Merge `next` into `main` for "next" release prep #12

Job	Run time
Build and Unit Test (ubuntu-latest)	40s
CODEQL_PATH Tests (windows-latest)	1m 39s
CODEQL_PATH Tests (macos-latest)	1m 35s
Build and Unit Test (windows-latest)	1m 33s
CODEQL_PATH Tests (ubuntu-latest)	59s
Integration Tests (ubuntu-latest, http)	15m 44s
Integration Tests (windows-latest, http)	18m 54s
Integration Tests (ubuntu-latest, stdio)	12m 37s
Integration Tests (windows-latest, stdio)	17m 1s
	1h 10m 42s

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