update `html-encoding-sniffer` to v5+

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Assessment

Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
68/100
Issue type
Refactor
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Quiet
Tech stack
javascript, node.js
Domain
cli

Research direction

Start by locating the dependency manifest and lockfile entries for html-encoding-sniffer and whatwg-encoding. Update html-encoding-sniffer to v5 or later, account for the stated Node.js version requirement, and run the repository's existing checks to confirm the dependency update works.

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Description

What's the problem this feature will solve?

html-encoding-sniffer v3 uses a now deprecated package whatwg-encoding.
v5+ uses the replacement @exodus/bytes

Describe the solution you'd like

update html-encoding-sniffer to v5 or later

Alternative Solutions

use a package manager override

Additional context

Upgrade whatwg-encoding to v5+ requires a minimal node bump to ^20.19.0 || ^22.12.0 || >=24.0.0

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