Small majors batch: dirs 7, sha2 0.11, scip 0.10, sysinfo 0.39; remove dead tower/tower-http - #259

Node.js 20 is deprecated. The following actions target Node.js 20 but are being forced to run on Node.js 24: actions/cache@0057852bfaa89a56745cba8c7296529d2fc39830, actions/checkout@34e114876b0b11c390a56381ad16ebd13914f8d5. For more information see: https://github.blog/changelog/2025-09-19-deprecation-of-node-20-on-github-actions-runners/