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Enhancements made
- Add the root_dir value to the logging message in case of non compliant preferred_dir [804](https://github.com/jupyter-server/jupyter_server/pull/804) ([echarles](https://github.com/echarles))
Bugs fixed
- missing required arguments in utils.fetch [798](https://github.com/jupyter-server/jupyter_server/pull/798) ([minrk](https://github.com/minrk))
Maintenance and upkeep improvements
- Add helper jobs for branch protection [797](https://github.com/jupyter-server/jupyter_server/pull/797) ([blink1073](https://github.com/blink1073))
- \[pre-commit.ci\] pre-commit autoupdate [793](https://github.com/jupyter-server/jupyter_server/pull/793) ([pre-commit-ci\[bot\]](https://github.com/apps/pre-commit-ci))
- Update branch references and links [791](https://github.com/jupyter-server/jupyter_server/pull/791) ([blink1073](https://github.com/blink1073))
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