fix: settle WebSocket event waiters in linear time - #2389

Node.js 20 is deprecated. The following actions target Node.js 20 but are being forced to run on Node.js 24: actions/checkout@34e114876b0b11c390a56381ad16ebd13914f8d5, actions/setup-node@49933ea5288caeca8642d1e84afbd3f7d6820020, denoland/setup-deno@11b63cf76cfcafb4e43f97b6cad24d8e8438f62d, pnpm/action-setup@f40ffcd9367d9f12939873eb1018b921a783ffaa. For more information see: https://github.blog/changelog/2025-09-19-deprecation-of-node-20-on-github-actions-runners/