[WIP] Merge sams-branch into master branch

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<issue_title>Merge sams-branch to master</issue_title>
<issue_description>open pull request needs to be approved</issue_description>

<agent_instructions>approve the merge request #49</agent_instructions>

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• Fixes Merge sams-branch to master #58

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