chore: release candidate v0.20.0

[eshankvaish]

Description

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Type of change

• Bug fix (non-breaking change which fixes an issue)
• New feature (non-breaking change which adds functionality)
• Breaking change (fix or feature that would cause existing functionality to not work as expected)
• This change requires a documentation update

How Has This Been Tested?

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• Test B

Checklist:

• The title of the PR states what changed and the related issues number (used for the release note).
• Does this PR require documentation updates?
• I've updated documentation as required by this PR.
• I have performed a self-review of my own code
• I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas

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Quality Gate failed

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C Reliability Rating on New Code (required ≥ A)

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