Merge branch 'main' into 1.9.latest #2442

Job	Run time
build packages	14s
linter	1m 20s
unit test / python 3.9	1m 6s
unit test / python 3.10	57s
unit test / python 3.11	57s
unit test / python 3.12	1m 8s
verify packages / python 3.9 / ubuntu-latest	59s
verify packages / python 3.10 / ubuntu-latest	55s
verify packages / python 3.11 / ubuntu-latest	1m 0s
verify packages / python 3.12 / ubuntu-latest	1m 13s
verify packages / python 3.9 / macos-latest	49s
verify packages / python 3.10 / macos-latest	1m 9s
verify packages / python 3.11 / macos-latest	57s
verify packages / python 3.12 / macos-latest	50s
verify packages / python 3.9 / windows-latest	3m 7s
verify packages / python 3.10 / windows-latest	2m 40s
verify packages / python 3.11 / windows-latest	2m 22s
verify packages / python 3.12 / windows-latest	3m 21s
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