* upgrade to go v1.24
* add a macOS-specific //nolint comment too
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Co-authored-by: Kenneth Jenkins <51246568+kenjenkins@users.noreply.github.com>
This also replaces instances where we manually write "return ctx.Err()"
with "return context.Cause(ctx)" which is functionally identical, but
will also correctly propagate cause errors if present.
