WIP: Prepare 12.9.6 release

Release issue: gitlab-org/release/tasks#1322 (closed)

Summary

This MR prepares 12-9-stable for 12.9.6.

Automated cherry-picking

Merge requests labeled ~"Pick into 12.9" should be automatically picked into this MR using the following ChatOps command:

# In Slack
/chatops run release merge 12.9.6