Backport commits from main #514

Job	Run time
Python lint	12s
Test Branch Management	41s
Go lint and unit tests / Unit Tests & Code Quality	7m 29s
Go lint and unit tests / Binaries	5m 50s
Build k8s-snap / Build snap	15m 5s
Build k8s-snap moonray / Build snap	15m 23s
Get e2e test tags	5s
Security scan / Security scan	45s
Test informing ubuntu:24.04 moonray / Integration Test ubuntu:24.04 amd64 k8s-moonray.snap	1h 18m 52s
Test ubuntu:22.04 / Integration Test ubuntu:22.04 amd64 k8s.snap	1h 31m 17s
Test ubuntu:20.04 / Integration Test ubuntu:20.04 amd64 k8s.snap	1h 28m 43s
Test ubuntu:24.04 / Integration Test ubuntu:24.04 amd64 k8s.snap	1h 29m 50s
	6h 34m 12s

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