Merge branch 'staging' into sprint-1.17

# Conflicts:
#	go.mod
#	go.sum

Author: dabasov

.github/workflows/build-&-publish-docker-image.yml

@@ -136,11 +136,6 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Set up Docker Buildx
         uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
-      - name: Login to Docker Hub
-        uses: docker/login-action@v1
-        with:
-          username: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}
-          password: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_PASSWORD }}
 
       # - name: Get changed files using defaults
       #   id: changed-files