Merge ASYNC-branch into MAIN #1779

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Prepare	52s
Dependency	3s
Ruff check and force	5s
Check commit	50s
Create pytest cache for Python 3.13	7s
Run pytest using Python 3.13	23s
Run mypy	8s
Process test coverage	16s
Process test complexity	10s
Build and publish Python 🐍 distributions 📦 to TestPyPI	18s
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