diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index b18fd29357367..3e9248e06d0ab 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -4,3 +4,7 @@ updates:
     directory: '/'
     schedule:
       interval: 'weekly'
+    ignore:
+      - dependency-name: '*'
+        update-types:
+          - 'version-update:semver-major'
diff --git a/apps/docs/components/AppleSecretGenerator/AppleSecretGenerator.tsx b/apps/docs/components/AppleSecretGenerator/AppleSecretGenerator.tsx
index 1184e409bbd31..04936737eba0c 100644
--- a/apps/docs/components/AppleSecretGenerator/AppleSecretGenerator.tsx
+++ b/apps/docs/components/AppleSecretGenerator/AppleSecretGenerator.tsx
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ const AppleSecretGenerator = () => {
   const [error, setError] = useState('')
 
   return (
-    <>
+    <div className="flex flex-col gap-3">
       <Input
         label="Account ID"
         labelOptional="required"
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ const AppleSecretGenerator = () => {
           />
         </>
       )}
-    </>
+    </div>
   )
 }
 
diff --git a/apps/docs/public/humans.txt b/apps/docs/public/humans.txt
index 3d76a41db96e1..5a1292cb1b39d 100644
--- a/apps/docs/public/humans.txt
+++ b/apps/docs/public/humans.txt
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ Alaister Young
 Alan De Los Santos
 Aleksi Immonen
 Alexander Korotkov
+Ali Waseem
 Amy Q
 Andrew Valleteau
 Andrey A
diff --git a/apps/studio/README.md b/apps/studio/README.md
index 7f8fd0a63bb33..155c40ee873d1 100644
--- a/apps/studio/README.md
+++ b/apps/studio/README.md
@@ -40,9 +40,15 @@ Project settings are managed outside of the Dashboard. If you use docker compose
 # You'll need to be on Node v20
 # in /studio
 
-pnpmn install # install dependencies
-mise studio  # Supabase internal use: if you are working on the platform version of the Studio
+## For external contributors
+pnpm install # install dependencies
 pnpm run dev # start dev server
+
+## For internal contributors
+## First clone the private supabase/infrastructure repo and follow instructions for setting up mise
+mise studio  # Run from supabase/infrastructure alongside `mise infra`
+
+## For all
 pnpm run test # run tests
 pnpm run test -- --watch # run tests in watch mode
 ```
diff --git a/apps/studio/components/interfaces/ProjectCreation/RegionSelector.tsx b/apps/studio/components/interfaces/ProjectCreation/RegionSelector.tsx
index 83e752106725a..7630a524b0be0 100644
--- a/apps/studio/components/interfaces/ProjectCreation/RegionSelector.tsx
+++ b/apps/studio/components/interfaces/ProjectCreation/RegionSelector.tsx
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ export const RegionSelector = ({
   )
 
   const availableRegions = getAvailableRegions(PROVIDERS[cloudProvider].id)
-  const regionsArray = Object.entries(availableRegions).map(([key, value]) => {
+  const regionsArray = Object.entries(availableRegions).map(([_key, value]) => {
     return {
       code: value.code,
       name: value.displayName,
@@ -88,6 +88,11 @@ export const RegionSelector = ({
     process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_ENVIRONMENT === 'local' ||
     process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_ENVIRONMENT === 'staging'
 
+  const allSelectableRegions = [...smartRegions, ...regionOptions]
+  const selectedRegion = allSelectableRegions.find((region) => {
+    return !!region.name && region.name === field.value
+  })
+
   if (isErrorAvailableRegions) {
     return <AlertError subject="Error loading available regions" error={errorAvailableRegions} />
   }
@@ -118,7 +123,20 @@ export const RegionSelector = ({
             placeholder={
               isLoading ? 'Loading available regions...' : 'Select a region for your project..'
             }
-          />
+          >
+            {field.value !== undefined && (
+              <div className="flex items-center gap-x-3">
+                {selectedRegion?.code && (
+                  <img
+                    alt="region icon"
+                    className="w-5 rounded-sm"
+                    src={`${BASE_PATH}/img/regions/${selectedRegion.code}.svg`}
+                  />
+                )}
+                <span className="text-foreground">{selectedRegion?.name ?? field.value}</span>
+              </div>
+            )}
+          </SelectValue_Shadcn_>
         </SelectTrigger_Shadcn_>
         <SelectContent_Shadcn_>
           {smartRegionEnabled && (
diff --git a/apps/studio/data/profile/profile-identities-query.ts b/apps/studio/data/profile/profile-identities-query.ts
index e640502c83bf7..15482f0536e0b 100644
--- a/apps/studio/data/profile/profile-identities-query.ts
+++ b/apps/studio/data/profile/profile-identities-query.ts
@@ -5,11 +5,16 @@ import { auth } from 'lib/gotrue'
 import { profileKeys } from './keys'
 
 export async function getProfileIdentities() {
-  const { error, data } = await auth.getUser()
+  // getSession() uses a cached user object, which is almost never stale as the
+  // session refresh logic keeps it fresh. If there are claims of data not being
+  // fresh, it's because it was modified on another device / browser and the
+  // session hasn't been refreshed yet.
+  const { error, data } = await auth.getSession()
 
   if (error) throw error
+  if (!data.session) throw new Error('Session not found with getSession()')
 
-  const { identities = [], new_email, email_change_sent_at } = data.user
+  const { identities = [], new_email, email_change_sent_at } = data.session.user
   return { identities, new_email, email_change_sent_at }
 }
 
diff --git a/apps/www/pages/careers.tsx b/apps/www/pages/careers.tsx
index 58ee7f1465a26..49564cc4b7111 100644
--- a/apps/www/pages/careers.tsx
+++ b/apps/www/pages/careers.tsx
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ const CareerPage = ({ jobs, placeholderJob, contributors }: CareersPageProps) =>
             <SectionContainer className="!pb-0">
               <div className="text-center">
                 <h2 className="text-2xl sm:text-3xl xl:text-4xl max-w-[300px] xl:max-w-none mx-auto tracking-[-1px]">
-                  1,000+ Contributors building Supabase
+                  1,500+ Contributors building Supabase
                 </h2>
                 <p className="text-foreground-light text-sm lg:text-base sm:max-w-lg lg:max-w-2xl mx-auto pt-3">
                   We're building a community of communities, bringing together developers from many
diff --git a/packages/ui/src/lib/Layout/FormLayout/FormLayout.tsx b/packages/ui/src/lib/Layout/FormLayout/FormLayout.tsx
index 3fb9827de7f0f..d5c65738d29ba 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/lib/Layout/FormLayout/FormLayout.tsx
+++ b/packages/ui/src/lib/Layout/FormLayout/FormLayout.tsx
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ export function FormLayout({
 
   // console.log('error', error)
 
-  const renderError = (
+  const renderError = error && (
     <p
       data-state={error ? 'show' : 'hide'}
       className={[__styles.error.base, __styles.error.size[size]].join(' ')}