Release Notes:
General: + Release 8.4.0 (2025-09-04)
OSS: + Update MODULE.bazel and .bazelversion after creating the new branch, release-8.4.1 (#26934)
Rules-CPP: + Automated rollback of commit 1e50d2bb74dbe304777564353640972d2cf6bc52. (#26933)
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