OUTPUT -Encoding utf8 -Append
 
       - name: Upload Windows artifact
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
         with:
           name: windows-zip
           path: ${{ steps.prep.outputs.release_zip }}
@@ -207,14 +207,26 @@ jobs:
           git tag -f release "${GITHUB_SHA}"
           git push --force origin release
 
+      - name: Delete existing release object (if any)
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          if gh release view release >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+            gh release delete release --yes
+            echo "Deleted previous release object for tag 'release'."
+          else
+            echo "No previous release object found for tag 'release'."
+          fi
+
       - name: Download Linux artifact
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
         with:
           name: linux-deb
           path: artifacts/
 
       - name: Download Windows artifact
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
         with:
           name: windows-zip
           path: artifacts/
@@ -247,9 +259,7 @@ jobs:
           tag: release
           name: Release (Beta)
           prerelease: false
-          allowUpdates: true
-          removeArtifacts: true
-          replacesArtifacts: true
+          allowUpdates: false
           artifactErrorsFailBuild: true
           commit: ${{ github.sha }}
           artifacts: "artifacts/*.deb,artifacts/*.zip"