[Merged by Bors] - Upgrade to go 1.24

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Motivation

This updates our codebase to go 1.24

Description

• upgraded go.mod to select for go 1.24
• fixed new issues found in the codebase:
  • use t.Context() in tests
  • remove unused interfaces
  • detect always nil errors
• upgraded old-smesher build to latest release

Test Plan

existing unit and system tests pass

TODO

• Explain motivation or link existing issue(s)
• Test changes and document test plan
• Update documentation as needed
• Update changelog as needed

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Codecov Report

All modified and coverable lines are covered by tests ✅

Project coverage is 76.8%. Comparing base (91ba3fb) to head (04b101e).
Report is 1 commits behind head on develop.

✅ All tests successful. No failed tests found.

Additional details and impacted files

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- Coverage     76.8%   76.8%   -0.1%     
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  Files          369     369             
  Lines        50283   50285      +2     
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- Hits         38665   38657      -8     
- Misses        9410    9417      +7     
- Partials      2208    2211      +3     

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