[5.3] Upmerge 2025-03-11

[richard67]

Pull Request for Issue # .

Summary of Changes

This pull request (PR) merges the changes from 5.2-dev up into 5.3-dev which have been made since the last upmerge.

The only new thing is the security fix from today's 5.2.5 release.

Important hint for maintainers

This PR has to be merged with a merge commit, not a squash commit.

Testing Instructions

Review. Check the commits of this PR and those in the 5.2-dev branch.

Actual result BEFORE applying this Pull Request

5.3-dev branch is not up to date with 5.2-dev.

Expected result AFTER applying this Pull Request

5.3-dev branch is up to date with 5.2-dev.

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[brianteeman]

I have tested this item ✅ successfully on 124711d

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[richard67]

@brianteeman Thanks for testing/review. Even if not required for our upmerge PRs, it makes me feel safer.