Merge release/2.8.0 branch into develop branch

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What does this PR do?

This PR merges release/2.8.0 branch into develop branch.

Review checklist (to be filled by reviewers)

• Feature or bugfix MUST have appropriate tests (unit, integration, e2e)
• Make sure you discussed the feature or bugfix with the maintaining team in an Issue
• Make sure each commit and the PR mention the Issue number (cf the CONTRIBUTING doc)

[codecov-commenter]

Codecov Report

Merging #1977 (a91fe9e) into develop (2896bdb) will decrease coverage by 0.06%.
The diff coverage is n/a.

Additional details and impacted files

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- Coverage    83.74%   83.68%   -0.06%     
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  Files          487      487              
  Lines        17733    17729       -4     
  Branches      2663     2663              
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- Hits         14849    14835      -14     
- Misses        2167     2172       +5     
- Partials       717      722       +5     

see 31 files with indirect coverage changes