ci: bump go to 1.24.7 and fix link checker #1357
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Fixing two common issues that happen on all PRs
1) mismatch between expected go version and required go version
number of PRs fail CI checks due to 1.24 version of go being configured in the github workflows which ends up selecting 1.24.3 but go.mod requires 1.24.7.
2) linkinator 429 error
for some reason, linkinator still struggles with getting rate-limited by github. Replacing linkinator with lychee which is capable of handling retries for 429 errors much better.
e.g. https://github.com/kedacore/http-add-on/actions/runs/18491652982/job/52700033142
Checklist
see also: https://github.com/kedacore/http-add-on/actions/runs/18462756880/job/52685116762?pr=1354