diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 6f3e27e491b56aaaa1ef64c547cc68921e010b3f..5ed117dddd0bc36f89e3b3788ae55e7f871312a9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -88,12 +88,9 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
-          node-version: 22
+          node-version: 24
           registry-url: "https://registry.npmjs.org"
 
-      - name: Upgrade npm for OIDC trusted publishing support
-        run: npm install -g npm@latest
-
       - name: Copy binaries into npm platform packages
         shell: bash
         run: |
diff --git a/server/src/api/mod.rs b/server/src/api/mod.rs
index f42e907775645166c60aeae2d98c5855223a71be..e3299ee353f8c62935fa82708762490a6d5c54e3 100644
--- a/server/src/api/mod.rs
+++ b/server/src/api/mod.rs
@@ -70,14 +70,6 @@ mod tests {
         }));
     }
 
-    #[test]
-    fn validate_ingest_document_requires_actor() {
-        let reduced = ReducerState::default();
-        let text = "~/t/a {a}\n~/t/b {b}\n";
-        let v = validate_ingest_document(&reduced, text, &crate::reducer::ScopeId::Public).unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(v.raw_text.trim(), text.trim());
-    }
-
     #[test]
     fn validate_ingest_document_parse_error() {
         let reduced = ReducerState::default();
@@ -108,14 +100,6 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(err.1.contains("undefined item"));
     }
 
-    #[test]
-    fn validate_ingest_document_requires_tag() {
-        let reduced = ReducerState::default();
-        // tags are no longer DSL routing metadata; validation no longer requires them.
-        let text = "~/t/a {a}\n~/t/b {b}\n";
-        validate_ingest_document(&reduced, text, &crate::reducer::ScopeId::Public).unwrap();
-    }
-
     #[test]
     fn validate_ingest_document_accepts_quoted_thread_title() {
         let reduced = ReducerState::default();