Node version update from 22 to 24 (#2347)

Changes mostly authored-by: Leon Zandman <leon@wirwar.com>
Cherry pick and minor additions by GCHQDeveloper581 <63102987+GCHQDeveloper581@users.noreply.github.com>

.github/workflows/master.yml

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set node version
         uses: actions/setup-node@v6
         with:
-          node-version: '20.x'
+          node-version: 24
           registry-url: "https://registry.npmjs.org"
 
       - name: Install

.github/workflows/pull_requests.yml

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set node version
         uses: actions/setup-node@v6
         with:
-          node-version: '20.x'
+          node-version: 24
           registry-url: "https://registry.npmjs.org"
 
       - name: Install

.github/workflows/releases.yml

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set node version
         uses: actions/setup-node@v6
         with:
-          node-version: '20.x'
+          node-version: 24
           registry-url: "https://registry.npmjs.org"
 
       - name: Install
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set node version
         uses: actions/setup-node@v6
         with:
-          node-version: 18
+          node-version: 24
           registry-url: "https://registry.npmjs.org"
 
       - name: Install
@@ -115,11 +115,5 @@ jobs:
       - name: Create machine generated files
         run: npm run node
 
-      - name: Reset node version ready for publish
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v6
-        with:
-          node-version: ^24.5
-          registry-url: "https://registry.npmjs.org"
-
       - name: Publish to NPM
         run: npm publish