v8.9.16 Release (dev → main)

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Reviewer	Score
@frol	13

Your contribution is much appreciated with a final score of 13!
You have received 130 Sloth points for this contribution

@frol received 25 Sloth Points for reviewing and scoring this pull request.

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@frol, please score the PR with @race-of-sloths score [1/2/3/5/8/13]. The contributor deserves it.
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[frol]

@race-of-sloths score 13

While this specific PR is not as massive on its own to justify the score 13, yet the work that has been put into getting the release out of the door is hard to undervalue!