* command: use backend config from state when `-backend=false` is used during `init`. [GH-23802]
* core: Better error handling for an odd "should never happen" situation regarding the restoration of a deposed instance during a `create_before_destroy` replace action. While this does not yet fix the situation (it can still happen), it now has a specialized error message to hopefully help gather some more information about the root cause in future reports. [GH-23718]
* core: Prevent insertion of default providers when resources are removed from the config .[GH-23696]
* core: Prevent insertion of default providers when resources are removed from the config. [GH-23696]
* core: Detect and handle dependencies implied by references in a `connection` block directly within a `resource` block. [GH-23663]
* communicator/ssh: Fix deadlock when SSH agent forwarding fails. [GH-23661]