QDS-11911 Project list dropdown update issues

This MR brings the following features;

• fix: project list dropdown is not reflecting the available project properly
• fix: even though the project is removed from the cloud, the first project name still stays on the list
• fix: cannot update project list properly when there's no project
• fix: cannot enable/disable project list and download button properly
• fix: clean-up of the multiple implementation of auto-fetch project list