feat: address requested issues - closes #264, closes #263, closes #262, closes #261

[gelluisaac]

closes #264, closes #263, closes #262, closes #261

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[Cjay-Cyber-2]

CI Checks Failed — Action Needed

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Merge Conflict — Action Needed

This pull request has merge conflicts with the base branch (main).

What to do: update your branch by merging or rebasing against main, resolve any conflicts locally, and push the result.

[Cjay-Cyber-2]

Merge Conflict — Action Needed

This pull request has merge conflicts with the base branch (main).

What to do: update your branch by merging or rebasing against main, resolve any conflicts locally, and push the result.