Merge tag 'v6.9.0' into develop #322

Job	Run time
Node Latest with browserstack (22)	17m 32s
Node Latest (22)	1m 18s
Node 18 (ubuntu-latest)	1m 31s
Node 20 (ubuntu-latest)	1m 25s
Node 22 (ubuntu-latest)	1m 30s
Node 18 (windows-latest)	1m 43s
Node 20 (windows-latest)	1m 42s
Node 22 (windows-latest)	1m 44s
Node 18 (macos-latest)	1m 48s
Node 20 (macos-latest)	1m 40s
Node 22 (macos-latest)	1m 47s
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