chore: cherry pick fixes for v0.12.0 and final release

[robert-cronin]

• [BUG] version validation logic bug [BUG] version validation logic bug #1363

[codecov]

Codecov Report

✅ All modified and coverable lines are covered by tests.
✅ Project coverage is 39.51%. Comparing base (3efb1aa) to head (e85a48a).
⚠️ Report is 1 commits behind head on release-0.12.

Additional details and impacted files

@@              Coverage Diff              @@
##           release-0.12    #1366   +/-   ##
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  Coverage         39.51%   39.51%           
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  Files                42       42           
  Lines              5881     5881           
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  Hits               2324     2324           
  Misses             3361     3361           
  Partials            196      196           

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