feat: cherry pick #18798, #18819 and #18893 to release-2.1

[wenym1]

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What's changed and what's your intention?

Cherry-pick #18798, #18819 and #18893

No significant conflict in cherry-pick. Conflicts are caused by method rename and crate import.

Resolve #18998

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[xxchan]

rubber stamp. Thanks