chore: update action versions to v1.4 and v1.3 for various workflows

[frasermolyneux]

This pull request updates the GitHub Actions workflows to use newer versions of custom actions from the frasermolyneux/actions repository. The main goal is to ensure the workflows leverage improvements, bug fixes, and possibly new features from these action updates. All references to actions have been bumped to their latest minor versions, enhancing reliability and consistency across CI/CD pipelines.

CI/CD Workflow Upgrades

• Updated the following actions in all relevant workflow files to their latest minor versions:
  • dotnet-ci, dotnet-web-ci, terraform-plan, terraform-plan-and-apply, terraform-destroy, deploy-sql-database, deploy-app-service, and publish-nuget-packages [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] [29] [30] [31].

Terraform and Deployment Consistency

• Ensured that both development and production environments use the same updated versions for Terraform-related actions and deployment actions, reducing the risk of environment drift and improving maintainability. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]

.NET Build and Release Improvements

• Updated .NET build and CI actions (dotnet-ci, dotnet-web-ci) in all workflows, including PR verification, deployment, and release tagging, to version v1.4 for improved build reliability and support for newer .NET versions. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

NuGet Publishing

• Upgraded the publish-nuget-packages action in the release workflow to version v1.3, ensuring compatibility with the latest NuGet publishing features and bug fixes.

SQL Database and App Service Deployments

• Updated the actions for deploying SQL databases and Azure App Services to version v1.2, standardizing deployment steps and potentially improving deployment performance and error handling. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]

These updates ensure the workflows are using the latest stable versions of all custom actions, which is important for security, stability, and access to new features.

[github-actions]

Dependency Review

✅ No vulnerabilities or license issues or OpenSSF Scorecard issues found.

OpenSSF Scorecard

Package	Version	Score	Details
actions/frasermolyneux/actions/terraform-destroy	terraform-destroy/v1.2	Unknown	Unknown
actions/frasermolyneux/actions/terraform-plan	terraform-plan/v1.4	Unknown	Unknown

Scanned Files

• .github/workflows/destroy-environment.yml
• .github/workflows/update-dashboard-from-staging.yml

[Copilot]

Pull request overview

Updates this repository’s GitHub Actions workflows to consume newer minor versions of the frasermolyneux/actions custom actions, keeping CI/CD (build, Terraform, deployments, and releases) aligned across pipelines.

Changes:

• Bumped .NET build actions (dotnet-ci, dotnet-web-ci) to v1.4 across build, PR verification, and deploy workflows.
• Bumped Terraform actions (terraform-plan, terraform-plan-and-apply) to v1.4, and destroy/deploy actions (terraform-destroy, deploy-sql-database, deploy-app-service) to v1.2.
• Bumped NuGet publishing action (publish-nuget-packages) to v1.3 in the release publish workflow.

Reviewed changes

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Show a summary per file

File	Description
.github/workflows/update-dashboard-from-staging.yml	Updates Terraform plan action version used by the dashboard update workflow.
.github/workflows/release-version-and-tag.yml	Updates dotnet-ci action version used for release validation before tagging.
.github/workflows/release-publish-nuget.yml	Updates the NuGet publishing action version in the release publishing pipeline.
.github/workflows/pr-verify.yml	Updates build, Terraform, and deployment action versions used in PR verification and optional dev deploy.
.github/workflows/destroy-environment.yml	Updates Terraform destroy action version used for environment teardown.
.github/workflows/destroy-development.yml	Updates Terraform destroy action version used for dev teardown.
.github/workflows/deploy-prd.yml	Updates build, Terraform, and deployment action versions used in the production deployment workflow.
.github/workflows/deploy-dev.yml	Updates build, Terraform, and deployment action versions used in the development deployment workflow.
.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml	Updates dotnet-ci and Terraform plan action versions used in branch build/test and plan runs.

[sonarqubecloud]

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[github-actions]

🏗️ Terraform Plan

🌍 Environment: dev

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✅ Plan

✅ No changes. Your infrastructure matches the configuration.