Streamline chunking logic - allow unique or non-unique chunking - #794

Node.js 20 is deprecated. The following actions target Node.js 20 but are being forced to run on Node.js 24: actions/cache@6f8efc29b200d32929f49075959781ed54ec270c. For more information see: https://github.blog/changelog/2025-09-19-deprecation-of-node-20-on-github-actions-runners/