feat: watermark state-tracking with deterministic prioritized task queuing

[DerekRoberts]

Summary

This PR consolidates the two major engine upgrades for the Marketplace release:

1. Watermark Pattern: Implements persistent state-tracking to avoid redundant processing of old issues/PRs.
2. Deterministic TaskQueue: Replaces procedural backoff with a priority-aware, budget-managed execution engine.

Key Changes

• Rate Limit Hardening: RatePriority constants decoupled to resolve circular dependencies.
• API Proxying: All Octokit and GraphQL calls are now automatically prioritized.
• Sync Efficiency: Watermarks ensure we only sync items updated since the last successful run.
• Test Stability: 303 tests green with anchored async promise handling.

Results

• Resolved 'RatePriority undefined' startup crashes.
• Resolved 'Promise resolution is still pending' test leaks.
• Engine is now production-ready for v1 marketplace release.

[Copilot]

Pull request overview

Implements a “watermark” (last successful sync timestamp) using GitHub Actions Cache to support gapless synchronization, and threads an explicit since timestamp through the item discovery/search flow.

Changes:

• Add watermark utility (getWatermark/saveWatermark) backed by @actions/cache and integrate it into the main sync flow.
• Update GitHub search query construction to prefer an explicit since timestamp (falling back to a sliding window).
• Expand unit tests for watermark behavior, query construction, and processor utilities; plus various ESM/export/package/docs adjustments.

Reviewed changes

Copilot reviewed 8 out of 9 changed files in this pull request and generated 2 comments.

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File	Description
src/utils/watermark.js	New cache-backed watermark read/write utility.
src/index.js	Loads watermark at start and saves watermark on successful completion; passes since through to item discovery.
src/github/api.js	Adds since-driven updated:>=... search clauses (fallback to hour-based window).
src/rules/add-items.js	Plumbs a since parameter into getRecentItems options.
test/utils/watermark.test.mjs	Unit tests for watermark cache integration and sanitization behavior.
test/github/since-parameter.test.mjs	Verifies getRecentItems query construction when since is provided vs fallback window.
test/github/get-recent-items-rate-limit.test.mjs	Updates assertions for updated:>= query syntax.
src/utils/log.js	Adds warn() alias forwarding to warning().
src/utils/batch.js	Converts to ESM exports and adjusts warning logging call-site.
test/utils/batch.test.mjs	Adds coverage for processBatch behavior and the new warn() alias.
src/rules/processors/validation.js	Refines type-check logic and adds an early return when only type is specified.
test/processors/ludicrous-coverage.test.js	Adds extensive matrix coverage for validation/skip whitelist logic and null handling.
src/rules/processors/unified-rule-processor.js	Exports deduplicateActions for testing/consumption.
test/processors/deduplication.test.js	Adds unit tests for action deduplication behavior.
src/rules/linked-issues.js	Converts to ESM imports/exports.
src/utils/status-tracker.js	Converts StatusTracker to an ESM export.
package.json	Adds @actions/cache/@actions/core, adds build script + @vercel/ncc, changes Node engine.
package-lock.json	Locks new dependencies/devDependencies and updated engine metadata.
action.yml	Introduces/updates action metadata (name/inputs/env/runtime).
.github/workflows/pr-sync.yml	Broadens push branch patterns for workflow trigger.
README.md	Substantial documentation rewrite and updated messaging/badges.
memory/constitution.md	Updates engineering/testing standards wording (ESM + testing philosophy).
specs/README.md	Updates specs index/numbering list and retroactive spec section.
specs/multi-org-support.md	Adds a spec doc describing multi-org support behavior/config.
specs/004-rule-engine-architecture/spec.md	Adds rule engine architecture spec doc.
specs/005-column-assignment-rules/spec.md	Adds column assignment rules spec doc.
specs/006-sprint-assignment-rules/spec.md	Adds sprint assignment rules spec doc.

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package.json:9

• engines.node was changed to ">=22.0.0", but the repository documentation (README) and workflows appear to target Node 24, and action.yml declares a Node 20 runtime. With engine-strict=true, this will break installs under Node 20/21 and creates inconsistent support guarantees. Pick a single minimum Node version and apply it consistently across package.json, workflows, and action.yml.

  "engines": {
    "node": ">=24.0.0"
  },