[release] Merge Develop into Master for 12.6.0

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Proposed Changes

• Adding CONTRIBUTING.md #2670
• Enable cypress eslint #2636
• UAT fix - Improve distinction between existing flexible pools and new ones #2676
• Update Node.js 24.13.0 → 24.14.0 #2645
• Update cypress 15.11.0 → 15.13.0 (minor) #2679
• Update eslint 10.0.3 → 10.1.0 (minor) #2677
• Update rollup-plugin-visualizer 6.0.11 → 7.0.1 (major) #2666
• Update vite 7.3.1 → 8.0.1 (major) #2668
• View individual sub-pools of the multi-pool #2612
  • Closes Y25-615 - As a developer (Ben) I would like to add a page to view individual pools within a flexible pool. #2505
• Y25-617 - Flexible pool file upload #2626
  • Closes Y25-617 - As a developer (Ben) I would like to be able to create flexible pools from a file upload. #2507
• Y25-618 - Auto calculate pool metadata for pacbio pools created via multi pool file upload. #2672
  • Closes Y25-618 - As a developer (Ben) I would like pools in the flexible pooling page to have their metadata automatically calculated. #2508
• Y25-619 -[PR] flexible pooling to include a tube rack layout #2641
• Y26-080 - Pool status indiciators #2662
  • Closes Y26-080 - [UX] As a developer (Ben) I would like to use ticks and crosses in addition to colours for flexible pooling and pacbio run wells. #2661
• feat(multi-pool): add update functionality for multi pool position it… #2627
• feat: adds pool barcode to flexible pool well #2656
• 🚨 [security] Update eslint 9.39.2 → 10.0.2 (major) #2648
• 🚨 [security] Update jsdom 28.1.0 → 29.0.1 (major) #2669

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This PR was auto-generated on 2026-04-07T08:39:49+01:00

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