Build: Update CircleCI Node.js images

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  • Updated CI/CD build environment to use the latest Node.js Docker image version for improved stability and performance.

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Updated Node.js Docker image versions in CI executor configurations from 22.15.0 to 22.22.1 for both browser and standard build environments. No structural or logic changes made.

Changes

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CI Executor Docker Images scripts/ci/utils/executors.ts	Updated two Docker image references from cimg/node:22.15.0 to cimg/node:22.22.1 (with and without -browsers tag).

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Possibly related PRs

• Build: Bump node in .nvmrc file #34079 — Updates Node.js version references across the repository to 22.22.1, coordinating with this CI executor version bump.

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