diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index 9fa613b966..f006699d01 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 3.42.0.dev
+current_version = 3.43.0.dev
 commit = False
 tag = False
 parse = (?P<major>\d+)\.(?P<minor>\d+)\.(?P<patch>\d+)(\.(?P<release>[a-z]+))?
diff --git a/.github/template_gitref b/.github/template_gitref
index 99cbe10009..eefaa803c7 100644
--- a/.github/template_gitref
+++ b/.github/template_gitref
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2021.08.26-278-g22c5b00
+2021.08.26-282-g53132bb
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 995bc1fa0b..6d75d3fbcf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -19,14 +19,14 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: "ubuntu-latest"
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: "actions/checkout@v4"
         with:
           fetch-depth: 1
           path: "pulpcore"
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+      - uses: "actions/setup-python@v4"
         with:
           python-version: "3.8"
-      - name: Install python dependencies
+      - name: "Install python dependencies"
         run: |
           echo ::group::PYDEPS
           pip install packaging wheel
diff --git a/.github/workflows/changelog.yml b/.github/workflows/changelog.yml
index 092eba4b5f..9610b40ba7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/changelog.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/changelog.yml
@@ -6,53 +6,53 @@
 # For more info visit https://github.com/pulp/plugin_template
 
 ---
-name: Core changelog update
+name: "Core changelog update"
 on:
   push:
     branches:
-      - main
+      - "main"
     paths:
-      - CHANGES.rst
-      - CHANGES.md
+      - "CHANGES.rst"
+      - "CHANGES.md"
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 jobs:
 
   update-changelog:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: "ubuntu-latest"
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: "actions/checkout@v4"
         with:
           fetch-depth: 1
 
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+      - uses: "actions/setup-python@v4"
         with:
           python-version: "3.8"
 
-      - name: Install python dependencies
+      - name: "Install python dependencies"
         run: |
           echo ::group::PYDEPS
           pip install -r doc_requirements.txt
           echo ::endgroup::
 
-      - name: Fake api schema
+      - name: "Fake api schema"
         run: |
           mkdir -p docs/_build/html
           echo "{}" > docs/_build/html/api.json
           mkdir -p docs/_static
           echo "{}" > docs/_static/api.json
-      - name:
+      - name: "Build Docs"
         run: |
-          pip install "Jinja2<3.1"
           make diagrams html
-        working-directory: ./docs
+        working-directory: "./docs"
         env:
           PULP_CONTENT_ORIGIN: "http://localhost/"
 
-      - name: Publish changlog to pulpproject.org
-        run: .github/workflows/scripts/publish_docs.sh changelog ${GITHUB_REF##*/}
+      - name: "Publish changlog to pulpproject.org"
+        run: |
+          .github/workflows/scripts/publish_docs.sh changelog ${GITHUB_REF##*/}
         env:
-          PULP_DOCS_KEY: ${{ secrets.PULP_DOCS_KEY }}
+          PULP_DOCS_KEY: "${{ secrets.PULP_DOCS_KEY }}"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 722743c4d5..54771a8009 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 # For more info visit https://github.com/pulp/plugin_template
 
 ---
-name: Core CI
+name: "Core CI"
 on: {pull_request: {branches: ['*']}}
 
 concurrency:
@@ -18,59 +18,60 @@ defaults:
     working-directory: "pulpcore"
 
 jobs:
-
   ready-to-ship:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: "ubuntu-latest"
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: "actions/checkout@v4"
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
           path: "pulpcore"
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+      - uses: "actions/setup-python@v4"
         with:
           python-version: "3.8"
-      - name: Install requirements
-        run: pip3 install github
-      - name: Check commit message
+      - name: "Install python dependencies"
+        run: |
+          echo ::group::PYDEPS
+          pip install requests pygithub
+          echo ::endgroup::
+      - name: "Check commit message"
         if: github.event_name == 'pull_request'
         env:
-          PY_COLORS: '1'
-          ANSIBLE_FORCE_COLOR: '1'
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          GITHUB_CONTEXT: ${{ github.event.pull_request.commits_url }}
-        run: sh .github/workflows/scripts/check_commit.sh
-      - name: Verify requirements files
-        run: python .ci/scripts/check_requirements.py
+          PY_COLORS: "1"
+          ANSIBLE_FORCE_COLOR: "1"
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
+          GITHUB_CONTEXT: "${{ github.event.pull_request.commits_url }}"
+        run: |
+          .github/workflows/scripts/check_commit.sh
+      - name: "Verify requirements files"
+        run: |
+          python .ci/scripts/check_requirements.py
 
   lint:
     uses: "./.github/workflows/lint.yml"
 
   build:
-    needs: lint
+    needs: "lint"
     uses: "./.github/workflows/build.yml"
 
   test:
-    needs: build
+    needs: "build"
     uses: "./.github/workflows/test.yml"
 
   deprecations:
-    defaults:
-      run:
-        working-directory: "."
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: "ubuntu-latest"
     if: github.base_ref == 'main'
-    needs: test
+    needs: "test"
     steps:
-      - name: Fail on deprecations
+      - name: "Create working directory"
         run: |
-          test -z "${{ needs.test.outputs.deprecations-pulp }}"
-          test -z "${{ needs.test.outputs.deprecations-azure }}"
-          test -z "${{ needs.test.outputs.deprecations-s3 }}"
-          test -z "${{ needs.test.outputs.deprecations-lowerbounds }}"
-      - name: Print deprecations
-        if: failure()
+          mkdir -p "pulpcore"
+        working-directory: "."
+      - name: "Download Deprecations"
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: "deprecations"
+          path: "pulpcore"
+      - name: "Print deprecations"
         run: |
-          echo "${{ needs.test.outputs.deprecations-pulp }}" | base64 -d
-          echo "${{ needs.test.outputs.deprecations-azure }}" | base64 -d
-          echo "${{ needs.test.outputs.deprecations-s3 }}" | base64 -d
-          echo "${{ needs.test.outputs.deprecations-lowerbounds }}" | base64 -d
+          cat deprecations-*.txt | sort -u
+          ! cat deprecations-*.txt | grep '[^[:space:]]'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/create-branch.yml b/.github/workflows/create-branch.yml
index a2f064c5e2..8d8a58d22c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/create-branch.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/create-branch.yml
@@ -21,26 +21,27 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: "actions/checkout@v4"
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
           path: "pulpcore"
 
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+      - uses: "actions/setup-python@v4"
         with:
           python-version: "3.8"
 
-      - name: Install python dependencies
+      - name: "Install python dependencies"
         run: |
           echo ::group::PYDEPS
           pip install bump2version jinja2 pyyaml
           echo ::endgroup::
 
-      - name: Setting secrets
-        working-directory: pulpcore
-        run: python3 .github/workflows/scripts/secrets.py "$SECRETS_CONTEXT"
+      - name: "Setting secrets"
+        working-directory: "pulpcore"
+        run: |
+          python3 .github/workflows/scripts/secrets.py "$SECRETS_CONTEXT"
         env:
-          SECRETS_CONTEXT: ${{ toJson(secrets) }}
+          SECRETS_CONTEXT: "${{ toJson(secrets) }}"
 
       - name: Determine new branch name
         working-directory: pulpcore
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yml b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
index c415f972ee..9d20c8c498 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
@@ -19,18 +19,20 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: "actions/checkout@v4"
         with:
           fetch-depth: 1
           path: "pulpcore"
 
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+      - uses: "actions/setup-python@v4"
         with:
           python-version: "3.8"
 
-      # lint_requirements contains tools needed for flake8, etc.
-      - name: Install requirements
-        run: pip3 install -r lint_requirements.txt
+      - name: "Install python dependencies"
+        run: |
+          echo ::group::PYDEPS
+          pip install -r lint_requirements.txt
+          echo ::endgroup::
 
       - name: Lint workflow files
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/nightly.yml b/.github/workflows/nightly.yml
index cca2a24595..848163431f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nightly.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nightly.yml
@@ -33,22 +33,22 @@ jobs:
   changelog:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: "actions/checkout@v4"
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
           path: "pulpcore"
 
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+      - uses: "actions/setup-python@v4"
         with:
           python-version: "3.11"
 
-      - name: Install python dependencies
+      - name: "Install python dependencies"
         run: |
           echo ::group::PYDEPS
           pip install gitpython toml
           echo ::endgroup::
 
-      - name: Configure Git with pulpbot name and email
+      - name: "Configure Git with pulpbot name and email"
         run: |
           git config --global user.name 'pulpbot'
           git config --global user.email 'pulp-infra@redhat.com'
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ jobs:
     needs: test
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: "actions/checkout@v4"
         with:
           fetch-depth: 1
           path: "pulpcore"
@@ -81,17 +81,17 @@ jobs:
           name: "plugin_package"
           path: "pulpcore/dist/"
 
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+      - uses: "actions/setup-python@v4"
         with:
           python-version: "3.8"
 
-      - name: Install python dependencies
+      - name: "Install python dependencies"
         run: |
           echo ::group::PYDEPS
-          pip install requests
+          pip install requests packaging~=21.3 mkdocs pymdown-extensions Jinja2<3.1
           echo ::endgroup::
 
-      - name: Set environment variables
+      - name: "Set environment variables"
         run: |
           echo "TEST=${{ matrix.env.TEST }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
@@ -107,24 +107,13 @@ jobs:
           name: "python-client-docs.tar"
           path: "pulpcore"
 
-      - name: Setting secrets
-        run: python3 .github/workflows/scripts/secrets.py "$SECRETS_CONTEXT"
+      - name: "Setting secrets"
+        run: |
+          python3 .github/workflows/scripts/secrets.py "$SECRETS_CONTEXT"
         env:
-          SECRETS_CONTEXT: ${{ toJson(secrets) }}
+          SECRETS_CONTEXT: "${{ toJson(secrets) }}"
 
       - name: Publish docs to pulpproject.org
         run: |
           tar -xvf docs.tar -C ./docs
           .github/workflows/scripts/publish_docs.sh nightly ${GITHUB_REF##*/}
-
-      - name: Logs
-        if: always()
-        run: |
-          echo "Need to debug? Please check: https://github.com/marketplace/actions/debugging-with-tmate"
-          http --timeout 30 --check-status --pretty format --print hb "https://pulp${PULP_API_ROOT}api/v3/status/" || true
-          docker images || true
-          docker ps -a || true
-          docker logs pulp || true
-          docker exec pulp ls -latr /etc/yum.repos.d/ || true
-          docker exec pulp cat /etc/yum.repos.d/* || true
-          docker exec pulp bash -c "pip3 list && pip3 install pipdeptree && pipdeptree"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr_checks.yml b/.github/workflows/pr_checks.yml
index fe9fe7b4ca..6267ab526a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr_checks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr_checks.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       pull-requests: write
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: "actions/checkout@v4"
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
       - name: Commit Count Check
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index f37130608b..741cb2e7ee 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -25,30 +25,31 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: "actions/checkout@v4"
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
           path: "pulpcore"
 
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+      - uses: "actions/setup-python@v4"
         with:
           python-version: "3.8"
 
-      - name: Install python dependencies
+      - name: "Install python dependencies"
         run: |
           echo ::group::PYDEPS
-          pip install packaging~=21.3 bump2version gitpython towncrier==19.9.0 wheel requests
+          pip install packaging~=21.3 bump2version gitpython towncrier wheel requests
           echo ::endgroup::
 
-      - name: Configure Git with pulpbot name and email
+      - name: "Configure Git with pulpbot name and email"
         run: |
           git config --global user.name 'pulpbot'
           git config --global user.email 'pulp-infra@redhat.com'
 
-      - name: Setting secrets
-        run: python3 .github/workflows/scripts/secrets.py "$SECRETS_CONTEXT"
+      - name: "Setting secrets"
+        run: |
+          python3 .github/workflows/scripts/secrets.py "$SECRETS_CONTEXT"
         env:
-          SECRETS_CONTEXT: ${{ toJson(secrets) }}
+          SECRETS_CONTEXT: "${{ toJson(secrets) }}"
 
       - name: Create the release commit, tag it, create a post-release commit, and build plugin package
         run: python .github/workflows/scripts/release.py ${{ github.event.inputs.release }}
@@ -77,13 +78,13 @@ jobs:
           name: "pulpcore.tar"
           path: "pulpcore/"
 
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: "actions/checkout@v4"
         with:
           fetch-depth: 1
           repository: "pulp/pulp-openapi-generator"
           path: "pulp-openapi-generator"
 
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+      - uses: "actions/setup-python@v4"
         with:
           python-version: "3.8"
       - uses: ruby/setup-ruby@v1
@@ -94,41 +95,44 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           tar -xf pulpcore.tar
 
-      - name: Install httpie
+      - name: "Install python dependencies"
         run: |
-          echo ::group::HTTPIE
-          pip install httpie
-          echo ::endgroup::
+          echo ::group::PYDEPS
+          pip install towncrier twine wheel httpie docker netaddr boto3 ansible
           echo "HTTPIE_CONFIG_DIR=$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/pulpcore/.ci/assets/httpie/" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo ::endgroup::
 
       # Building the bindings and docs requires accessing the OpenAPI specs endpoint, so we need to
       # setup the Pulp instance.
-      - name: Before Install
-        run: .github/workflows/scripts/before_install.sh
-        shell: bash
+      - name: "Before Install"
+        run: |
+          .github/workflows/scripts/before_install.sh
+        shell: "bash"
         env:
-          PY_COLORS: '1'
-          ANSIBLE_FORCE_COLOR: '1'
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          GITHUB_CONTEXT: ${{ github.event.pull_request.commits_url }}
+          PY_COLORS: "1"
+          ANSIBLE_FORCE_COLOR: "1"
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
+          GITHUB_CONTEXT: "${{ github.event.pull_request.commits_url }}"
 
       - name: Install
         run: |
           export PLUGIN_VERSION=${{ github.event.inputs.release }}
           .github/workflows/scripts/install.sh
         env:
-          PY_COLORS: '1'
-          ANSIBLE_FORCE_COLOR: '1'
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          GITHUB_CONTEXT: ${{ github.event.pull_request.commits_url }}
+          PY_COLORS: "1"
+          ANSIBLE_FORCE_COLOR: "1"
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
+          GITHUB_CONTEXT: "${{ github.event.pull_request.commits_url }}"
         shell: bash
 
-      - name: Install Python client
-        run: .github/workflows/scripts/install_python_client.sh
-        shell: bash
-      - name: Install Ruby client
-        run: .github/workflows/scripts/install_ruby_client.sh
-        shell: bash
+      - name: "Install Python client"
+        run: |
+          .github/workflows/scripts/install_python_client.sh
+        shell: "bash"
+      - name: "Install Ruby client"
+        run: |
+          .github/workflows/scripts/install_ruby_client.sh
+        shell: "bash"
       - name: "Upload python client packages"
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
         with:
@@ -180,7 +184,7 @@ jobs:
           name: "docs.tar"
           path: "pulpcore/docs/docs.tar"
 
-      - name: Logs
+      - name: "Logs"
         if: always()
         run: |
           echo "Need to debug? Please check: https://github.com/marketplace/actions/debugging-with-tmate"
@@ -207,7 +211,7 @@ jobs:
           name: "pulpcore.tar"
           path: "pulpcore/"
 
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+      - uses: "actions/setup-python@v4"
         with:
           python-version: "3.8"
 
@@ -215,7 +219,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           ruby-version: "2.6"
 
-      - name: Configure Git with pulpbot name and email
+      - name: "Configure Git with pulpbot name and email"
         run: |
           git config --global user.name 'pulpbot'
           git config --global user.email 'pulp-infra@redhat.com'
@@ -224,15 +228,16 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           tar -xf pulpcore.tar
 
-      - name: Setting secrets
-        run: python3 .github/workflows/scripts/secrets.py "$SECRETS_CONTEXT"
+      - name: "Setting secrets"
+        run: |
+          python3 .github/workflows/scripts/secrets.py "$SECRETS_CONTEXT"
         env:
-          SECRETS_CONTEXT: ${{ toJson(secrets) }}
+          SECRETS_CONTEXT: "${{ toJson(secrets) }}"
 
-      - name: Install python dependencies
+      - name: "Install python dependencies"
         run: |
           echo ::group::PYDEPS
-          pip install gitpython requests packaging~=21.3
+          pip install twine gitpython requests packaging~=21.3 mkdocs pymdown-extensions Jinja2<3.1
           echo ::endgroup::
 
       - name: Push branch and tag to GitHub
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scripts/before_install.sh b/.github/workflows/scripts/before_install.sh
index 577edf3193..a3c2a31a40 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/scripts/before_install.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/scripts/before_install.sh
@@ -55,9 +55,6 @@ then
   echo $COMMIT_MSG | sed -n -e 's/.*CI Base Image:\s*\([-_/[:alnum:]]*:[-_[:alnum:]]*\).*/ci_base: "\1"/p' >> .ci/ansible/vars/main.yaml
 fi
 
-# Intall requirements for ansible playbooks
-pip install docker netaddr boto3 ansible
-
 for i in {1..3}
 do
   ansible-galaxy collection install "amazon.aws:1.5.0" && s=0 && break || s=$? && sleep 3
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scripts/check_commit.sh b/.github/workflows/scripts/check_commit.sh
index 20b8b94b75..76bf6cf796 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/scripts/check_commit.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/scripts/check_commit.sh
@@ -8,20 +8,13 @@
 # For more info visit https://github.com/pulp/plugin_template
 
 # make sure this script runs at the repo root
-cd "$(dirname "$(realpath -e "$0")")"/../../..
+cd "$(dirname "$(realpath -e "$0")")/../../.."
 
 set -euv
 
-echo ::group::REQUESTS
-pip3 install requests
-
-pip3 install pygithub
-
-echo ::endgroup::
-
-for sha in $(curl -H "Authorization: token $GITHUB_TOKEN" $GITHUB_CONTEXT | jq '.[].sha' | sed 's/"//g')
+for SHA in $(curl -H "Authorization: token $GITHUB_TOKEN" "$GITHUB_CONTEXT" | jq -r '.[].sha')
 do
-  python3 .ci/scripts/validate_commit_message.py $sha
+  python3 .ci/scripts/validate_commit_message.py "$SHA"
   VALUE=$?
   if [ "$VALUE" -gt 0 ]; then
     exit $VALUE
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scripts/install_python_client.sh b/.github/workflows/scripts/install_python_client.sh
index 111179a57c..b24818af3e 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/scripts/install_python_client.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/scripts/install_python_client.sh
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ source .github/workflows/scripts/utils.sh
 
 export PULP_URL="${PULP_URL:-https://pulp}"
 
-pip install twine wheel
-
 REPORTED_STATUS="$(pulp status)"
 REPORTED_VERSION="$(echo "$REPORTED_STATUS" | jq --arg plugin "core" -r '.versions[] | select(.component == $plugin) | .version')"
 VERSION="$(echo "$REPORTED_VERSION" | python -c 'from packaging.version import Version; print(Version(input()))')"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scripts/publish_client_pypi.sh b/.github/workflows/scripts/publish_client_pypi.sh
index 8981d5895e..bf74709186 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/scripts/publish_client_pypi.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/scripts/publish_client_pypi.sh
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@ set -euv
 # make sure this script runs at the repo root
 cd "$(dirname "$(realpath -e "$0")")/../../.."
 
-pip install twine
-
 VERSION="$(ls dist | sed -rn 's/pulpcore-client-(.*)\.tar.gz/\1/p')"
 
 if [[ -z "$VERSION" ]]; then
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scripts/publish_docs.sh b/.github/workflows/scripts/publish_docs.sh
index f9aa23d2e4..c93812f89e 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/scripts/publish_docs.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/scripts/publish_docs.sh
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@ echo "$PULP_DOCS_KEY" > ~/.ssh/pulp-infra
 echo "docs.pulpproject.org,8.43.85.236 ecdsa-sha2-nistp256 AAAAE2VjZHNhLXNoYTItbmlzdHAyNTYAAAAIbmlzdHAyNTYAAABBBGXG+8vjSQvnAkq33i0XWgpSrbco3rRqNZr0SfVeiqFI7RN/VznwXMioDDhc+hQtgVhd6TYBOrV07IMcKj+FAzg=" >> ~/.ssh/known_hosts
 chmod 644 ~/.ssh/known_hosts
 
-pip3 install packaging
-
 export PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1
 export DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=pulpcore.app.settings
 export PULP_SETTINGS=$PWD/.ci/ansible/settings/settings.py
@@ -38,8 +36,6 @@ if [[ "$GITHUB_WORKFLOW" == "Core changelog update" ]]; then
   exit
 fi
 
-pip install mkdocs pymdown-extensions "Jinja2<3.1"
-
 mkdir -p ../core-bindings
 tar -xvf core-python-client-docs.tar --directory ../core-bindings
 pushd ../core-bindings
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scripts/publish_plugin_pypi.sh b/.github/workflows/scripts/publish_plugin_pypi.sh
index c67c2f571f..da9b6111dd 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/scripts/publish_plugin_pypi.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/scripts/publish_plugin_pypi.sh
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ then
   exit
 fi
 
-pip install twine
-
 twine check dist/pulpcore-$1-py3-none-any.whl || exit 1
 twine check dist/pulpcore-$1.tar.gz || exit 1
 twine upload dist/pulpcore-$1-py3-none-any.whl -u pulp -p $PYPI_PASSWORD
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scripts/script.sh b/.github/workflows/scripts/script.sh
index d6dba44033..da1bd0f5a4 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/scripts/script.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/scripts/script.sh
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ export PULP_URL="https://pulp"
 
 if [[ "$TEST" = "docs" ]]; then
   if [[ "$GITHUB_WORKFLOW" == "Core CI" ]]; then
-    pip install towncrier==19.9.0
     towncrier --yes --version 4.0.0.ci
   fi
   cd docs
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 4c6f760584..91ab3db010 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -26,25 +26,20 @@ jobs:
           - TEST: azure
           - TEST: s3
           - TEST: lowerbounds
-    outputs:
-      deprecations-pulp: ${{ steps.deprecations.outputs.deprecations-pulp }}
-      deprecations-azure: ${{ steps.deprecations.outputs.deprecations-azure }}
-      deprecations-s3: ${{ steps.deprecations.outputs.deprecations-s3 }}
-      deprecations-lowerbounds: ${{ steps.deprecations.outputs.deprecations-lowerbounds }}
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: "actions/checkout@v4"
         with:
           fetch-depth: 1
           path: "pulpcore"
 
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: "actions/checkout@v4"
         with:
           fetch-depth: 1
           repository: "pulp/pulp-openapi-generator"
           path: "pulp-openapi-generator"
 
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+      - uses: "actions/setup-python@v4"
         with:
           python-version: "3.8"
 
@@ -53,69 +48,83 @@ jobs:
           name: "plugin_package"
           path: "pulpcore/dist/"
 
-      - name: Install httpie
+      - name: "Install python dependencies"
         run: |
-          echo ::group::HTTPIE
-          pip install httpie
-          echo ::endgroup::
+          echo ::group::PYDEPS
+          pip install towncrier twine wheel httpie docker netaddr boto3 ansible
           echo "HTTPIE_CONFIG_DIR=$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/pulpcore/.ci/assets/httpie/" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo ::endgroup::
 
-      - name: Set environment variables
+      - name: "Set environment variables"
         run: |
           echo "TEST=${{ matrix.env.TEST }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
-      - name: Before Install
-        run: .github/workflows/scripts/before_install.sh
-        shell: bash
+      - name: "Before Install"
+        run: |
+          .github/workflows/scripts/before_install.sh
+        shell: "bash"
         env:
-          PY_COLORS: '1'
-          ANSIBLE_FORCE_COLOR: '1'
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          GITHUB_CONTEXT: ${{ github.event.pull_request.commits_url }}
+          PY_COLORS: "1"
+          ANSIBLE_FORCE_COLOR: "1"
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
+          GITHUB_CONTEXT: "${{ github.event.pull_request.commits_url }}"
       - uses: ruby/setup-ruby@v1
         if: ${{ env.TEST == 'pulp' }}
         with:
           ruby-version: "2.6"
 
-      - name: Install
-        run: .github/workflows/scripts/install.sh
-        shell: bash
+      - name: "Install"
+        run: |
+          .github/workflows/scripts/install.sh
+        shell: "bash"
         env:
-          PY_COLORS: '1'
-          ANSIBLE_FORCE_COLOR: '1'
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          GITHUB_CONTEXT: ${{ github.event.pull_request.commits_url }}
-
-      - name: Before Script
-        run: .github/workflows/scripts/before_script.sh
-        shell: bash
+          PY_COLORS: "1"
+          ANSIBLE_FORCE_COLOR: "1"
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
+          GITHUB_CONTEXT: "${{ github.event.pull_request.commits_url }}"
+
+      - name: "Before Script"
+        run: |
+          .github/workflows/scripts/before_script.sh
+        shell: "bash"
         env:
-          PY_COLORS: '1'
-          ANSIBLE_FORCE_COLOR: '1'
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          GITHUB_CONTEXT: ${{ github.event.pull_request.commits_url }}
-          REDIS_DISABLED: ${{ contains('s3', matrix.env.TEST) }}
-
-      - name: Install Python client
-        run: .github/workflows/scripts/install_python_client.sh
-        shell: bash
-      - name: Install Ruby client
-        if: ${{ env.TEST == 'pulp' }}
-        run: .github/workflows/scripts/install_ruby_client.sh
-        shell: bash
+          PY_COLORS: "1"
+          ANSIBLE_FORCE_COLOR: "1"
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
+          GITHUB_CONTEXT: "${{ github.event.pull_request.commits_url }}"
+          REDIS_DISABLED: "${{ contains('s3', matrix.env.TEST) }}"
+
+      - name: "Install Python client"
+        run: |
+          .github/workflows/scripts/install_python_client.sh
+        shell: "bash"
+      - name: "Install Ruby client"
+        if: "${{ env.TEST == 'pulp' }}"
+        run: |
+          .github/workflows/scripts/install_ruby_client.sh
+        shell: "bash"
 
-      - name: Script
-        run: .github/workflows/scripts/script.sh
-        shell: bash
+      - name: "Script"
+        run: |
+          .github/workflows/scripts/script.sh
+        shell: "bash"
         env:
-          PY_COLORS: '1'
-          ANSIBLE_FORCE_COLOR: '1'
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          GITHUB_CONTEXT: ${{ github.event.pull_request.commits_url }}
-
-      - name: Extract Deprecations from Logs
-        id: deprecations
-        run: echo deprecations-${{ matrix.env.TEST }}=$(docker logs pulp 2>&1 | grep -i pulpcore.deprecation | base64 -w 0) >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          PY_COLORS: "1"
+          ANSIBLE_FORCE_COLOR: "1"
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
+          GITHUB_CONTEXT: "${{ github.event.pull_request.commits_url }}"
+
+      - name: "Extract Deprecations from Logs"
+        run: |
+          docker logs pulp 2>&1 | grep -i pulpcore.deprecation | tee deprecations-${{ matrix.env.TEST }}.txt
+
+      - name: "Upload Deprecations"
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: "deprecations"
+          path: "pulpcore/deprecations-${{ matrix.env.TEST }}.txt"
+          if-no-files-found: "error"
+          retention-days: 5
       - name: Upload python client packages
         if: ${{ env.TEST == 'pulp' }}
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
@@ -173,7 +182,7 @@ jobs:
           name: "docs.tar"
           path: "pulpcore/docs/docs.tar"
 
-      - name: Logs
+      - name: "Logs"
         if: always()
         run: |
           echo "Need to debug? Please check: https://github.com/marketplace/actions/debugging-with-tmate"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-labels.yml b/.github/workflows/update-labels.yml
index ab2b4da566..5cba5d3d75 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update-labels.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-labels.yml
@@ -17,16 +17,16 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   update_backport_labels:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: "ubuntu-latest"
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+      - uses: "actions/setup-python@v4"
         with:
           python-version: "3.8"
-      - name: Configure Git with pulpbot name and email
+      - name: "Configure Git with pulpbot name and email"
         run: |
           git config --global user.name 'pulpbot'
           git config --global user.email 'pulp-infra@redhat.com'
-      - name: Install python dependencies
+      - name: "Install python dependencies"
         run: |
           echo ::group::PYDEPS
           pip install requests pyyaml
@@ -36,4 +36,4 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           python3 .github/workflows/scripts/update_backport_labels.py
         env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_TOKEN }}
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: "${{ secrets.RELEASE_TOKEN }}"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/update_ci.yml b/.github/workflows/update_ci.yml
index 8ae38ff1b1..cb1ba9ae21 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update_ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update_ci.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 
 ---
-name: Core CI Update
+name: "Core CI Update"
 on:
   schedule:
     # * is a special character in YAML so you have to quote this string
@@ -17,216 +17,215 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   update:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: "ubuntu-latest"
 
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: "actions/checkout@v4"
         with:
-          repository: pulp/plugin_template
-          path: plugin_template
-          fetch-depth: 0
-
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+          fetch-depth: 1
+          repository: "pulp/plugin_template"
+          path: "plugin_template"
+      - uses: "actions/setup-python@v4"
         with:
           python-version: "3.8"
 
-      - name: Install python dependencies
+      - name: "Install python dependencies"
         run: |
           echo ::group::PYDEPS
           pip install gitpython requests packaging jinja2 pyyaml
           echo ::endgroup::
 
-      - name: Configure Git with pulpbot name and email
+      - name: "Configure Git with pulpbot name and email"
         run: |
           git config --global user.name 'pulpbot'
           git config --global user.email 'pulp-infra@redhat.com'
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: "actions/checkout@v4"
         with:
-          path: pulpcore
-          ref: 'main'
           fetch-depth: 0
+          path: "pulpcore"
+          ref: "main"
 
-      - name: Run update
-        working-directory: pulpcore
+      - name: "Run update"
+        working-directory: "pulpcore"
         run: |
           ../plugin_template/scripts/update_ci.sh
 
-      - name: Create Pull Request for CI files
-        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v4
-        with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_TOKEN }}
-          path: pulpcore
-          committer: pulpbot <pulp-infra@redhat.com>
-          author: pulpbot <pulp-infra@redhat.com>
-          title: 'Update CI files for branch main'
-          body: '[noissue]'
-          branch: 'update-ci/main'
-          base: 'main'
+      - name: "Create Pull Request for CI files"
+        uses: "peter-evans/create-pull-request@v4"
+        with:
+          token: "${{ secrets.RELEASE_TOKEN }}"
+          path: "pulpcore"
+          committer: "pulpbot <pulp-infra@redhat.com>"
+          author: "pulpbot <pulp-infra@redhat.com>"
+          title: "Update CI files for branch main"
+          body: ""
+          branch: "update-ci/main"
+          base: "main"
           commit-message: |
             Update CI files
 
             [noissue]
           delete-branch: true
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: "actions/checkout@v4"
         with:
-          path: pulpcore
-          ref: '3.18'
           fetch-depth: 0
+          path: "pulpcore"
+          ref: "3.18"
 
-      - name: Run update
-        working-directory: pulpcore
+      - name: "Run update"
+        working-directory: "pulpcore"
         run: |
           ../plugin_template/scripts/update_ci.sh
 
-      - name: Create Pull Request for CI files
-        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v4
-        with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_TOKEN }}
-          path: pulpcore
-          committer: pulpbot <pulp-infra@redhat.com>
-          author: pulpbot <pulp-infra@redhat.com>
-          title: 'Update CI files for branch 3.18'
-          body: '[noissue]'
-          branch: 'update-ci/3.18'
-          base: '3.18'
+      - name: "Create Pull Request for CI files"
+        uses: "peter-evans/create-pull-request@v4"
+        with:
+          token: "${{ secrets.RELEASE_TOKEN }}"
+          path: "pulpcore"
+          committer: "pulpbot <pulp-infra@redhat.com>"
+          author: "pulpbot <pulp-infra@redhat.com>"
+          title: "Update CI files for branch 3.18"
+          body: ""
+          branch: "update-ci/3.18"
+          base: "3.18"
           commit-message: |
             Update CI files
 
             [noissue]
           delete-branch: true
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: "actions/checkout@v4"
         with:
-          path: pulpcore
-          ref: '3.21'
           fetch-depth: 0
+          path: "pulpcore"
+          ref: "3.21"
 
-      - name: Run update
-        working-directory: pulpcore
+      - name: "Run update"
+        working-directory: "pulpcore"
         run: |
           ../plugin_template/scripts/update_ci.sh
 
-      - name: Create Pull Request for CI files
-        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v4
-        with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_TOKEN }}
-          path: pulpcore
-          committer: pulpbot <pulp-infra@redhat.com>
-          author: pulpbot <pulp-infra@redhat.com>
-          title: 'Update CI files for branch 3.21'
-          body: '[noissue]'
-          branch: 'update-ci/3.21'
-          base: '3.21'
+      - name: "Create Pull Request for CI files"
+        uses: "peter-evans/create-pull-request@v4"
+        with:
+          token: "${{ secrets.RELEASE_TOKEN }}"
+          path: "pulpcore"
+          committer: "pulpbot <pulp-infra@redhat.com>"
+          author: "pulpbot <pulp-infra@redhat.com>"
+          title: "Update CI files for branch 3.21"
+          body: ""
+          branch: "update-ci/3.21"
+          base: "3.21"
           commit-message: |
             Update CI files
 
             [noissue]
           delete-branch: true
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: "actions/checkout@v4"
         with:
-          path: pulpcore
-          ref: '3.22'
           fetch-depth: 0
+          path: "pulpcore"
+          ref: "3.22"
 
-      - name: Run update
-        working-directory: pulpcore
+      - name: "Run update"
+        working-directory: "pulpcore"
         run: |
           ../plugin_template/scripts/update_ci.sh
 
-      - name: Create Pull Request for CI files
-        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v4
-        with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_TOKEN }}
-          path: pulpcore
-          committer: pulpbot <pulp-infra@redhat.com>
-          author: pulpbot <pulp-infra@redhat.com>
-          title: 'Update CI files for branch 3.22'
-          body: '[noissue]'
-          branch: 'update-ci/3.22'
-          base: '3.22'
+      - name: "Create Pull Request for CI files"
+        uses: "peter-evans/create-pull-request@v4"
+        with:
+          token: "${{ secrets.RELEASE_TOKEN }}"
+          path: "pulpcore"
+          committer: "pulpbot <pulp-infra@redhat.com>"
+          author: "pulpbot <pulp-infra@redhat.com>"
+          title: "Update CI files for branch 3.22"
+          body: ""
+          branch: "update-ci/3.22"
+          base: "3.22"
           commit-message: |
             Update CI files
 
             [noissue]
           delete-branch: true
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: "actions/checkout@v4"
         with:
-          path: pulpcore
-          ref: '3.23'
           fetch-depth: 0
+          path: "pulpcore"
+          ref: "3.23"
 
-      - name: Run update
-        working-directory: pulpcore
+      - name: "Run update"
+        working-directory: "pulpcore"
         run: |
           ../plugin_template/scripts/update_ci.sh
 
-      - name: Create Pull Request for CI files
-        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v4
-        with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_TOKEN }}
-          path: pulpcore
-          committer: pulpbot <pulp-infra@redhat.com>
-          author: pulpbot <pulp-infra@redhat.com>
-          title: 'Update CI files for branch 3.23'
-          body: '[noissue]'
-          branch: 'update-ci/3.23'
-          base: '3.23'
+      - name: "Create Pull Request for CI files"
+        uses: "peter-evans/create-pull-request@v4"
+        with:
+          token: "${{ secrets.RELEASE_TOKEN }}"
+          path: "pulpcore"
+          committer: "pulpbot <pulp-infra@redhat.com>"
+          author: "pulpbot <pulp-infra@redhat.com>"
+          title: "Update CI files for branch 3.23"
+          body: ""
+          branch: "update-ci/3.23"
+          base: "3.23"
           commit-message: |
             Update CI files
 
             [noissue]
           delete-branch: true
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: "actions/checkout@v4"
         with:
-          path: pulpcore
-          ref: '3.39'
           fetch-depth: 0
+          path: "pulpcore"
+          ref: "3.39"
 
-      - name: Run update
-        working-directory: pulpcore
+      - name: "Run update"
+        working-directory: "pulpcore"
         run: |
           ../plugin_template/scripts/update_ci.sh
 
-      - name: Create Pull Request for CI files
-        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v4
-        with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_TOKEN }}
-          path: pulpcore
-          committer: pulpbot <pulp-infra@redhat.com>
-          author: pulpbot <pulp-infra@redhat.com>
-          title: 'Update CI files for branch 3.39'
-          body: '[noissue]'
-          branch: 'update-ci/3.39'
-          base: '3.39'
+      - name: "Create Pull Request for CI files"
+        uses: "peter-evans/create-pull-request@v4"
+        with:
+          token: "${{ secrets.RELEASE_TOKEN }}"
+          path: "pulpcore"
+          committer: "pulpbot <pulp-infra@redhat.com>"
+          author: "pulpbot <pulp-infra@redhat.com>"
+          title: "Update CI files for branch 3.39"
+          body: ""
+          branch: "update-ci/3.39"
+          base: "3.39"
           commit-message: |
             Update CI files
 
             [noissue]
           delete-branch: true
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: "actions/checkout@v4"
         with:
-          path: pulpcore
-          ref: '3.41'
           fetch-depth: 0
+          path: "pulpcore"
+          ref: "3.42"
 
-      - name: Run update
-        working-directory: pulpcore
+      - name: "Run update"
+        working-directory: "pulpcore"
         run: |
           ../plugin_template/scripts/update_ci.sh
 
-      - name: Create Pull Request for CI files
-        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v4
-        with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_TOKEN }}
-          path: pulpcore
-          committer: pulpbot <pulp-infra@redhat.com>
-          author: pulpbot <pulp-infra@redhat.com>
-          title: 'Update CI files for branch 3.41'
-          body: '[noissue]'
-          branch: 'update-ci/3.41'
-          base: '3.41'
+      - name: "Create Pull Request for CI files"
+        uses: "peter-evans/create-pull-request@v4"
+        with:
+          token: "${{ secrets.RELEASE_TOKEN }}"
+          path: "pulpcore"
+          committer: "pulpbot <pulp-infra@redhat.com>"
+          author: "pulpbot <pulp-infra@redhat.com>"
+          title: "Update CI files for branch 3.42"
+          body: ""
+          branch: "update-ci/3.42"
+          base: "3.42"
           commit-message: |
             Update CI files
 
diff --git a/CHANGES/3829.feature b/CHANGES/3829.feature
deleted file mode 100644
index 08bfcccc4a..0000000000
--- a/CHANGES/3829.feature
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Added instrumentation to content-app to track telemetry data.
diff --git a/CHANGES/4724.bugfix b/CHANGES/4724.bugfix
deleted file mode 100644
index f5de72e61d..0000000000
--- a/CHANGES/4724.bugfix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fixed that `pulp_file` presented its `python_package` as `pulp_file` instead of `pulp-file`.
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 6c130c18d1..cfff5abdc7 100755
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -75,9 +75,9 @@
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = "3.42.0.dev"
+version = "3.43.0.dev"
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = "3.42.0.dev"
+release = "3.43.0.dev"
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
diff --git a/pulp_file/app/__init__.py b/pulp_file/app/__init__.py
index 69422cf44e..cb0be29922 100644
--- a/pulp_file/app/__init__.py
+++ b/pulp_file/app/__init__.py
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@ class PulpFilePluginAppConfig(PulpPluginAppConfig):
 
     name = "pulp_file.app"
     label = "file"
-    version = "3.42.0.dev"
+    version = "3.43.0.dev"
     python_package_name = "pulp-file"  # TODO Add python_module_name
     domain_compatible = True
diff --git a/pulpcore/app/apps.py b/pulpcore/app/apps.py
index 7dca8a19dd..b71563bc8e 100644
--- a/pulpcore/app/apps.py
+++ b/pulpcore/app/apps.py
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ class PulpAppConfig(PulpPluginAppConfig):
     label = "core"
 
     # The version of this app
-    version = "3.42.0.dev"
+    version = "3.43.0.dev"
 
     # The python package name providing this app
     python_package_name = "pulpcore"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 9bdefbbb0b..abbf304852 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name="pulpcore",
-    version="3.42.0.dev",
+    version="3.43.0.dev",
     description="Pulp Django Application and Related Modules",
     long_description=long_description,
     long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
diff --git a/template_config.yml b/template_config.yml
index 5de1cbe814..3e08806e0e 100644
--- a/template_config.yml
+++ b/template_config.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # This config represents the latest values used when running the plugin-template. Any settings that
 # were not present before running plugin-template have been added with their default values.
 
-# generated with plugin_template@2021.08.26-274-g4418509
+# generated with plugin_template@2021.08.26-282-g53132bb
 
 additional_repos: []
 api_root: /pulp/
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ ci_update_branches:
 - '3.22'
 - '3.23'
 - '3.39'
-- '3.41'
+- '3.42'
 ci_update_docs: true
 ci_update_release_behavior: replace-previous-version
 cli_package: pulp-cli