Merge branch 'main' into dev_1.20.0

Author: beat-buesser

requirements_test.txt

@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ pytest-mock~=3.14.1
 pytest-cov~=6.2.1
 pylint==3.3.7
 mypy==1.16.1
-pycodestyle==2.13.0
+pycodestyle==2.14.0
 black==25.1.0
 ruff==0.12.0
 types-six==1.17.0.20250515