fix(toolchain): upgrade Rust to 1.98.1 and patch rustls

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Upgrade development, CI, container, and native audio-release toolchains from Rust 1.97.0 to 1.98.1. Adapt fixed-size byte decoding to the new Clippy lint while preserving length checks, byte order, and conversions. The sidecar builder now names its complete pinned image directly, removing an ineffective version override.

Patch rustls to 0.23.45 in both Rust locks to address RUSTSEC-2026-0285, which caused the dependency audit to fail. Its required dependencies advance to aws-lc-rs 1.18.1, aws-lc-sys 0.45.0, and rustls-webpki 0.103.15. Other locked packages and Git source selections are preserved.

Validation

• Updated dependency set: workspace and standalone worker locked checks across all targets passed; both full cargo-deny audits passed.
• Docker build-definition check for the sidecar passed with no warnings; 26 release-contract tests passed.
• Before the dependency refresh, the Rust 1.98.1 upgrade passed warnings-denied Clippy, rustfmt, and 4,350 functional Rust test executions, including JetStream/IPC smoke tests, sidecar cloud-storage tests, and worker tests. This count includes repeated configurations; 27 existing tests were ignored. Updated full-suite results are provided by CI.

Sibling-sweep evidence

All checked-in Cargo locks were inspected. Both select the patched version:

rg -n -A 1 --glob Cargo.lock '^name = "rustls"$' .
./Cargo.lock:3391:name = "rustls"
./Cargo.lock-3392-version = "0.23.45"
./packages/sie_server_rust/Cargo.lock:3094:name = "rustls"
./packages/sie_server_rust/Cargo.lock-3095-version = "0.23.45"

No vulnerable Rustls 0.23.13–0.23.44 records remain. The existing advisory policy, decoder input validation, TLS features, release gates, and release baseline are preserved.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Build and Release

  • Updated the Rust toolchain used for application builds, container images, and audio release packages to version 1.98.1.
  • Release validation now checks for Rust 1.98.1, helping ensure published packages are built consistently.

• Reliability

  • Improved handling of fixed-width byte data during audio and gateway processing while preserving existing numeric conversion behavior.
  • Updated audio processing validation to use more precise sample grouping during tests.

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The PR upgrades Rust references from 1.97.0 to 1.98.1 across release workflows, configuration, Docker builds, and contract checks. It also replaces exact byte-chunk iteration with as_chunks in decoding code and tests.

Changes

Rust toolchain and byte decoding

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Rust 1.98.1 toolchain alignment .github/workflows/release-audio.yml, mise.toml, packages/sie_gateway/Dockerfile, packages/sie_server_rust/Dockerfile*, packages/sie_server_sidecar/Dockerfile	Release workflows, configuration, and Docker build stages now use Rust 1.98.1.
Fixed-size byte decoding packages/sie_audio_prep/src/lib.rs, packages/sie_gateway/src/handlers/proxy.rs	Quantization tests and f32, f64, f16, integer, and unsigned integer decoders now use as_chunks with their existing byte widths.
Release contract validation tools/ci/check_release_contract.py, tools/ci/tests/test_release_contract.py	Native audio release checks and workflow assertions now require Rust 1.98.1.

Suggested reviewers: mamayer19

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 0e19b

The Rust toolchain and byte-chunk updates have no identified unresolved merge-blocking issue.

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Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage	⚠️ Warning	Docstring coverage is 33.33% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 3 functions across 3 files. (1 skipped: 1…	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

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Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly identifies the main change: upgrading Rust to 1.98.1. It also references the rustls patch described in the PR objectives.

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Docstring coverage is 33.33% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 3 functions across 3 files. (1 skipped: 1 unsupported.)

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In `@packages/sie_server_sidecar/Dockerfile`:
- Line 33: Update the Dockerfile’s chef-stage image reference so RUST_VERSION
cannot diverge from the pinned digest: either remove the overrideable
RUST_VERSION argument and hardcode the complete pinned reference, or make the
entire version-and-digest image reference a single overrideable value.

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