Merged changes from main

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.md

@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@ Steps to reproduce the behavior
 - [ ] Have you had a look at [our new FAQ page](https://docs.haystack.deepset.ai/docs/faq)?
 
 **System:**
- - OS: 
+ - OS:
  - GPU/CPU:
- - Haystack version (commit or version number): 
+ - Haystack version (commit or version number):
  - DocumentStore:
  - Reader:
  - Retriever:

.github/dependabot.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+version: 2
+updates:
+  - package-ecosystem: 'github-actions'
+    directory: '/'
+    schedule:
+      interval: 'daily'

.github/workflows/benchmarks.yml

@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@ jobs:
     outputs:
       cml_runner_id: ${{ steps.deploy.outputs.cml_runner_id }}
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - uses: iterative/setup-cml@v1
 
       - name: AWS authentication
-        uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@5fd3084fc36e372ff1fff382a39b10d03659f355
+        uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@8c3f20df09ac63af7b3ae3d7c91f105f857d8497
         with:
           aws-region: ${{ env.AWS_REGION }}
           role-to-assume: ${{ secrets.AWS_CI_ROLE_ARN }}
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 2880
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Install Haystack + Datadog requirements
         run: |
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 2880
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Install Haystack + Datadog requirements
         run: |
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 2880
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Install Haystack + Datadog requirements
         run: |
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 2880
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Install Haystack + Datadog requirements
         run: |
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: AWS authentication
-        uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@5fd3084fc36e372ff1fff382a39b10d03659f355
+        uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@8c3f20df09ac63af7b3ae3d7c91f105f857d8497
         with:
           aws-region: ${{ env.AWS_REGION }}
           role-to-assume: ${{ secrets.AWS_CI_ROLE_ARN }}

.github/workflows/docker_release.yml

@@ -24,28 +24,28 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Set up QEMU
-        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v2
+        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v3
 
       - name: Set up Docker Buildx
-        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v2
+        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
 
       - name: Login to DockerHub
-        uses: docker/login-action@v2
+        uses: docker/login-action@v3
         with:
           username: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_HUB_USER }}
           password: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_HUB_TOKEN }}
 
       - name: Docker meta
         id: meta
-        uses: docker/metadata-action@v4
+        uses: docker/metadata-action@v5
         with:
           images: $DOCKER_REPO_NAME
 
       - name: Build base images
-        uses: docker/bake-action@v2
+        uses: docker/bake-action@v4
         env:
           IMAGE_TAG_SUFFIX: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.version }}
           HAYSTACK_VERSION: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.version }}
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ jobs:
           [[ "$TORCH_INSTALLED" == "not found" ]] || echo "::error::Pytorch is installed in deepset/haystack:$TAG image for $PLATFORM"
 
       - name: Build api images
-        uses: docker/bake-action@v2
+        uses: docker/bake-action@v4
         env:
           IMAGE_TAG_SUFFIX: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.version }}
           BASE_IMAGE_TAG_SUFFIX: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.version }}
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ jobs:
       # For example, if the previous step builds `deepset/haystack:cpu-1.8.0`,
       # this builds `deepset/haystack:cpu`
       - name: Build api images no version in tag
-        uses: docker/bake-action@v2
+        uses: docker/bake-action@v4
         if: steps.version.outputs.comparison-result == '>'
         env:
           IMAGE_TAG_SUFFIX: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.version }}

.github/workflows/docstring_labeler.yml

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout base commit
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           ref: ${{ github.base_ref }}
 
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ jobs:
           echo "checksum=$CHECKSUM" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
 
       - name: Checkout HEAD commit
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.ref }}
           # This must be set to correctly checkout a fork

.github/workflows/e2e.yml

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ on:
       - ready_for_review
     paths:
       - "e2e/**/*.py"
+      - ".github/workflows/e2e.yml"
 
 env:
   PYTHON_VERSION: "3.8"
@@ -34,14 +35,16 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
     - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
       with:
         python-version: ${{ env.PYTHON_VERSION }}
 
     - name: Install dependencies
-      run: sudo apt install ffmpeg  # for local Whisper tests
+      run: |
+        sudo apt-get update
+        sudo apt install ffmpeg  # for local Whisper tests
 
     - name: Run Elasticsearch
       run: |

.github/workflows/examples_tests.yml

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ jobs:
           - 9200:9200
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:

.github/workflows/imports.yml

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     steps:
 
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
     - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
       with: