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Backport #6080 into `stable2407` from franciscoaguirre.

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Backport #6031 into `stable2407` from drewstone.

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This PR accompanies #6672 to make backported changes consistent across
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Backport #6603 into `stable2407` from lexnv.

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Backport #6579 into `stable2407` from bkontur.

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Backport #6645 into `stable2407` from bkontur.

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Backport #6526 into `stable2407` from bkchr.

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This PR addresses an issue mentioned
[here](https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot-sdk/issues/6424#issuecomment-2467042441).
The problem was that when the prdoc file has two audiences, but only one
description like in
[prdoc_5660](https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot-sdk/blob/master/prdoc/1.16.0/pr_5660.prdoc)
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Backport #6417 into `stable2407` from alindima.

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Backport #6148 into `stable2407` from bkontur.

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Backport #6205 into `stable2407` from bkchr.

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Backport #5599 into `stable2407` from franciscoaguirre.

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Backport #4803 into `stable2407` from gotnoshoeson.

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Backport #5913 into `stable2407` from franciscoaguirre.

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This PR backports fixes for the docker publishing flow from master:
- https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot-sdk/pull/5896
- https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot-sdk/pull/5387

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Backport #3049 into `stable2407` from bgallois.

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Backport #5713 into `stable2407` from bkchr.

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Backport #5594 into `stable2407` from Moliholy.

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Backport #5695 into `stable2407` from ggwpez.

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Backport #5580 into `stable2407` from gui1117.

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Backport #5466 into `stable2407` (cc @ggwpez

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Backport #5644 into `stable2407` (cc @bkchr

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Backport #5632 into `stable2407` (cc @clangenb).

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Backport #5581 into `stable2407` (cc @franciscoaguirre

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The dry-run shows in `forwarded_xcms` all the messages in the queues
at the time of calling the API.
Each time the API is called, the result could be different.
You could get messages even if you dry-run something that doesn't send
a message, like a `System::remark`.

This commit fixes this by clearing the message queues before doing the
dry-run, so the only messages left are the ones the users of the API actually
care about.

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Backport #5369 to stable2407, which was already backported to v1.14 in
https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot-sdk/pull/5370

This PR introduces a feature that allows to optionally enable using the
full PoV size.

Technically, we're ready to enable it by default, but as corresponding
runtime changes have not been propagated to the system parachain
runtimes yet, doing so could put them at risk. On the other hand, there
are teams that could benefit from it right now, and it makes no sense
for them to wait for the fellowship release and everything.

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`validity_vote` function is also called from `import_statement` not only
from `import_candidate`. The proof still holds if we assume seconded
statements always come before valid statements, which should be the case
but is not actually enforced by this module at all. On top of this the
proof is not local.

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There are numerous reasons for invalid imports, most of them would
likely be caused by bugs. On the other side, dispute distribution
handles all connections fairly, thus there is little harm in keeping a
problematic connection open.

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