Update module google.golang.org/protobuf to v1.36.12

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This PR contains the following updates:

Package	Change	Age	Confidence
google.golang.org/protobuf	v1.36.12-0.20260120151049-f2248ac996af → v1.36.12

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Release Notes

protocolbuffers/protobuf-go (google.golang.org/protobuf)

v1.36.12

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Full Changelog: protocolbuffers/protobuf-go@v1.36.11...v1.36.12

User-visible changes:
CL/812620: defval: support hex and octal default values for numeric fields
CL/737480: reflect/protodesc: add missing IsProto3Optional initialization
CL/735401: internal/descfmt: replace uses of MethodByName with direct calls when possible
CL/735120: encoding/protojson: fix google.protobuf.Empty serialization
CL/734761: encoding/prototext: implement recursion limit
CL/734760: encoding/protodelim: error out when size exceeds math.MaxInt
CL/734280: internal/descfmt: fix dce with Go 1.26 by not calling MethodByName for Methods
CL/733841: encoding/protojson: reject non-numeric ints/floats
CL/729461: compiler/protogen: introduce and expose feature resoluton to protogen

Maintenance:
CL/810580: types: update to the protobuf version (35.1)
CL/735620: types: regenerate using latest protobuf v33.3 release
CL/737460: compiler/protogen: document --go_opt in addition to --go_out

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  • Updated an indirect protocol buffers dependency to a stable release.
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The change updates the indirect google.golang.org/protobuf dependency in go.mod from a pseudo-version to stable version v1.36.12.

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Protobuf dependency update

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Update protobuf dependency go.mod	The indirect google.golang.org/protobuf dependency now uses stable version v1.36.12.

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This PR only updates the protobuf dependency and its checksums; no actionable merge-blocking risk remains beyond normal validation and review.

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