prepare v8 release (backport #1868)

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This is an automatic backport of pull request #1868 done by Mergify.
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[codecov]

Codecov Report

Merging #1869 (842f231) into release/v8.0.x (e76c32a) will increase coverage by 0.52%.
The diff coverage is 60.46%.

❗ Current head 842f231 differs from pull request most recent head 2e86f1b. Consider uploading reports for the commit 2e86f1b to get more accurate results

Additional details and impacted files

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+ Coverage           43.26%   43.78%   +0.52%     
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+ Hits                  581      606      +25     
- Misses                742      756      +14     
- Partials               20       22       +2