Merge branch 'release-1.17' into feat-bulk-pubsub-stable

Author: cicoyle

.github/workflows/fossa.yaml

@@ -45,12 +45,12 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: "Run FOSSA Scan"
-        uses: fossas/fossa-action@v1.7.0 # Use a specific version if locking is preferred
+        uses: fossas/fossa-action@v1.8.0 # Use a specific version if locking is preferred
         with:
           api-key: ${{ env.FOSSA_API_KEY }}
 
       - name: "Run FOSSA Test"
-        uses: fossas/fossa-action@v1.7.0 # Use a specific version if locking is preferred
+        uses: fossas/fossa-action@v1.8.0 # Use a specific version if locking is preferred
         with:
           api-key: ${{ env.FOSSA_API_KEY }}
           run-tests: true

.github/workflows/validate_examples.yaml

@@ -65,14 +65,14 @@ jobs:
           repository: ${{ env.CHECKOUT_REPO }}
           ref: ${{ env.CHECKOUT_REF }}
       - uses: azure/setup-helm@v4
-      - name: Determine latest Dapr Runtime version
+      - name: Determine latest Dapr Runtime version (including prerelease)
         run: |
-          helm repo add dapr https://dapr.github.io/helm-charts/ && helm repo update && export RUNTIME_VERSION=$(helm search repo dapr/dapr --devel --versions | awk '/dapr\/dapr/ {print $3; exit}' )
+          RUNTIME_VERSION=$(curl -s "https://api.github.com/repos/dapr/dapr/releases" | sort -r | grep '"tag_name"' | head -n 1 | cut -d ':' -f2 | tr -d '",v ')
           echo "DAPR_RUNTIME_VER=$RUNTIME_VERSION" >> $GITHUB_ENV
           echo "Found $RUNTIME_VERSION"
-      - name: Determine latest Dapr Cli version
+      - name: Determine latest Dapr Cli version (including prerelease)
         run: |
-          export CLI_VERSION=$(curl "https://api.github.com/repos/dapr/cli/releases/latest" --header 'authorization: Bearer ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}' | jq '.tag_name'| tr -d '",v')
+          CLI_VERSION=$(curl -s "https://api.github.com/repos/dapr/cli/releases" | sort -r | grep '"tag_name"' | head -n 1 | cut -d ':' -f2 | tr -d '",v ')
           echo "DAPR_CLI_VER=$CLI_VERSION" >> $GITHUB_ENV
           echo "Found $CLI_VERSION"
       - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python_ver }}