Merge branch 'v26.1.x' into backport-pr-30525-v26.1.x-712

Author: tyson-redpanda

.github/workflows/backport-command.yml

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
       target_milestone: ${{ steps.get_backport_type.outputs.target_milestone }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
       - uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v4
         with:
           aws-region: ${{ vars.RP_AWS_CRED_REGION }}
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       BACKPORT_BRANCH: ${{ needs.backport-type.outputs.backport_branch }}
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
       - uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v4
         with:
           aws-region: ${{ vars.RP_AWS_CRED_REGION }}
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           backport_commits=$(gh api "repos/$TARGET_FULL_REPO/pulls/$BACKPORT_PR_NUMBER/commits" --paginate --jq '[.[].sha[0:10]]|join(" ")')
           echo "backport_commits=$backport_commits" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
         if: needs.backport-type.outputs.commented_on == 'pr'
         with:
           repository: ${{ steps.user.outputs.username }}/${{ steps.user.outputs.repo }}

.github/workflows/backport-on-merge.yml

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
       id-token: write
       contents: read
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
       # Find the PR associated with this push, if there is one.
       - uses: jwalton/gh-find-current-pr@v1
         id: findPr

.github/workflows/buf.yml

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ jobs:
     if: github.event_name == 'push' || github.event_name == 'merge_group' || github.event_name == 'pull_request'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
       - name: Buf – lint & breaking
         uses: bufbuild/buf-action@v1
         with:
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ jobs:
           secret-ids: |
             ,sdlc/prod/github/buf_token
           parse-json-secrets: true
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
       - name: Preprocess proto files for buf publishing
         run: |
           # WORKAROUND: Our Bazel structure puts proto files to live under a "proto/"

.github/workflows/buildkite-slash-commands.yml

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ jobs:
             ,sdlc/prod/github/actions_bot_token
             ,sdlc/prod/github/buildkite_token
           parse-json-secrets: true
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           repository: redpanda-data/sparse-checkout
           token: ${{ env.ACTIONS_BOT_TOKEN }}

.github/workflows/cloud-installpack-bk-trigger.yml

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
             ,sdlc/prod/github/actions_bot_token
             ,sdlc/prod/github/buildkite_token
           parse-json-secrets: true
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           repository: redpanda-data/sparse-checkout
           token: ${{ env.ACTIONS_BOT_TOKEN }}

.github/workflows/lint-bazel-dependency-graph.yml

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
       - uses: bazel-contrib/setup-bazel@0.15.0
         with:
           # Avoid downloading Bazel every time.

.github/workflows/lint-bazel-pkg-tool.yml

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
   golangci-lint:
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
       - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
         with:
           go-version: stable

.github/workflows/lint-cpp.yml

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
       - uses: bazel-contrib/setup-bazel@0.15.0
         with:
           # Avoid downloading Bazel every time.

.github/workflows/lint-golang.yml

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
       - name: Setup go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v6
         with:

.github/workflows/lint-python.yml

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
       - name: Ruff format --check
         uses: astral-sh/ruff-action@v3
         with: