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 - "You miss 100 percent of the chances you don't take. — Wayne Gretzky" — Michael Scott
 
+Work in this release was contributed by @soch4n. Thank you for your contribution!
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 ## 8.8.0
 
 - **feat: Upgrade OTEL dependencies (#12388)**