chore: release 2024.12.18 (#6277) #16114

Job	Run time
wasm (crypto/_wasm)	3s
test-node (latest, ubuntu-latest)	12s
test (v1.x, ubuntu-latest)	1m 21s
lint (ubuntu-latest)	26s
test (v1.x, windows-latest)	2m 18s
lint (windows-latest)	38s
test (v1.x, macOS-latest)	1m 33s
test (v2.x, ubuntu-latest)	2m 14s
test (v2.x, windows-latest)	2m 42s
test (v2.x, macOS-latest)	2m 50s
test (canary, ubuntu-latest)	3m 38s
test (canary, windows-latest)	2m 50s
test (canary, macOS-latest)	2m 14s
	22m 59s

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