v0.253.0

What's Changed

• fix smoke tests not running by @jakecoffman in #9487
• fix pub build not using lockfile by @jakecoffman in #9491
• asynchronously create PRs by @jakecoffman in #9485
• use MSBuild-evaluated property values for TFM by @brettfo in #9417
• Bump psych from 5.1.1.1 to 5.1.2 in /updater by @dependabot in #8854
• Bump the npm-dependencies group in /npm_and_yarn/helpers with 3 updates by @dependabot in #9499
• Bump nokogiri from 1.15.4 to 1.16.4 in /updater by @dependabot in #9479
• 5856: nokogiri stack level is too deep error by @thavaahariharangit in #9472
• Bump the all-actions group with 2 updates by @dependabot in #9488
• Bump the dev-dependencies group in /composer/helpers/v2 with 2 updates by @dependabot in #9465
• fix smoke test download failing by @jakecoffman in #9510
• remove implicit group behavior from the Updater by @jakecoffman in #9506
• handle all instances of global.json when initializing MSBuild by @brettfo in #9511
• Ensure stackprof is only required once by @jurre in #9516
• Bump the common group in /python/helpers with 2 updates by @dependabot in #9393
• Bump es5-ext from 0.10.53 to 0.10.63 in /npm_and_yarn/helpers/test/npm6/fixtures/conflicting-dependency-parser/deeply-nested by @dependabot in #9142
• update all packages with dependencies on the target package when possible by @brettfo in #9507
• v0.253.0 by @dependabot-core-action-automation in #9525

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