Merge branch 'branch-24.12' into multiset-retrieve #1024

Job	Run time
checks / check-style	1m 10s
checks / other-checks	35s
conda-cpp-build / compute-matrix	2s
conda-cpp-build / 11.8.0, 3.10, amd64, rockylinux8	3m 19s
conda-cpp-build / 12.5.1, 3.10, amd64, rockylinux8	2m 52s
conda-cpp-build / 11.8.0, 3.10, arm64, rockylinux8	2m 37s
conda-cpp-build / 12.5.1, 3.10, arm64, rockylinux8	2m 46s
conda-cpp-tests / compute-matrix	3s
docs-build / build	1m 21s
conda-cpp-tests / tests (amd64, 3.10, 11.8.0, rockylinux8, v100, earliest, oldest)	16m 25s
conda-cpp-tests / tests (amd64, 3.12, 12.5.1, ubuntu24.04, v100, latest, latest)	21m 4s
conda-cpp-tests / tests (arm64, 3.11, 12.0.1, ubuntu20.04, a100, latest, latest)	13m 14s
pr-builder / run	1s
	1h 5m 29s

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