Describe the bug

Currently golangci/golangci-lint-action v7+ has a whole lot of lint erorrs we need to review and fix.

To Reproduce
Upgrade golangci/golangci-lint-action to v8 on a branch and open a PR.

Logs
https://github.com/getgauge/gauge/actions/runs/18178064209/job/51748303523?pr=2783

Expected behavior

Clean lint run.