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Description

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Fixes # (issue)

Time invested

Time invested by every contributor to this PR

Type of change

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• 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

Does this PR introduce a breaking change?

e.g. is old functionality not usable anymore

Most important changes

Which files functionalities are most important in this PR. On which part should the reviewer be focussed on?

Checklist:

• My code follows the style guidelines of this project
• I have performed a self-review of my own code
• I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas
• I have made corresponding changes to the documentation
• My changes generate no new warnings
• I have added tests that prove my fix is effective or that my feature works (might be obsolete with CI later on)
• New and existing unit tests pass locally with my changes (might be obsolete with CI later on)