Migrate CodeceptJS to ESM (Top-level await)

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Error [ERR_REQUIRE_ESM]: require() of ES Module /Users/REDACTED/config/codecept.conf.js from /Users/REDACTED/node_modules/codeceptjs/lib/config.js not supported.
Instead change the require of codecept.conf.js in /Users/REDACTED/node_modules/codeceptjs/lib/config.js to a dynamic import() which is available in all CommonJS modules.
    at loadConfigFile (/Users/REDACTED/node_modules/codeceptjs/lib/config.js:160:26)
    at Config.load (/Users/REDACTED/node_modules/codeceptjs/lib/config.js:91:14)
    at module.exports.getConfig (/Users/REDACTED/node_modules/codeceptjs/lib/command/utils.js:14:33)
    at module.exports (/Users/REDACTED/node_modules/codeceptjs/lib/command/run.js:18:16)
    at Command.<anonymous> (/Users/REDACTED/node_modules/codeceptjs/bin/codecept.js:9:11)

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