Modernize CI runtime coverage

.github/workflows/publish-validator.yml

@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@ jobs:
   publish:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v7
         with:
           node-version: 24
       - name: Verify release version

.github/workflows/publish.yml

@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@ jobs:
   publish:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v7
         with:
           node-version: 24
       - name: Verify release version

.github/workflows/validate.yml

@@ -10,22 +10,36 @@ permissions:
   contents: read
 
 jobs:
-  validate:
+  validate-runtime:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        node-version: [22, 24]
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v7
         with:
-          node-version: 22
+          node-version: ${{ matrix.node-version }}
           cache: npm
       - run: npm ci
       - run: npm run check
 
+  validate:
+    needs: validate-runtime
+    if: always()
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Require runtime matrix to pass
+        env:
+          VALIDATE_RUNTIME_RESULT: ${{ needs.validate-runtime.result }}
+        run: test "$VALIDATE_RUNTIME_RESULT" = "success"
+
   validator-node-20:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v7
         with:
           node-version: 20
           cache: npm

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ scripts, and release infrastructure.
 
 ### Changed
 
+- Updated GitHub Actions to v7 and run full validation on Node.js 22 and 24,
+  while preserving stable release-gate check names and Node.js 20 validator
+  compatibility coverage.
 - Centralized validator selector declarations, component resolvers, schema
   digests, package expectations, and generic test matrices in generated
   YAML-backed configuration. Snapshot intake now reports the verified schema