Backport fixes into paraview/release
- !9007 (merged)
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- !9016 (merged)
- revert !8994 (merged) (related ParaView commit cannot be applied)
FYI @MehdiChinoune @mennodeij1 @dmt @david.berger @jaswant.panchumarti