Baseline: 7b20da28ec69e3921a043199e6d0afb0246e71f0

Cherry picks:

   + e27ab916aaa6b12f2be4e463a54ef49965cc04a7:
     Automated rollback of commit
     3fdec931bfc401a379e2446731cf19daffe24a10.
   + 17f3cbc33a1dc0b68479f1f1a25ab832f6322842:
     Automated rollback of commit
     8f74d8f4de7ba474adad59769241bb38ee83d3ab.
   + bae909caf645559ba958a279a834e6a11ac5eae6:
     Release 9.0.0-pre.20241125.4 (2024-12-07)
   + 291dad6d529082d967753e23c667093ec87322c0:
     Release 9.0.0-pre.20241125.4 (2024-12-07)
   + 5d4705148b2a7b10b6c0cf12b0acf127625cda1b:
     Release 9.0.0-pre.20241125.4 (2024-12-07)

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