Merge stable/8.1 back into main

[remcowesterhoud]

Description

The release processes doesn't contain the step to merge this branch back. Without it the release commits will be unavailable on the main branch, causing strange versioning.

I will modify the release process to include this step.

Related issues

closes #

Definition of Done

Not all items need to be done depending on the issue and the pull request.

Code changes:

• The changes are backwards compatibility with previous versions
• If it fixes a bug then PRs are created to backport the fix

Testing:

• There are unit/integration tests that verify all acceptance criterias of the issue
• New tests are written to ensure backwards compatibility with further versions
• The behavior is tested manually

Documentation:

• Javadoc has been written
• The documentation is updated

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Test Results

  47 files    47 suites   2m 6s ⏱️
113 tests 113 ✔️ 0 💤 0 ❌
362 runs  362 ✔️ 0 💤 0 ❌

Results for commit c399518.

[ChrisKujawa]

Thanks :) 💯