GHA have changed ubuntu-latest to ubuntu-24.04 some time this year. Ubuntu also mentions ubuntu-22.04 would come off standard support in April 2027, following the usual 5-year cycle. So it is a good time to switch to ubuntu-24.04 for our current runners.

We did the switch to ubuntu-22.04 2.5 years back, so we are following the similar 2-year-ish cadence here.