Fix SDK Core release note base

Merge branch 'main' into fix/release-changelog-notes-package

Install protoc for release verification

Prepare release 1.31.0 (#1693)

Update sdk-core submodule (#1632)

* Update sdk-core submodule

* Update Cargo.lock for sdk-core bump

Bump version to 1.29.0 (#1607)

Bump version to 1.28.0 (#1577)

Release 1.26.1 (#1538)

Python version 1.25.1 (#1533)

release 1.24.2 (#1535)