This update cleans up internal record creation and update logic and reduces unnecessary database work. It should make some background operations more efficient and easier to maintain without changing day-to-day user workflows.

This is essentially some code cleanup and a few optimizations.

This update reorganizes and cleans up the Expenses module code without intending to change how users work with expenses. It should make future maintenance safer and easier, with improved automated tests around expense submission and related accounting entries.

https://www.odoo.com/web?debug#id=36710&view_type=form&model=project.task&action=333&active_id=965&menu_id=4720

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Several Odoo Enterprise app settings were updated to use a shared configuration mechanism, reducing custom code and making future maintenance easier. This is an internal cleanup with limited direct impact for end users, but it helps keep configuration behavior more consistent across apps.

https://www.odoo.com/web?debug#id=23838&view_type=form&model=project.task&action=333&active_id=965&menu_id=4720
Requires https://github.com/odoo/odoo/pull/18796

Implemented:

- [x] conversion of all the existing `res.config.settings`: removing boilerplate code when possible, with as few refactoring as possible