Merge develop into main: post‑release CI/test stabilization

- Drop Node 18 and add Node 24 to the CI matrix
- Align Jest/ts-jest/types versions across packages
- Fix CLI serve error handling output
- Register vitest/jest‑dom types for UI TS checks
- Update dev tooling and pin chalk for CJS compatibility
- Merge Dependabot updates and resolve ESM/test regressions
- Skip Netlify preview on Dependabot PRs

Author: night-slayer18

.github/dependabot.yml

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ version: 2
 updates:
   - package-ecosystem: "npm"
     directory: "/"
+    target-branch: "develop"
     schedule:
       interval: "weekly"
       day: "monday"
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ updates:
 
   - package-ecosystem: "github-actions"
     directory: "/"
+    target-branch: "develop"
     schedule:
       interval: "weekly"
     labels:

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 20
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        node-version: [18, 20, 22]
+        node-version: [20, 22, 24]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:

.github/workflows/preview.yml

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ env:
 
 jobs:
   deploy-preview:
+    if: github.actor != 'dependabot[bot]'
     name: Deploy Preview
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps: