ci: ci-tool improvements and updates

See merge request !2438

Merged-by: João Pereira <jpereira@gitlab.com>
Approved-by: Hayley Swimelar <hswimelar@gitlab.com>
Approved-by: João Pereira <jpereira@gitlab.com>
Co-authored-by: Pawel Rozlach <prozlach@gitlab.com>

refactor: make urlcache log message clearer

See merge request !2444

Merged-by: Hayley Swimelar <hswimelar@gitlab.com>
Approved-by: SAhmed <sahmed@gitlab.com>
Approved-by: Hayley Swimelar <hswimelar@gitlab.com>
Co-authored-by: Pawel Rozlach <prozlach@gitlab.com>

test: fix urlcache test after changes to error messages

See merge request !2447

Merged-by: João Pereira <jpereira@gitlab.com>
Approved-by: Pawel Rozlach <prozlach@gitlab.com>
Approved-by: João Pereira <jpereira@gitlab.com>
Co-authored-by: Leona Maroni <dev@leona.is>

fix: use redis cache interface instead of concreate object for urlcache init

See merge request !2449

Merged-by: Pawel Rozlach <prozlach@gitlab.com>
Approved-by: SAhmed <sahmed@gitlab.com>
Approved-by: João Pereira <jpereira@gitlab.com>

chore: remove wildcard matching of excluded storage packages unittests

See merge request !2448

Merged-by: SAhmed <sahmed@gitlab.com>
Approved-by: João Pereira <jpereira@gitlab.com>
Approved-by: SAhmed <sahmed@gitlab.com>
Co-authored-by: Pawel Rozlach <prozlach@gitlab.com>

## [4.26.1](v4.26.0-gitlab...v4.26.1-gitlab) (2025-08-14)

### 🐛 Bug Fixes 🐛

* use redis cache interface instead of concreate object for urlcache init ([2a958da1](2a958da1))