feat: apply cumulative update to address various issues (#10324)

.releaserc

@@ -1,13 +1,6 @@
 {
   "branches": [
-    {
-      "name": "master"
-    },
-    {
-      "name": "next",
-      "channel": "alpha",
-      "prerelease": "alpha"
-    }
+    {"name": "master"}
   ],
   "tagFormat": "v${version}",
   "plugins": [
@@ -21,15 +14,12 @@
     "@semantic-release/release-notes-generator",
     "@semantic-release/npm",
     "@semantic-release/github",
-    [
-      "@semantic-release/git",
-      {
-        "assets": [
-          "package.json",
-          "package-lock.json"
-        ],
-        "message": "chore(release): cut the ${nextRelease.version} release\n\n${nextRelease.notes}"
-      }
-    ]
+    ["@semantic-release/git", {
+      "assets": [
+        "package.json",
+        "package-lock.json"
+      ],
+      "message": "chore(release): cut the ${nextRelease.version} release\n\n${nextRelease.notes}"
+    }]
   ]
-}
+}