Merge ASYNC-branch into MAIN #1799

Job	Run time
Prepare	50s
Shellcheck	4s
Dependency	5s
Ruff check and force	10s
Check commit	49s
Create pytest cache for Python 3.13	7s
Run pytest using Python 3.13	25s
Run mypy	6s
Process test coverage	12s
Build and publish Python 🐍 distributions 📦 to TestPyPI	19s
Process test complexity	6s
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