update: workflow npm commands updated

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Pull request overview

This PR modernizes the GitHub Actions workflows by standardizing on npm ci for dependency installation and configuring OIDC-based publishing to npm, eliminating the need for long-lived authentication tokens.

• Replaces npm install with npm ci across workflow files for more deterministic builds
• Configures OIDC permissions for trusted publishing to npm
• Updates GitHub Actions (checkout@v4, setup-node@v4) and Node.js version (18 → 24)

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File	Description
.github/workflows/test-server.yml	Standardizes Docker dependency installation to use npm ci
.github/workflows/test-functional.yml	Standardizes Docker dependency installation to use npm ci
.github/workflows/test-dependencies.yml	Updates dependency check to use npm ci with package-lock-only flag
.github/workflows/publish.yml	Adds OIDC permissions, updates actions/Node versions, removes NPM_TOKEN in favor of OIDC, and standardizes to npm ci
.github/workflows/license-check.yml	Updates dependency installation commands to use npm ci
.github/workflows/deploy-to-artifacts.yml	Standardizes dependency installation to use npm ci

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