[AnishSarkar22]

What

Removes the self-hosted image workflows from dev, now that the self-hosted stack builds, tests and releases from the legacy branch (#2339, released as legacy-v0.0.41).

• Deletes .github/workflows/docker-build.yml and .github/workflows/docker-tests.yml.
• Drops the paragraph in surfsense_local/RELEASE.md about the image build that the release merge started on main.
• Points the docs' links to docker-build.yml (ADR 0035, the Docker proposal and its GPU page) at the file on the legacy branch, and updates the comments and CONTRIBUTING.md lines that named either workflow.

Why

docker-build.yml on main publishes latest and 0.0.40 for surfsense-backend, surfsense-web and surfsense-sandbox, and every desktop release merge into main starts it, because the version bump touches surfsense_backend and surfsense_web. The next desktop release would have replaced the 0.0.41 images released from legacy with images built from main, and Watchtower would have rolled them out to every self-hosted install.

Once this reaches main, the release merge commit no longer has the workflow, so nothing publishes. surfsense_backend and surfsense_web stay on dev until the cutover and the homepage split; their tests run on legacy, where self-hosted fixes go.

Fixes # (none; part of the legacy-split proposal)

How to test

• python3 scripts/check_docs.py reports 0 problems.
• No workflow on this branch builds or pushes ghcr.io/modsetter/surfsense-backend, surfsense-web or surfsense-sandbox.
• After the next release merge into main, no "Build and Push Docker Images" run starts on main.

High-level PR Summary

Removes self-hosted Docker image build workflows from the dev branch, now that the self-hosted stack builds and releases from the legacy branch. This prevents the next desktop release from inadvertently replacing legacy images (v0.0.41) with images built from main. Updates documentation links, workflow comments, and release procedures to reflect that surfsense_backend and surfsense_web now live on the legacy branch while desktop development continues on dev/main.

⏱️ Estimated Review Time: 15-30 minutes

💡 Review Order Suggestion

Order	File Path
1	.github/workflows/docker-build.yml
2	.github/workflows/docker-tests.yml
3	surfsense_local/RELEASE.md
4	CONTRIBUTING.md
5	.github/workflows/code-quality.yml
6	.github/workflows/desktop-tests.yml
7	.github/workflows/release-channels.yml
8	docs/adr/0035-docker-compose-runs-the-desktop-stack.md
9	docs/contracts/README.md
10	docs/proposals/docker/README.md
11	docs/proposals/docker/gpu.md

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