Manual retrofit of fixes for issues 4074,4076,4077,4081,4082,4083,4085,4086 to V2

[pavelzlatnik]

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Relevant issues

Fixes #4074
Fixes #4076
Fixes #4077
Fixes #4081
Fixes #4082
Fixes #4083
Fixes #4085
Fixes #4086

Changes proposed in this PR

Based on discussions, Cherry pick from latest fixes for V3 relevant for V2 and fix those bugs also in v2.

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