fix: update release workflow to Node 24 and use trusted publishers

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

Author: andris9

.github/workflows/release.yaml

@@ -18,20 +18,18 @@ jobs:
               with:
                   release-type: node
                   package-name: ${{vars.NPM_MODULE_NAME}}
-                  pull-request-title-pattern: 'chore${scope}: release ${version} [skip-ci]'
+                  pull-request-title-pattern: "chore${scope}: release ${version} [skip-ci]"
             # The logic below handles the npm publication:
             - uses: actions/checkout@v3
               # these if statements ensure that a publication only occurs when
               # a new release is created:
               if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_created }}
             - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
               with:
-                  node-version: 18
-                  registry-url: 'https://registry.npmjs.org'
+                  node-version: 24
+                  registry-url: "https://registry.npmjs.org"
               if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_created }}
             - run: npm ci
               if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_created }}
             - run: npm publish --provenance --access public
-              env:
-                  NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{secrets.NPM_TOKEN}}
               if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_created }}