Rebase new RC workflow onto RC branch

[aulorbe]

Problem

We would like main's newest RC workflow files to get rebased into 2024-07-rc, so that we can release our RC code to npm for users.

Type of Change

• [ ] Bug fix (non-breaking change which fixes an issue)
• [ ] New feature (non-breaking change which adds functionality)
• [ ] Breaking change (fix or feature that would cause existing functionality to not work as expected)
• [ ] This change requires a documentation update
• [x] Infrastructure change (CI configs, etc)
• [ ] Non-code change (docs, etc)
• [ ] None of the above: (explain here)