release v1.27.0-rc.1

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✅ All modified and coverable lines are covered by tests.
✅ Project coverage is 40.76%. Comparing base (540be47) to head (b3dcf4a).

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[Mathew-Estafanous]

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2026-05-07 20:33:12 UTC ℹ️ MergeQueue: pull request added to the queue

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