ci - use newer images for docs build (#1816)

* ci - use newer images for docs build

* doc - explicitly install playwright first

Author: jeremylt

.readthedocs.yml

@@ -5,14 +5,15 @@
 version: 2
 
 build:
-  os: ubuntu-22.04
+  os: ubuntu-24.04
   tools:
-    python: "3.11"
-    nodejs: "19"
+    python: "3.13"
+    nodejs: "23"
   apt_packages:
     - librsvg2-bin
   jobs:
     post_create_environment:
+      - npx playwright install
       - npm install -g @mermaid-js/mermaid-cli
 
 # Build documentation in the docs/ directory with Sphinx