Release V24.9

What's Changed

• Releasing v24.4 by @Taarini in #37
• Releasing v24.5 by @ThomasJRyan in #38
• Releasing v24.6 by @omehrabi in #39
• release_24.7 by @lsheikal in #40
• Release 24.8 by @domachad in #41
• Releasing v24.9 by @Taarini in #42

Full Changelog: v24.4...v24.9