chore: consolidate dependabot updates

Consolidates 6 open dependabot PRs into a single update:

Dependencies (npm):
- @azure/identity: 4.13.0 -> 4.13.1
- @types/node: 25.2.3 -> 25.5.0
- @microsoft/kiota-authentication-azure: 1.0.0-preview.92 -> 1.0.0-preview.100
- @microsoft/kiota-bundle: 1.0.0-preview.92 -> 1.0.0-preview.100

GitHub Actions:
- googleapis/release-please-action: 4 -> 5
- dependabot/fetch-metadata: 2.5.0 -> 3.1.0
- actions/upload-artifact: 6 -> 7

Closes #982, #978, #968, #966, #963, #961

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

Author: jingjingjia-ms

.github/workflows/auto-merge-dependabot.yml

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Dependabot metadata
         id: metadata
-        uses: dependabot/fetch-metadata@v2.5.0
+        uses: dependabot/fetch-metadata@v3.1.0
         with:
           github-token: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
 

.github/workflows/release-please-gha.yml

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ jobs:
           private-key: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_PLEASE_TOKEN_PROVIDER_PEM }}
 
       - name: Release Please
-        uses: googleapis/release-please-action@v4
+        uses: googleapis/release-please-action@v5
         with:
           token: ${{ steps.app-token.outputs.token }}
           config-file: release-please-config.json

.github/workflows/validate-public-api-surface.yml

@@ -33,14 +33,14 @@ jobs:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
       - name: Upload patch file as artifact
         if: always()
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v6
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
         continue-on-error: true
         with:
           name: patch
           path: '*.patch'
       - name: Upload explanations file as artifact
         if: always()
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v6
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
         continue-on-error: true
         with:
           name: explanations