Initial 1.9 release for 26.1.x

.github/workflows/build.yml

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+name: Build
+
+on: [push, pull_request]
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+          fetch-tags: true
+
+      - name: Setup JDK 25
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
+        with:
+          java-version: '25'
+          distribution: 'temurin'
+
+      - name: Setup Gradle
+        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v4
+
+      # This is needed to be able to run ./gradlew below
+      # You can run `git update-index --chmod +x gradlew` then remove this step.
+      - name: Make Gradle wrapper executable
+        run: chmod +x ./gradlew
+
+      - name: Build with Gradle
+        run: ./gradlew build