Release 2.36.1

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Release 2.36.1

Source Ref: v2.36.0
Release Tag: v2.36.1-beta.0
Phase: beta

This PR tracks the release process for version 2.36.1.

📌 Merge After Finalization

This PR should be merged after the final release is published to bring release changes back to trunk.

Checklist

• Version bumped via changeset
• Release branch created
• Pre-release tag (pending commits to release branch)
• Hotfix changeset created (patch bump)
• Testing completed
• Final release tag created

⚠️ Important

• Only patch-level changes should be added to this hotfix release
• No major or minor version bumps allowed
• No pre-release tag was created during initialization (the source is an existing tag with no new changes)
• Run this workflow again using the release branch as source-ref after adding commits to create pre-release tags

[chainlink-release-pusher]

🚀 New pre-release created (beta): v2.36.1-beta.1