[release-1.3] chore(CI): add golangci linter rules

[Elbehery]

backport of #993

cc @ahrtr @ivanvc

repalces #995

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[ivanvc]

@Elbehery, can you update golangci-lint to use version v2.4.0? And let's see if the Windows error persists.

[Elbehery]

@Elbehery, can you update golangci-lint to use version v2.4.0? And let's see if the Windows error persists.

i think we need to install v2.4.0 in a step before using it

lets see

[Elbehery]

 golangci-lint run ./...
0 issues.

[Elbehery]

 golangci-lint run ./...
0 issues.

golangci-lint version                                                        
golangci-lint has version 2.4.0 built with go1.25.0 from 43d03392 on 2025-08-13T23:36:29Z

[Elbehery]

@ivanvc gh does not use v2.4.0 yet :/

[ivanvc]

Ah, 2.4.0 uses Go 1.25. We need a previous version (2.3.1). But Windows is still failing. I'll try to set up a Windows machine to replicate this locally.