Merge !71 along with CI fixes

This merges !71 (closed) along with other CI fixes; we can't merge otherwise because of those test failures.

Checklist

• Code modified for feature
• Test suite updated with functionality tests
• Test suite updated with negative tests
• Documentation updated

Reviewer's checklist:

• There is a test suite reasonably covering new functionality or modifications
• Function naming, parameters, return values, types, etc., are consistent with other code
• This feature/change has adequate documentation added
• No obvious mistakes in the code

mentioned in merge request !71 (closed)

enabled an automatic merge when the pipeline for 6ab0e605 succeeds

mentioned in commit 69289730

merged

mentioned in issue #30 (closed)