[28.x] Backports #34463

1. 
   fanquake commented at 4:12 PM on January 30, 2026: member

   Contains one change to switch the macOS runners to a version that still works (13 -> 14):

   • https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/34463/commits/4d4e3600af73fb673b68b02eea525675a2761b67

   Also backports:

   • #32513 (partial backport)
   • #34174
   • #34344
2. doc: update copyright year

   Github-Pull: #34174
   Rebased-From: b23b901363c56043c536f32261ac8cb540624a84

   6b5a536c05
3. fanquake added this to the milestone 28.4 on Jan 30, 2026
4. DrahtBot added the label Backport on Jan 30, 2026
5. fanquake force-pushed on Jan 30, 2026
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   DrahtBot commented at 4:13 PM on January 30, 2026: contributor

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7. ci: use macos-14 image

   The macOS 13 images are no-longer available for use.

   4d4e3600af
8. ci: remove 3rd party js from windows dll gha job

   We can use vswhere.exe directly to create a vs developer
   prompt and so can remove this third party dependency.
   
   Co-authored-by: David Gumberg <davidzgumberg@gmail.com>
   
   Github-Pull: #32513
   Rebased-From: 7ae0497eef8f5b37fc1184897a5bbc9f023dfa67

   4fca124c0b
9. chore: Update outdated GitHub Actions versions

   Github-Pull: #34344
   Rebased-From: 9482f00df0b05e8ef710a7f0fac3262855ce335f

   5879b5a172
10. doc: update release notes for v28.x f6e5ec5d81
11. fanquake force-pushed on Jan 30, 2026
12. fanquake marked this as ready for review on Jan 30, 2026
13. fanquake requested review from willcl-ark on Feb 2, 2026
14. fanquake requested review from marcofleon on Feb 2, 2026
15. marcofleon approved
16. 
    marcofleon commented at 12:42 PM on February 2, 2026: contributor

    ACK f6e5ec5d81cc1db85d80942f0f6b5f557b0bb67b

17. fanquake merged this on Feb 2, 2026
18. fanquake closed this on Feb 2, 2026

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19. fanquake deleted the branch on Feb 2, 2026

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