update main with latest dev

[shimwell]

Description

3rd time is the charm, trying to update the main with the latest dev. last time the status checks were not registering for the actions so the merge was blocked

Fixes issue

Please link to any issues that this PR fixes

Checklist

• [ ] I'm making a PR from a feature branch on my fork into GEOUNED-org/GEOUNED/dev branch
• [ ] I have followed PEP8 style guide for Python or run a formatter such as black or ruff format on my code
• [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation
• [ ] I have added tests that prove my fix is effective or that my feature works