CI Workflow & Docker Image Enhancements

[nathanklick]

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This epic level issue tracks all outstanding CI workflow enhancements, changes, and bug fixes.

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1. Add Grafana Agent river definition and Ping Exporter configuration for use in CI #11022
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2. Add CI support for continuous performance testing #9445
   P1 +1
   
3. Remove legacy CircleCI configuration files from the repository #10654
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4. Gate all costly pull request checks behind the spotless and module info checks in addition to the compilation check #10656
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5. Update JRS CI pipelines to support Java 21 for executing tests #10413
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6. Update CI pipelines to build using Java 21 #10195
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7. feat: update the production docker image to allow specifying the java main class #10459
   New Feature P1 +2
   
8. Refactor the PR Checks workflow to ensure code is only built once and then re-used from the cache for all test jobs #10192
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9. CI: Fix Artifact check to correctly compare manifests on Windows machines #10454
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10. Update the E2E and ITest docker base image to run using Java 21 #10269
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11. Node OOM killed during performance testing #10028
    Platform Reconnect +1
    
12. Snyk scanning in the PR Check and related workflows should not run from a dependabot or forked PR #10354
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13. Add CI workflow to ensure all release artifacts produced by Gradle are deterministic #10311
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14. Snyk analysis executions are failing with Gradle exceptions #10339
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15. Publish release artifacts to the public CDN #9691
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16. Enable full feature set for the Unit Test reporting steps #9692
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17. Normalize test output across all Gradle projects #9693
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18. Resolve Platform SDK publish issues resulting in broken Maven Central releases #9711
    Bug P0 +2
    
19. Enable Gradle remote build cache support #9758
    Feature Enhancement P0 +2
    
20. Change Gradle process priority levels to help alleviate runner cancellations #9773
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21. Add Linux Control Group support to the Unit Test workflow #10031
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22. Update Jenkins job names for previewnet deployments #10069
    Bug P2 +2
    
23. Add a new PR Title enforcement workflow and make it a required PR check #10180
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24. Modify the JRS workflows to use the pull request base branch if an identically named feature branch is not available #10191
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25. Update the JRS PR Check workflow to better handle dependabot and forked pull requests #10193
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26. Update Gradle to version 8.5 in preparation for Java 21 support #10194
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27. Turn-off Gradle home directory cleanup due to third-party known issues #10202
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28. Ensure the JRS job in the PR Checks workflow is ignored when executing from a forked pull request #10229
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29. Update the PR Title Check to run using the pull request target trigger #10241
    Bug P0 +2
    
30. Add Codacy analysis tool configuration files #11117
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31. Enable Codacy code coverage scanning #11118
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32. Remove SonarCloud support #11119
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33. Fix issue with Snyk scan report processor #11266
    Bug P0 +2
    
34. Ensure release artifact file names are properly escaped #12087
    Bug P0 +2
    
35. Enable deterministic production next container image publishing #11777
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36. Tune the Codacy configuration files to match standards #11590
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37. Adjust the dependabot/fork handling in the PR Check workflows #11776
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38. Modify the release process to use the Semantic Release tool to issue tags and generate release notes #11781
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39. Refactor the existing scheduled release branching workflow #11782
    github_actions +1
    
40. Remove deprecated Actions workflows #12397
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41. Update unit test reporting task to limit Github API calls #12403
    Feature Enhancement P1 +2
    
42. use container environment #13156
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43. Resolve release pipeline job dependency error #13420
    Bug P0 +2