feat: wrapping check functions in defineCachedFunction for resolving changelog info

[WilcoSp]

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relates to #3263

🧭 Context

For resolving changelog info I've now wrapped most of the check functions in defineCachedFunction to have the results cached and reduce fetching from the git providers.

Also added timeouts to the last fetch calls for changelogs that didn't have timeout configured.

📚 Description

Due to Gitlab making their rate limits stricter I've now wrapped most of the check functions in defineCachedFunction to have the result cached, reduce fetch calls & reduce chances of rate limits.
I've made the change for all git providers to also prevent issues with other git providers, except github with releases because ungh also caches the results and I don't want old results to be hanging around too long.

I've configured the caching for the check functions to be have maxAge at 1 hour & staleMaxAge at 30 minutes, this is to prevent having stale data being served while the endpoint cache is being renewed.

I didn't make changes for the other endpoints because they're already covered by defineCachedHandler.

I've also added timeout to the last fetch calls that changelog uses to prevent hanging when a git providers take a long time or is being overloaded.

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📝 Summary

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• Bug Fixes
  • Release and changelog checks now reuse recent results and refresh them when they become stale, reducing repeated checks.
  • Some service and access failures are now surfaced as errors instead of being treated as though no release or changelog was found.
  • Requests made during these checks now have a 15-second timeout, so they won’t wait indefinitely for a response.

Walkthrough

The changelog utility now caches changelog-file and release checks. It uses timed $fetch requests, returns provider results directly, and converts provider errors into a result tuple at the release-dispatch boundary.

Changes

Changelog detection and release checks

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Changelog file detection server/utils/changelog/detectChangelog.ts	Changelog file lookup reads the directory from repoRef, uses a timed $fetch request, applies caching, and throws for selected HTTP status codes.
Release dispatch and GitHub checks server/utils/changelog/detectChangelog.ts	checkReleases converts provider exceptions into its result tuple. GitHub release checks return direct values, use timed requests, and throw on API-key exhaustion or unexpected errors.
Other provider checks server/utils/changelog/detectChangelog.ts	Forgejo, GitLab, Gitea, and Gitee release checks use timed requests, return direct values, and use the shared release-check cache options.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 1445e

Changelog and release lookups are now cached and use request timeouts. This reduces provider rate-limit exposure without changing which changelog is found for monorepo packages. No outstanding issue blocks merging.

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Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly identifies the main change: wrapping changelog check functions in defineCachedFunction to cache changelog information. It is concise and related to the changeset.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description explains the caching changes, cache durations, provider coverage, GitHub exclusion, and added request timeouts. It is directly related to the changeset.
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