gh run download doesn't download latest artifact

### Describe the bug

When you have a workflow run, that creates an artifact and you rerun this workflow, then you have two artifacts (2 attempts).

Using `gh run download <run-id> --name artifact-name`, the artifact from the first attempt is downloaded, which is not the latest artifact.

### Affected version

2.83.2

### Steps to reproduce the behavior

1. Type this 'GH_DEBUG=api gh run download 20775770442 --repo pmd/pmd --name pmd-regression-tester'
2. View the output, it downloads the artifact https://api.github.com/repos/pmd/pmd/actions/artifacts/5047083281/zip - which is the artifacts from the first attempt of the workflow run

### Expected vs actual behavior

Expected: It should download the artifact from the second attempt of the workflow run: https://api.github.com/repos/pmd/pmd/actions/artifacts/5047215209/zip

Actual: It downloaded the artifact from the first attempt of the workflow run: https://api.github.com/repos/pmd/pmd/actions/artifacts/5047083281/zip

### Workaround

Instead of the "gh run download" command, you can use this:

```shell
download_url=$(gh api \
  "/repos/$OWNER/$REPO/actions/runs/$RUN_ID/artifacts?name=$ARTIFACT_NAME" \
  --jq '.artifacts|sort_by(.created_at)|.[-1]|.archive_download_url' \
)

curl -L \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GH_TOKEN" \
  --output artifact.zip \
  $download_url
unzip artifact.zip
rm artifact.zip
```

This sorts the artifacts by "created_at" timestamp and chooses the last one.

### Logs

<details>

```
GH_DEBUG=api gh run download 20775770442 --repo pmd/pmd --name pmd-regression-tester
* Request at 2026-01-07 13:30:01.253226536 +0100 CET m=+0.169792185
* Request to https://api.github.com/repos/pmd/pmd/actions/runs/20775770442/artifacts?per_page=100
> GET /repos/pmd/pmd/actions/runs/20775770442/artifacts?per_page=100 HTTP/1.1
> Host: api.github.com
> Accept: application/vnd.github.merge-info-preview+json, application/vnd.github.nebula-preview
> Authorization: token ...
> Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8
> Time-Zone: Europe/Berlin
> User-Agent: GitHub CLI 2.83.2

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< Cache-Control: private, max-age=60, s-maxage=60
< Content-Security-Policy: default-src 'none'
< Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8
< Date: Wed, 07 Jan 2026 12:30:01 GMT
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< X-Accepted-Github-Permissions: actions=read
< X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff
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< X-Github-Api-Version-Selected: 2022-11-28
< X-Github-Media-Type: github.v3; param=merge-info-preview.nebula-preview; format=json
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< X-Ratelimit-Resource: core
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      "node_id": "MDg6QXJ0aWZhY3Q1MDQ2OTcxNjQ1",
      "name": "compile-artifact",
      "size_in_bytes": 31712152,
      "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/pmd/pmd/actions/artifacts/5046971645",
      "archive_download_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/pmd/pmd/actions/artifacts/5046971645/zip",
      "expired": false,
      "digest": "sha256:7f060bcd4173aee923a2f18cef32575660485b8a1a0df98a0235d7de2f412068",
      "created_at": "2026-01-07T08:53:09Z",
      "updated_at": "2026-01-07T08:53:09Z",
      "expires_at": "2026-04-07T08:49:42Z",
      "workflow_run": {
        "id": 20775770442,
        "repository_id": 4992906,
        "head_repository_id": 4992906,
        "head_branch": "dependabot/maven/scalameta.version-4.14.4",
        "head_sha": "c74a38eec86530a91dae98dc3de5b61ae556aa55"
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      "id": 5046971843,
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      "name": "staging-repository",
      "size_in_bytes": 8364820,
      "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/pmd/pmd/actions/artifacts/5046971843",
      "archive_download_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/pmd/pmd/actions/artifacts/5046971843/zip",
      "expired": false,
      "digest": "sha256:c88e407a82262308fd1cb121e4abdf6b181e6d04839e2d90f0ed5fba1dc9fb52",
      "created_at": "2026-01-07T08:53:11Z",
      "updated_at": "2026-01-07T08:53:11Z",
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        "head_sha": "c74a38eec86530a91dae98dc3de5b61ae556aa55"
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      "expired": false,
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      "expired": false,
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      "archive_download_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/pmd/pmd/actions/artifacts/5047033823/zip",
      "expired": false,
      "digest": "sha256:7cf6b24f3e0d3a6bc01736f42949b3c17e766229869f0cffa70a06c4742c5153",
      "created_at": "2026-01-07T09:00:09Z",
      "updated_at": "2026-01-07T09:00:09Z",
      "expires_at": "2026-04-07T08:49:42Z",
      "workflow_run": {
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        "repository_id": 4992906,
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      "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/pmd/pmd/actions/artifacts/5047083281",
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      "expired": false,
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}

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* Request at 2026-01-07 13:30:01.570352359 +0100 CET m=+0.486917998
* Request to https://api.github.com/repos/pmd/pmd/actions/artifacts/5047083281/zip
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> Host: api.github.com
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> User-Agent: GitHub CLI 2.83.2

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* Request to https://productionresultssa8.blob.core.windows.net/actions-results/f7e160b1-337d-43e1-9a06-e582cc2049a5/workflow-job-run-85f2ffda-a5d8-59a2-b022-2720c75e89c1/artifacts/320b47470b5efc53d6aabbf132e1c041d7dad8aa50ab2cb6ef7bfe2f874c8b3a.zip?rscd=attachment%3B+filename%3D%22pmd-regression-tester.zip%22&se=2026-01-07T12%3A40%3A01Z&sig=1HHFeiqosmSuXP3o94EESFojnJrnTinXYuQvt9arxGk%3D&ske=2026-01-07T21%3A18%3A57Z&skoid=ca7593d4-ee42-46cd-af88-8b886a2f84eb&sks=b&skt=2026-01-07T09%3A18%3A57Z&sktid=398a6654-997b-47e9-b12b-9515b896b4de&skv=2025-11-05&sp=r&spr=https&sr=b&st=2026-01-07T12%3A29%3A56Z&sv=2025-11-05
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```

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