v26.7.0

Fixes

• fix: bump pydantic-settings to 2.14.2 to resolve symlink traversal vulnerability (#779) @sudhirverma
• fix: update base image to Fedora 44 as Fedora 42 is EOL (#775) @leogallego
• SonarCloud Fix: Extract duplicate string literal (S1192, src) (#778) @sathyapramod

Maintenance

• chore: bump ansible-creator to 26.6.1 (#784) @rockygeekz
• chore: unclutter adt server testing (#692) @ssbarnea
• chore: remove use of mk tool (#773) @ssbarnea