Merge bitcoin/bitcoin#34446: [29.x] Backport CI changes

3835e16e5fe9d77d10fe1ce819157980dcea65f8 doc: update release notes for v29.x (fanquake)
6aec0958f12a65567a354a1d08d4bfed126cf34b ci: remove 3rd party js from windows dll gha job (Max Edwards)
c57009eefcf30091d86fccaa07f0722f6f235cb9 chore: Update outdated GitHub Actions versions (Padraic Slattery)

Pull request description:

  Backports:
  * #32513 (partial backport)
  * #34344

ACKs for top commit:
  willcl-ark:
    ACK 3835e16e5fe9d77d10fe1ce819157980dcea65f8
  sedited:
    ACK 3835e16e5fe9d77d10fe1ce819157980dcea65f8

Tree-SHA512: e36b00e952fe6edbe931a131dbe66f14d97b2362453fe4a0e7be58697039945832075d486a6634228c4e1a0ab081e2919cf2c76ef2cfc8b2df6f321b6112c284

.github/actions/configure-docker/action.yml

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ runs:
 
     # This is required to allow buildkit to access the actions cache
     - name: Expose actions cache variables
-      uses: actions/github-script@v6
+      uses: actions/github-script@v8
       with:
         script: |
           Object.keys(process.env).forEach(function (key) {

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Determine fetch depth
         run: echo "FETCH_DEPTH=$((${{ github.event.pull_request.commits }} + 2))" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
           fetch-depth: ${{ env.FETCH_DEPTH }}
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - &CHECKOUT
         name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           # Ensure the latest merged pull request state is used, even on re-runs.
           ref: &CHECKOUT_REF_TMPL ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' && github.ref || '' }}
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ jobs:
           FILE_ENV: ${{ matrix.file-env }}
 
       - name: Save Ccache cache
-        uses: actions/cache/save@v4
+        uses: actions/cache/save@v5
         if: github.event_name != 'pull_request' && steps.ccache-cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
         with:
           path: ${{ env.CCACHE_DIR }}
@@ -198,11 +198,15 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - *CHECKOUT
 
-      - name: Configure Developer Command Prompt for Microsoft Visual C++
-        # Using microsoft/setup-msbuild is not enough.
-        uses: ilammy/msvc-dev-cmd@v1
-        with:
-          arch: x64
+      - name: Set up VS Developer Prompt
+        shell: pwsh -Command "$PSVersionTable; $PSNativeCommandUseErrorActionPreference = $true; $ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'; & '{0}'"
+        run: |
+          $vswherePath = "${env:ProgramFiles(x86)}\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\vswhere.exe"
+          $installationPath = & $vswherePath -latest -property installationPath
+          & "${env:COMSPEC}" /s /c "`"$installationPath\Common7\Tools\vsdevcmd.bat`" -arch=x64 -no_logo && set" | foreach-object {
+            $name, $value = $_ -split '=', 2
+            echo "$name=$value" >> $env:GITHUB_ENV
+          }
 
       - name: Get tool information
         run: |
@@ -222,13 +226,13 @@ jobs:
           sed -i '1s/^/set(ENV{CMAKE_POLICY_VERSION_MINIMUM} 3.5)\n/' "${VCPKG_INSTALLATION_ROOT}/scripts/ports.cmake"
 
       - name: vcpkg tools cache
-        uses: actions/cache@v4
+        uses: actions/cache@v5
         with:
           path: C:/vcpkg/downloads/tools
           key: ${{ github.job }}-vcpkg-tools
 
       - name: Restore vcpkg binary cache
-        uses: actions/cache/restore@v4
+        uses: actions/cache/restore@v5
         id: vcpkg-binary-cache
         with:
           path: ~/AppData/Local/vcpkg/archives
@@ -239,7 +243,7 @@ jobs:
           cmake -B build --preset vs2022-static -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE="$env:VCPKG_INSTALLATION_ROOT\scripts\buildsystems\vcpkg.cmake" ${{ matrix.generate-options }}
 
       - name: Save vcpkg binary cache
-        uses: actions/cache/save@v4
+        uses: actions/cache/save@v5
         if: github.event_name != 'pull_request' && steps.vcpkg-binary-cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true' && matrix.job-type == 'standard'
         with:
           path: ~/AppData/Local/vcpkg/archives
@@ -414,7 +418,7 @@ jobs:
       CONTAINER_NAME: "bitcoin-linter"
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           ref: *CHECKOUT_REF_TMPL
           fetch-depth: 0

doc/release-notes.md

@@ -73,8 +73,10 @@ Notable changes
 
 ### Misc
 
+- #32513 ci: remove 3rd party js from windows dll gha job
 - #33508 ci: fix buildx gha cache authentication on forks
 - #33581 ci: Properly include $FILE_ENV in DEPENDS_HASH
+- #34344 ci: update GitHub Actions versions
 
 Credits
 =======
@@ -90,6 +92,8 @@ Thanks to everyone who directly contributed to this release:
 - furszy
 - Hennadii Stepanov
 - ismaelsadeeq
+- m3dwards
+- Padraic Slattery
 - Pieter Wuille
 - SatsAndSports
 - willcl-ark