Update release/v2.3.0 with selected changes #648

Job	Run time
Package / Build Standard JARs	17m 39s
Package / generate-run-matricies	1s
Package / build-native-images (macos-13, macosx_13_0_universal2)	28m 19s
Package / build-native-images (ubuntu-22.04, manylinux_2_28_x86_64, quay.io/pypa/manylinux_2_28_x86_64)	22m 6s
Package / build-wheels (jar)	1m 59s
Package / build-wheels (macosx_13_0_universal2)	1m 52s
Package / build-wheels (manylinux_2_28_x86_64)	1m 47s
Package / test-wheels (macos-13, macosx_13_0_universal2)	1m 47s
Package / test-wheels (ubuntu-22.04, manylinux_2_28_x86_64, quay.io/pypa/manylinux_2_28_x86_64)	1m 25s
Package / publish-wheels	0s
	1h 16m 55s

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