Merge 26.4 to develop

Author: cnathe

gradle.properties

@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ modelContextProtocolVersion=1.1.1
 
 mssqlJdbcVersion=13.4.0.jre11
 
-# Netty - transitive dependency via azure-core-http-netty; force to mitigate multiple CVEs in older versions
+# Netty - transitive dependency via azure-core-http-netty; force for CVE-2026-33871, CVE-2026-33870
 nettyVersion=4.2.12.Final
 # Reactor - transitive dependency via azure-core; force for version consistency across modules
 reactorCoreVersion=3.8.1