Completed patch release v0.50.8Public

Release complete: v0.50.8 published, changelogs rolled forward, checks passed, main and tag pushed.

Noted warnings: npm publish reported “No .npmignore file found, using .gitignore” for several packages.

Full release output is in /var/folders/49/l4171l3n219_xwq30fmyzr8w0000gn/T/pi-bash-a58a17484166e869.log.