Thomas Trompette f67eb60c57 feat(workflow): soft-ref core workflow/version (backfill + dual-write) (#22821)
Replaces the shared-UUID model (core row reuses the workspace record id)
with a **soft-ref**: the workspace `workflow`/`workflowVersion` records
carry a nullable `coreWorkflowId`/`coreWorkflowVersionId` pointing to
their **own-id** core rows. This removes the assumption that workspace
record ids are globally unique - which is false, since prefilled/seeded
workflows share ids across workspaces. Supersedes #22776.

## In this PR
**Soft-ref columns (foundation):**
- **twenty-shared** `STANDARD_OBJECTS`:
`workflowVersion.coreWorkflowVersionId` + `workflow.coreWorkflowId` (+
snapshot test).
- **compute utils**: both as system, nullable UUID fields.
- **entity classes**: the bare fields.

**Version soft-ref sync:**
- Core `workflowVersion` rows get their own id, derived
deterministically from `workspaceId + record id` (uuidv5). Deterministic
so the upsert is idempotent: a failed write-back re-derives the same id
and self-heals instead of orphaning rows or colliding on the
one-active-per-workflow index.
- Sync = find-or-create keyed on the workspace record's
`coreWorkflowVersionId`, then write the core id back onto the workspace
record.
- Migrating over pre-soft-ref data: purges any core row whose id equals
the workspace record id before recreating, so old shared-UUID rows
aren't orphaned.
- Version dual-write listener reworked: delete is keyed by the core id
read off `before.coreWorkflowVersionId`.

Verified on a fresh `database:reset` (columns materialize, backfill
produces deterministic own-id rows linked back, idempotent re-run), a
simulated old shared-UUID state (stale rows purged, records re-linked),
and a simulated write-back failure (retry re-links to the same id, no
orphan, active-version index intact).

## Next steps (follow-up work, not in this PR)
1. Workflow-side soft-ref sync mirroring the version side (service,
module, dual-write listener, backfill command).
2. Workspace command to add the two columns to existing workspaces.

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