task-remove hangs at 100% CPU in _la_strip_line under bash 3.2 with a UTF-8 locale (#266) - #269

Node.js 20 is deprecated. The following actions target Node.js 20 but are being forced to run on Node.js 24: actions/checkout@v4. For more information see: https://github.blog/changelog/2025-09-19-deprecation-of-node-20-on-github-actions-runners/