chore(deps): bump @mui/material in /frontend

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Bumps @mui/material in /frontend from 5.18.0 to 9.4.0.

Updates @mui/material from 5.18.0 to 9.4.0

Release notes

Sourced from @​mui/material's releases.

v9.4.0

A big thanks to the 19 contributors who made this release possible. Here are some highlights ✨:

• ♿️ Opt in to a consistent keyboard focus ring across components with the new theme.focusVisible.
• ♿️ The Tooltip now supports disabled button triggers without an extra wrapper element.

@mui/material@9.4.0

• [theme] Add theme.focusVisible opt-in keyboard focus ring (#48743) @​siriwatknp
• [buttongroup] Prevent sticky hover border on touch devices (#48993) @​petr-kratochvil
• [l10n] Complete Traditional Chinese localization (#48946) @​nrps9909
• [menulist] Preserve custom list padding when adjusting for the scrollbar (#48707) @​creazyfrog
• [pagination] Manage focus whenever first / last / next / previous buttons become disabled (#48877) @​silviuaavram
• [tooltip] Improve support for disabled button triggers (#48622) @​mayank99

@mui/utils@9.4.0

• Fix resolveProps to correctly merge slotProps defined as functions (#48955) @​mnajdova
• Replace deprecated clip CSS property with clip-path (#48966) @​ZeeshanTamboli

@mui/styled-engine-sc@9.4.0

• Fix types for components extended with styled (#45988) @​megos

Docs

• Bump @​docsearch/react to ^4.7.0 (#48886) @​LukasTy
• Fix broken links reported by Ahrefs (#48949) @​brijeshb42
• Manage focus on Open in Chat button click (#48942) @​silviuaavram
• Move focus to the main content with the skip link (#48944) @​lazerg
• Use relative link for LICENSE in README (#49040) @​loulanyue
• [autocomplete] Remove the "aria-owns" reference (#48958) @​silviuaavram
• [table] Fix wrong number of rows reported to screen readers (#47653) @​seomsoo
• [table] Reference DataGrid link in the row header section (#48988) @​silviuaavram
• [table] Use and document the row header cells (#48965) @​silviuaavram
• [tabs] Make tab panel focusable and show keep mounted examples (#48939) @​silviuaavram
• [templates] Remove focusable links from hidden carousel slides (#49003) @​gonzoblasco

Core

• [code-infra] Fix team sync review requests (#48914) @​brijeshb42
• [code-infra] Import the test globals from vitest (#49033) @​JCQuintas
• [code-infra] Point the support validator link at frontend-public (#49041) @​Janpot
• [code-infra] Update CircleCI orb (#49030) @​Janpot
• [code-infra] Use ESM current directory syntax for Vitest config (#49032) @​ZeeshanTamboli
• [core] Use @​typescript/typescript6 for the docs tooling (#49025) @​Janpot
• [core-docs] Remove the globalSelector stylis middleware (#49029) @​Janpot
• [test] Add an assertions mode to the axe regression harness (#48915) @​michelengelen
• [test] Automate the CSS-dependent WCAG criteria (#48936) @​michelengelen
• [test] Fail the regression run when a webfont does not load (#48948) @​LukasTy

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Changelog

Sourced from @​mui/material's changelog.

9.4.0

Aug 27, 2026

A big thanks to the 19 contributors who made this release possible. Here are some highlights ✨:

• ♿️ Opt in to a consistent keyboard focus ring across components with the new theme.focusVisible.
• ♿️ The Tooltip now supports disabled button triggers without an extra wrapper element.

@mui/material@9.4.0

• [theme] Add theme.focusVisible opt-in keyboard focus ring (#48743) @​siriwatknp
• [buttongroup] Prevent sticky hover border on touch devices (#48993) @​petr-kratochvil
• [l10n] Complete Traditional Chinese localization (#48946) @​nrps9909
• [menulist] Preserve custom list padding when adjusting for the scrollbar (#48707) @​creazyfrog
• [pagination] Manage focus whenever first / last / next / previous buttons become disabled (#48877) @​silviuaavram
• [tooltip] Improve support for disabled button triggers (#48622) @​mayank99

@mui/utils@9.4.0

• Fix resolveProps to correctly merge slotProps defined as functions (#48955) @​mnajdova
• Replace deprecated clip CSS property with clip-path (#48966) @​ZeeshanTamboli

@mui/styled-engine-sc@9.4.0

• Fix types for components extended with styled (#45988) @​megos

Docs

• Bump @​docsearch/react to ^4.7.0 (#48886) @​LukasTy
• Fix broken links reported by Ahrefs (#48949) @​brijeshb42
• Manage focus on Open in Chat button click (#48942) @​silviuaavram
• Move focus to the main content with the skip link (#48944) @​lazerg
• Use relative link for LICENSE in README (#49040) @​loulanyue
• [autocomplete] Remove the "aria-owns" reference (#48958) @​silviuaavram
• [table] Fix wrong number of rows reported to screen readers (#47653) @​seomsoo
• [table] Reference DataGrid link in the row header section (#48988) @​silviuaavram
• [table] Use and document the row header cells (#48965) @​silviuaavram
• [tabs] Make tab panel focusable and show keep mounted examples (#48939) @​silviuaavram
• [templates] Remove focusable links from hidden carousel slides (#49003) @​gonzoblasco

Core

• [code-infra] Fix team sync review requests (#48914) @​brijeshb42
• [code-infra] Import the test globals from vitest (#49033) @​JCQuintas
• [code-infra] Point the support validator link at frontend-public (#49041) @​Janpot
• [code-infra] Update CircleCI orb (#49030) @​Janpot
• [code-infra] Use ESM current directory syntax for Vitest config (#49032) @​ZeeshanTamboli

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Commits

• 809a771 [release] v9.4.0 (#49046)
• ba231e3 [material-ui] Add theme.focusVisible opt-in keyboard focus ring (#48743)
• 3f8d682 [code-infra] Import the test globals from vitest (#49033)
• daa0531 Bump code-infra:devDependencies (#49014)
• 06b5c70 [test] Use the Vitest global expect instead of importing chai (#48996)
• 7cb351c [ButtonGroup] Prevent sticky hover border on touch devices (#48993)
• 9d72af3 Bump react monorepo (#48973)
• 81b2227 [test] Fix typo 'overriden' -> 'overridden' in Alert test comment (#48987)
• 3c2c353 [test][tooltip] Keep the disabled trigger away from the real pointer (#48947)
• e6f58f6 [l10n] Complete Traditional Chinese localization (#48946)
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Maintainer changes

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