diff --git a/.github/workflows/auto-merge-on-approval.yml b/.github/workflows/auto-merge-on-approval.yml
index 5740ae1..28336ce 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/auto-merge-on-approval.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/auto-merge-on-approval.yml
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ jobs:
       # Check out code to access env file
       # ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————
       - name: 📥 Checkout code (sparse)
-        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
         with:
           sparse-checkout: |
             .github/.env.shared
diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
index 0f1dc0f..015798c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
         with:
           # We must fetch at least the immediate parents so that if this is
           # a pull request, then we can check out the head.
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ jobs:
 
       # Initializes the CodeQL tools for scanning.
       - name: Initialize CodeQL
-        uses: github/codeql-action/init@d6bbdef45e766d081b84a2def353b0055f728d3e # v3.29.3
+        uses: github/codeql-action/init@76621b61decf072c1cee8dd1ce2d2a82d33c17ed # v3.29.8
         with:
           languages: ${{ matrix.language }}
           # If you wish to specify custom queries, you can do so here or in a config file.
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ jobs:
       # Autobuild attempts to build any compiled languages (C/C++, C#, or Java).
       # If this step fails, then you should remove it and run the build manually (see below)
       - name: Autobuild
-        uses: github/codeql-action/autobuild@d6bbdef45e766d081b84a2def353b0055f728d3e # v3.29.3
+        uses: github/codeql-action/autobuild@76621b61decf072c1cee8dd1ce2d2a82d33c17ed # v3.29.8
 
       # ℹ️ Command-line programs to run using the OS shell.
       # 📚 https://git.io/JvXDl
@@ -80,4 +80,4 @@ jobs:
       #   make release
 
       - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
-        uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@d6bbdef45e766d081b84a2def353b0055f728d3e # v3.29.3
+        uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@76621b61decf072c1cee8dd1ce2d2a82d33c17ed # v3.29.8
diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependabot-auto-merge.yml b/.github/workflows/dependabot-auto-merge.yml
index 16ac958..517aa06 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dependabot-auto-merge.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dependabot-auto-merge.yml
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ jobs:
       # Check out code to access env file
       # ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————
       - name: 📥 Checkout code (sparse)
-        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
         with:
           sparse-checkout: |
             .github/.env.shared
diff --git a/.github/workflows/fortress-benchmarks.yml b/.github/workflows/fortress-benchmarks.yml
index 0608f66..8e49a75 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/fortress-benchmarks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/fortress-benchmarks.yml
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ jobs:
       # Checkout code and set up Go environment
       # ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————
       - name: 📥 Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
 
       - name: 🔧 Set Go cache paths (cross-platform)
         run: |
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ jobs:
       # ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————
       - name: 💾 Restore Go module cache
         id: restore-gomod
-        uses: actions/cache/restore@5a3ec84eff668545956fd18022155c47e93e2684 # v4.2.3
+        uses: actions/cache/restore@0400d5f644dc74513175e3cd8d07132dd4860809 # v4.2.4
         with:
           path: ~/go/pkg/mod
           key: ${{ matrix.os }}-gomod-${{ hashFiles('**/go.sum') }}
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ jobs:
       # ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————
       - name: 💾 Restore Go build cache
         id: restore-gobuild
-        uses: actions/cache/restore@5a3ec84eff668545956fd18022155c47e93e2684 # v4.2.3
+        uses: actions/cache/restore@0400d5f644dc74513175e3cd8d07132dd4860809 # v4.2.4
         with:
           path: |
             ~/.cache/go-build
diff --git a/.github/workflows/fortress-code-quality.yml b/.github/workflows/fortress-code-quality.yml
index 5ca8b26..5fb3389 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/fortress-code-quality.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/fortress-code-quality.yml
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ jobs:
       # Checkout code and set up Go environment
       # ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————
       - name: 📥 Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
 
       - name: 🔧 Set Go cache paths (cross-platform)
         run: |
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ jobs:
       # ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————
       - name: 💾 Restore Go module cache
         id: restore-gomod
-        uses: actions/cache/restore@5a3ec84eff668545956fd18022155c47e93e2684 # v4.2.3
+        uses: actions/cache/restore@0400d5f644dc74513175e3cd8d07132dd4860809 # v4.2.4
         with:
           path: ~/go/pkg/mod
           key: ${{ inputs.primary-runner }}-gomod-${{ hashFiles('**/go.sum') }}
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ jobs:
       # ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————
       - name: 💾 Restore Go build cache
         id: restore-gobuild
-        uses: actions/cache/restore@5a3ec84eff668545956fd18022155c47e93e2684 # v4.2.3
+        uses: actions/cache/restore@0400d5f644dc74513175e3cd8d07132dd4860809 # v4.2.4
         with:
           path: |
             ~/.cache/go-build
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ jobs:
       # Checkout code and set up Go environment
       # ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————
       - name: 📥 Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
 
       - name: 🔧 Set Go cache paths (cross-platform)
         run: |
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ jobs:
       # ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————
       - name: 💾 Restore Go module cache
         id: restore-gomod
-        uses: actions/cache/restore@5a3ec84eff668545956fd18022155c47e93e2684 # v4.2.3
+        uses: actions/cache/restore@0400d5f644dc74513175e3cd8d07132dd4860809 # v4.2.4
         with:
           path: ~/go/pkg/mod
           key: ${{ inputs.primary-runner }}-gomod-${{ hashFiles('**/go.sum') }}
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ jobs:
       # ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————
       - name: 💾 Restore Go build cache
         id: restore-gobuild
-        uses: actions/cache/restore@5a3ec84eff668545956fd18022155c47e93e2684 # v4.2.3
+        uses: actions/cache/restore@0400d5f644dc74513175e3cd8d07132dd4860809 # v4.2.4
         with:
           path: |
             ~/.cache/go-build
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ jobs:
       # ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————
       - name: 💾 Cache golangci-lint analysis
         id: cache-golangci-lint
-        uses: actions/cache@5a3ec84eff668545956fd18022155c47e93e2684 # v4.2.3
+        uses: actions/cache@0400d5f644dc74513175e3cd8d07132dd4860809 # v4.2.4
         with:
           path: ${{ env.GOLANGCI_LINT_CACHE }}
           key: ${{ inputs.primary-runner }}-golangci-lint-analysis-${{ hashFiles('.golangci.json', '**/go.sum') }}-${{ steps.golangci-lint-version.outputs.version }}
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ jobs:
       # Checkout code with full history for proper ignore file handling
       # ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————
       - name: 📥 Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0 # Full history for prettier ignores files
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/fortress-performance-summary.yml b/.github/workflows/fortress-performance-summary.yml
index 4c2caeb..a7e0d8e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/fortress-performance-summary.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/fortress-performance-summary.yml
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ jobs:
       # ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————
       - name: 📥 Download performance artifacts
         if: always()
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@d3f86a106a0bac45b974a628896c90dbdf5c8093 # v4.3.0
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@634f93cb2916e3fdff6788551b99b062d0335ce0 # v5.0.0
         with:
           pattern: "*-stats-*"
           merge-multiple: true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/fortress-release.yml b/.github/workflows/fortress-release.yml
index 813e603..45b7c28 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/fortress-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/fortress-release.yml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ jobs:
       # Checkout code and set up Go environment
       # ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————
       - name: 📥 Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0 # Required for changelog generation
           token: ${{ secrets.github-token }}
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ jobs:
       # ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————
       - name: 💾 Restore Go module cache
         id: restore-gomod
-        uses: actions/cache/restore@5a3ec84eff668545956fd18022155c47e93e2684 # v4.2.3
+        uses: actions/cache/restore@0400d5f644dc74513175e3cd8d07132dd4860809 # v4.2.4
         with:
           path: ~/go/pkg/mod
           key: ${{ inputs.primary-runner }}-gomod-${{ hashFiles('**/go.sum') }}
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ jobs:
       # Restore build cache from a warm-cache job
       # ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————
       - name: 💾 Restore Go build cache
-        uses: actions/cache@5a3ec84eff668545956fd18022155c47e93e2684 # v4.2.3
+        uses: actions/cache@0400d5f644dc74513175e3cd8d07132dd4860809 # v4.2.4
         with:
           path: |
             ~/.cache/go-build
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ jobs:
       # ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————
       - name: 💾 Cache golangci-lint analysis
         id: cache-golangci-lint
-        uses: actions/cache@5a3ec84eff668545956fd18022155c47e93e2684 # v4.2.3
+        uses: actions/cache@0400d5f644dc74513175e3cd8d07132dd4860809 # v4.2.4
         with:
           path: ${{ env.GOLANGCI_LINT_CACHE }}
           key: ${{ inputs.primary-runner }}-golangci-lint-analysis-${{ hashFiles('.golangci.json', '**/go.sum') }}-${{ inputs.golangci-lint-version }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/fortress-security-scans.yml b/.github/workflows/fortress-security-scans.yml
index e15391b..ae9811e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/fortress-security-scans.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/fortress-security-scans.yml
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ jobs:
       # Checkout code and set up Go environment
       # ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————
       - name: 📥 Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
 
       - name: 🔧 Set Go cache paths (cross-platform)
         run: |
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ jobs:
       # Checkout code and set up Go environment
       # ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————
       - name: 📥 Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
 
       - name: 🔧 Set Go cache paths (cross-platform)
         run: |
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ jobs:
       # ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————
       - name: 💾 Restore govulncheck binary cache
         id: govuln-cache
-        uses: actions/cache@5a3ec84eff668545956fd18022155c47e93e2684 # v4.2.3
+        uses: actions/cache@0400d5f644dc74513175e3cd8d07132dd4860809 # v4.2.4
         with:
           path: |
             ~/.cache/govulncheck-bin
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ jobs:
       # Checkout code and set up Go environment
       # ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————
       - name: 📥 Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0 # Fetch all history so Gitleaks can scan commits
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/fortress-setup-config.yml b/.github/workflows/fortress-setup-config.yml
index 360a395..8827389 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/fortress-setup-config.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/fortress-setup-config.yml
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ jobs:
       # Checkout code (sparse checkout)
       # ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————
       - name: 📥 Checkout (sparse)
-        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
         with:
           sparse-checkout: |
             Makefile
diff --git a/.github/workflows/fortress-test-makefile.yml b/.github/workflows/fortress-test-makefile.yml
index 23b57a5..ef0e28e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/fortress-test-makefile.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/fortress-test-makefile.yml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ jobs:
       # Checkout code (sparse checkout)
       # ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————
       - name: 📥 Checkout (sparse)
-        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0 # Required for sparse checkout
           sparse-checkout: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/fortress-test-suite.yml b/.github/workflows/fortress-test-suite.yml
index 121cb7f..c9e8c76 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/fortress-test-suite.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/fortress-test-suite.yml
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ jobs:
       # Checkout code and set up Go environment
       # ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————
       - name: 📥 Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
 
       - name: 🔧 Set Go cache paths (cross-platform)
         run: |
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ jobs:
       # ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————
       - name: 💾 Restore Go module cache
         id: restore-gomod
-        uses: actions/cache/restore@5a3ec84eff668545956fd18022155c47e93e2684 # v4.2.3
+        uses: actions/cache/restore@0400d5f644dc74513175e3cd8d07132dd4860809 # v4.2.4
         with:
           path: ~/go/pkg/mod
           key: ${{ matrix.os }}-gomod-${{ hashFiles('**/go.sum') }}
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ jobs:
       # ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————
       - name: 💾 Restore Go build cache
         id: restore-gobuild
-        uses: actions/cache/restore@5a3ec84eff668545956fd18022155c47e93e2684 # v4.2.3
+        uses: actions/cache/restore@0400d5f644dc74513175e3cd8d07132dd4860809 # v4.2.4
         with:
           path: |
             ~/.cache/go-build
diff --git a/.github/workflows/fortress.yml b/.github/workflows/fortress.yml
index 39bdde1..912bd80 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/fortress.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/fortress.yml
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ jobs:
       # Check out code to access env file
       # ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————
       - name: 📥 Checkout code (sparse)
-        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
         with:
           sparse-checkout: |
             .github/.env.shared
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ jobs:
       # Checkout code to access local action
       # ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————
       - name: 📥 Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
         with:
           sparse-checkout: |
             .github/actions/warm-cache
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pull-request-management.yml b/.github/workflows/pull-request-management.yml
index 758062e..3e1466c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pull-request-management.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pull-request-management.yml
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ jobs:
       # Check out code to access env file
       # ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————
       - name: 📥 Checkout code (sparse)
-        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
         with:
           sparse-checkout: |
             .github/.env.shared
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scorecard.yml b/.github/workflows/scorecard.yml
index b71a62a..24cd8ea 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/scorecard.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/scorecard.yml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: "Checkout code"
-        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
 
@@ -79,6 +79,6 @@ jobs:
       # Upload the results to GitHub's code scanning dashboard (optional).
       # Commenting out will disable the upload of results to your repo's Code Scanning dashboard
       - name: "Upload to code-scanning"
-        uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@d6bbdef45e766d081b84a2def353b0055f728d3e # v3.29.3
+        uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@76621b61decf072c1cee8dd1ce2d2a82d33c17ed # v3.29.8
         with:
           sarif_file: results.sarif
diff --git a/.github/workflows/stale-check.yml b/.github/workflows/stale-check.yml
index 9a89b61..bbdc885 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/stale-check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/stale-check.yml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ jobs:
       # Check out code to access env file
       # ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————
       - name: 📥 Checkout code (sparse)
-        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
         with:
           sparse-checkout: |
             .github/.env.shared
diff --git a/.github/workflows/sync-labels.yml b/.github/workflows/sync-labels.yml
index 4ce3566..d5776e2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sync-labels.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sync-labels.yml
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ jobs:
       # Check out code to access env file
       # ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————
       - name: 📥 Checkout code (sparse)
-        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
         with:
           sparse-checkout: |
             .github/.env.shared
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ jobs:
       # Checkout repository
       # ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————
       - name: 📥 Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
 
       # ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————
       # Validate and parse labels file