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**Description**

Cherry-pick bug fixes from v0.12.0 to main.

**Major Revisions**

* #725
* #727
* #728
Co-authored-by: Hongtao Zhang <hongtaozhang@microsoft.com>
Co-authored-by: Yifan Xiong <yixio@microsoft.com>
Co-authored-by: Guoshuai Zhao <guzhao@microsoft.com>

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Co-authored-by: Hongtao Zhang <hongtaozhang@microsoft.com>