Merge ASYNC-branch into MAIN #1773

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Dependency	3s
Shellcheck	4s
Prepare	54s
Ruff check and force	5s
Check commit	42s
Create pytest cache for Python 3.13	6s
Run pytest using Python 3.13	24s
Run mypy	7s
Process test coverage	10s
Build and publish Python 🐍 distributions 📦 to TestPyPI	28s
Process test complexity	6s
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