v8 Release - commit and validate public API

[martintmk]

The issue or feature being addressed

Closes #1302

Confirm the following

• I started this PR by branching from the head of the default branch
• I have targeted the PR to merge into the default branch
• I have included unit tests for the issue/feature
• I have successfully run a local build

[martincostello]

FYI I've created a new 8.1.0 milestone and assigned this to it.

[codecov]

Codecov Report

All modified lines are covered by tests ✅

Comparison is base (53805c5) 84.63% compared to head (83a3189) 84.63%.
Report is 22 commits behind head on main.

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