chore: v2 cherry pick

[achmelo]

Description

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Type of change

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• [ ] fix: Bug fix (non-breaking change which fixes an issue)
• [ ] feat: New feature (non-breaking change which adds functionality)
• [ ] docs: Change in a documentation
• [ ] refactor: Refactor the code
• [x] chore: Chore, repository cleanup, updates the dependencies.
• [ ] BREAKING CHANGE or !: Breaking change (fix or feature that would cause existing functionality to not work as expected)

Checklist:

• [ ] My code follows the style guidelines of this project
• [ ] PR title conforms to commit message guideline ## Commit Message Structure Guideline
• [ ] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas. In JS I did provide JSDoc
• [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation
• [ ] My changes generate no new warnings
• [ ] I have added tests that prove my fix is effective or that my feature works
• [ ] New and existing unit tests pass locally with my changes
• [ ] The java tests in the area I was working on leverage @Nested annotations
• [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules

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[sonarqubecloud[bot]]

Quality Gate passed

Issues
0 New issues
0 Accepted issues

Measures
0 Security Hotspots
100.0% Coverage on New Code
0.0% Duplication on New Code

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[github-actions[bot]]

Version info from a repo admin is required to publish a new version. Please add one of the following labels within 30 minutes:

• release-current: 2.8.16 (default)
• release-patch: 2.8.17
• release-minor: 2.9.0

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[github-actions[bot]]

Release failed for the v3.x.x branch. :cry:

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    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)

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