Deprecation Warning: Migrate GitHub Actions from Node.js 20 to Node.js 24

[Nitya-003]

Description:

The repository is currently receiving deprecation warnings for GitHub Actions running on the Node.js 20 runtime. Per GitHub’s latest policy, Node.js 20 will be removed from runners on September 16th, 2026.

Impacted Actions:

• generaltranslation/translate@7e7badcae4494bfa58c95415a933251992aedb7c

Timeline:

• June 2nd, 2026: Actions will be forced to run with Node.js 24 by default.
• September 16th, 2026: Node.js 20 will be fully removed from the runner.

Required Actions:

• Check for updated versions of generaltranslation/translate that support Node.js 24.
• Update .github/workflows/translate.yaml to use the latest version tags.
• Immediate Mitigation: Set the environment variable FORCE_JAVASCRIPT_ACTIONS_TO_NODE24=true in the workflow to test compatibility.

[aprojic]

Closing as we don't control the upstream action.

Current state:

• generaltranslation/translate still declares using: 'node20' in their action.yml line 117 on main branch
• Latest release (v0.0.16, Nov 2025) also on node20
• No upstream issue or PR for the node24 migration

Why not urgent:

• June 2, 2026: default switches to node24 (actions auto-run under node24 unless they break)
• September 16, 2026: node20 fully removed (~5 months runway)
• Our Dependabot is configured for the github-actions ecosystem -- as soon as they ship a version with using: 'node24', we'll get an automated PR to update

If it starts breaking earlier: we can set FORCE_JAVASCRIPT_ACTIONS_TO_NODE24=true on the translate job as a tactical workaround.

Action for now: none needed. Reopen if upstream hasn't migrated by August 2026.