Merge branch 'dev' into readme-update

Author: Rafi-Microsoft

.github/workflows/Scheduled-Dependabot-PRs-Auto-Merge.yml

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Install GitHub CLI
         run: |

.github/workflows/azure-dev-validation.yml

@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       # Step 1: Checkout the code from your repository
       - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       # Step 2: Validate the Azure template using microsoft/template-validation-action
       - name: Validate Azure Template
-        uses: microsoft/template-validation-action@v0.4.3
+        uses: microsoft/template-validation-action@v0.4.4
         id: validation
         env:
           AZURE_CLIENT_ID: ${{ secrets.AZURE_CLIENT_ID }}

.github/workflows/bicep_deploy.yml

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Run Quota Check
         id: quota-check

.github/workflows/broken-links-checker.yml

@@ -16,15 +16,15 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
       # For PR : Get only changed markdown files
       - name: Get changed markdown files (PR only)
         id: changed-markdown-files
         if: github.event_name == 'pull_request'
-        uses: tj-actions/changed-files@24d32ffd492484c1d75e0c0b894501ddb9d30d62 # v46
+        uses: tj-actions/changed-files@e0021407031f5be11a464abee9a0776171c79891 # v46
         with:
           files: |
             **/*.md
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Check Broken Links in Changed Markdown Files
         id: lychee-check-pr
         if: github.event_name == 'pull_request' && steps.changed-markdown-files.outputs.any_changed == 'true'
-        uses: lycheeverse/lychee-action@v2.6.1
+        uses: lycheeverse/lychee-action@v2.7.0
         with:
           args: >
             --verbose --no-progress --exclude ^https?://
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Check Broken Links in All Markdown Files in Entire Repo (Manual Trigger)
         id: lychee-check-manual
         if: github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch'
-        uses: lycheeverse/lychee-action@v2.6.1
+        uses: lycheeverse/lychee-action@v2.7.0
         with:
           args: >
             --verbose --no-progress --exclude ^https?://

.github/workflows/codeql.yml

@@ -53,10 +53,10 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
     - name: Checkout repository
-      uses: actions/checkout@v5
+      uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
     # Installing DotNet version
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v6
     - name: Setup dotnet ${{ matrix.dotnet-version }}
       uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v5
       with:
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ jobs:
 
     # Initializes the CodeQL tools for scanning.
     - name: Initialize CodeQL
-      uses: github/codeql-action/init@v3
+      uses: github/codeql-action/init@v4
       with:
         languages: ${{ matrix.language }}
         # If you wish to specify custom queries, you can do so here or in a config file.
@@ -94,6 +94,6 @@ jobs:
     #     ./location_of_script_within_repo/buildscript.sh
 
     - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
-      uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v3
+      uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v4
       with:
         category: "/language:${{matrix.language}}"

.github/workflows/create-release.yml

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
     - name: Checkout repository
-      uses: actions/checkout@v5
+      uses: actions/checkout@v6
       with:
         ref: ${{ github.sha }}
 

.github/workflows/deploy-KMGeneric.yml

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
       API_APP_URL: ${{ steps.get_output.outputs.API_APP_URL }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
       - name: Setup Azure CLI
         run: |
           curl -sL https://aka.ms/InstallAzureCLIDeb | sudo bash

.github/workflows/deploy.yml

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v6

.github/workflows/docker-build.yml

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Set up Docker Buildx
         uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3

.github/workflows/pylint.yml

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         python-version: ["3.11"]
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
         uses: actions/setup-python@v6