v5.16.8

A big thanks to the 8 contributors who made this release possible.

@mui/material@5.16.8

• Cherry pick ref accessing PRs (#44543) @DiegoAndai

@mui/utils@5.16.8

• Skip deep clone React element (v5.x) (#44494) @jukkatupamaki

Docs

• Keep sponsors up to date @oliviertassinari
• Fix MUI Treasury Layout broken links (#43753) @oliviertassinari
• Strengthen CSP rule @oliviertassinari
• Give up on restoring search @oliviertassinari
• Normalize next major message @oliviertassinari
• Fix versions URL @oliviertassinari
• Fix use of absolute URLs (#43567) @oliviertassinari
• Restore search on v5 (#43566) @oliviertassinari
• Fix link from v5 to v6 (#43585) @alexfauquette
• Updated mui-x roadmap links with the new project URL (@michelengelen) (#43446) @michelengelen
• Fix broken link to Next.js docs @oliviertassinari

Core

• [blog] Polish Upcoming changes to MUI X pricing in 2024 (#43438) @oliviertassinari
• [blog] Add video to the Pigment CSS blog post (#42500) @oliviertassinari
• [blog] Announcing pricing changes Sep 2024 (#43272) @cherniavskii
• Prepare for moving to v5.x branch (#43447) @siriwatknp
• [core] Cherry pick #42346 to v5 (#44475) @DiegoAndai
• [core] Fix CI on v5.x branch (#44487) @DiegoAndai
• [core] Fix CI on v5.x branch (#43564) @oliviertassinari
• [examples] Fix v5 clone example instructions (#43755) @oliviertassinari
• [examples] Fix CLI download instructions @oliviertassinari
• [examples] Fix CDN live preview example @oliviertassinari
• [examples] Fix more examples to work with v5 @oliviertassinari
• [examples] Freeze examples dependency range (#43435) @oliviertassinari

All contributors of this release in alphabetical order: @alexfauquette, @cherniavskii, @DiegoAndai, @jukkatupamaki, @michelengelen, @oliviertassinari, @rluzists1, @siriwatknp