chore: merge 1.44.x hotfix changes

[6d7a]

Hotfix changes to fix CI incompatibility between pdm and Python 3.14.

[codecov]

Codecov Report

✅ All modified and coverable lines are covered by tests.
✅ Project coverage is 91.94%. Comparing base (c83c27f) to head (122a260).
⚠️ Report is 5 commits behind head on main.

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unittests	91.94% <100.00%> (ø)

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[sevbch]

I'm getting confused about the hotfix release process. I don't see how the tag and release assets will be built 🤔

Did you find out how it's supposed to be triggered?