next development iteration for 4.3.0

[hmottestad]

GitHub issue resolved: #

Briefly describe the changes proposed in this PR:

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• [ ] I've added tests for the changes I made
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• [ ] I've squashed my commits where necessary
• [ ] every commit message starts with the issue number (GH-xxxx) followed by a meaningful description of the change