CI: Add workflow to verify release candidate on multiple systems

.github/workflows/verify-release-candidate.yml

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+name: Verify Release Candidate
+
+# NOTE: This workflow is intended to be run manually via workflow_dispatch.
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      version:
+        description: Version number (e.g., 52.0.0)
+        required: true
+        type: string
+      rc_number:
+        description: Release candidate number (e.g., 0)
+        required: true
+        type: string
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.repository }}-${{ github.ref }}-${{ github.workflow }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+  verify:
+    name: Verify RC (${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.arch }})
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        include:
+          # Linux
+          - os: linux
+            arch: x64
+            runner: ubuntu-latest
+          - os: linux
+            arch: arm64
+            runner: ubuntu-24.04-arm
+
+          # macOS
+          - os: macos
+            arch: arm64
+            runner: macos-latest
+          - os: macos
+            arch: x64
+            runner: macos-15-intel
+
+          # Windows
+          - os: windows
+            arch: x64
+            runner: windows-latest
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.runner }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+
+      - name: Set up protoc
+        uses: arduino/setup-protoc@v3
+        with:
+          version: "27.4"
+          repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Run release candidate verification
+        shell: bash
+        run: ./dev/release/verify-release-candidate.sh "${{ inputs.version }}" "${{ inputs.rc_number }}"