[release-21.0] Release of v21.0.0-RC2

[rohit-nayak-ps]

Includes the release notes and release commit for the v21.0.0-RC2 release. Once this PR is merged, we will be able to tag v21.0.0-RC2 on the merge commit.

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Codecov Report

All modified and coverable lines are covered by tests ✅

Project coverage is 67.24%. Comparing base (5f957b2) to head (706348b).
Report is 1 commits behind head on release-21.0.

Additional details and impacted files

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