diff --git a/ApplicationExeCode/CMakeLists.txt b/ApplicationExeCode/CMakeLists.txt
index 490eaf92f3c..9a2412a379b 100644
--- a/ApplicationExeCode/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ApplicationExeCode/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -229,7 +229,30 @@ if(RESINSIGHT_ENABLE_OPENVDS)
   add_definitions(-DUSE_OPENVDS)
 endif()
 
-target_link_libraries(ResInsight PRIVATE ${LINK_LIBRARIES})
+# Link libraries with WHOLE_ARCHIVE for ApplicationLibCode, cafCommandFeatures, Commands, and GrpcInterface
+# to ensure static initialization is not optimized away by the linker.
+# Other libraries are linked normally.
+set(FILTERED_LINK_LIBRARIES ${LINK_LIBRARIES})
+list(REMOVE_ITEM FILTERED_LINK_LIBRARIES ApplicationLibCode cafCommandFeatures Commands GrpcInterface)
+
+target_link_libraries(
+  ResInsight
+  PRIVATE
+    ${FILTERED_LINK_LIBRARIES}
+    $<LINK_LIBRARY:WHOLE_ARCHIVE,ApplicationLibCode>
+    $<LINK_LIBRARY:WHOLE_ARCHIVE,cafCommandFeatures>
+    $<LINK_LIBRARY:WHOLE_ARCHIVE,Commands>
+    $<$<BOOL:${RESINSIGHT_ENABLE_GRPC}>:$<LINK_LIBRARY:WHOLE_ARCHIVE,GrpcInterface>>
+)
+
+# Add RifGeoMechFileInterface after WHOLE_ARCHIVE to resolve link order issues
+if(UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
+  target_link_options(ResInsight PRIVATE "LINKER:--start-group")
+  target_link_libraries(ResInsight PRIVATE RifGeoMechFileInterface RigGeoMechDataModel)
+  target_link_options(ResInsight PRIVATE "LINKER:--end-group")
+else()
+  target_link_libraries(ResInsight PRIVATE RifGeoMechFileInterface)
+endif()
 
 if(UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
   target_link_libraries(ResInsight PRIVATE xcb)
diff --git a/ApplicationLibCode/CMakeLists.txt b/ApplicationLibCode/CMakeLists.txt
index 37997cc2564..1a744b9b0b4 100644
--- a/ApplicationLibCode/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ApplicationLibCode/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ list(APPEND ALL_SOURCE_FILES ${CPP_SOURCES} ${MOC_SOURCE_FILES}
      ${FORM_FILES_CPP} ${QRC_FILES}
 )
 
-add_library(${PROJECT_NAME} OBJECT ${ALL_SOURCE_FILES})
+add_library(${PROJECT_NAME} STATIC ${ALL_SOURCE_FILES})
 
 option(RESINSIGHT_ENABLE_DYNAMIC_DEOPTIMALIZATION
        "Ensable Dynamic Deoptimalization" OFF
diff --git a/ApplicationLibCode/Commands/CMakeLists.txt b/ApplicationLibCode/Commands/CMakeLists.txt
index 0ecee04926b..21fa44bbbaf 100644
--- a/ApplicationLibCode/Commands/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ApplicationLibCode/Commands/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ endforeach(referencedfile)
 find_package(Eigen3 REQUIRED)
 
 add_library(
-  ${PROJECT_NAME} OBJECT
+  ${PROJECT_NAME} STATIC
   ${COMMAND_CODE_SOURCE_FILES} ${COMMAND_CODE_HEADER_FILES}
   ${COMMAND_MOC_SOURCE_FILES}
 )
@@ -91,6 +91,8 @@ endif()
 target_include_directories(
   ${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
                           ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/EclipseCommands
+                          $<TARGET_PROPERTY:ApplicationLibCode,INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES>
+                          $<TARGET_PROPERTY:cafCommandFeatures,INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES>
 )
 
 if(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "Clang")
@@ -135,7 +137,8 @@ if(MSVC)
 
 endif()
 
-set(LINK_LIBRARIES ApplicationLibCode ResultStatisticsCache
+set(LINK_LIBRARIES # ApplicationLibCode removed - linked with WHOLE_ARCHIVE in executables
+                   ResultStatisticsCache
                    ResInsightCommonSettings
 )
 target_link_libraries(Commands PRIVATE ${LINK_LIBRARIES})
diff --git a/ApplicationLibCode/GeoMech/GeoMechDataModel/CMakeLists.txt b/ApplicationLibCode/GeoMech/GeoMechDataModel/CMakeLists.txt
index aac48d14e59..2b5f0d29159 100644
--- a/ApplicationLibCode/GeoMech/GeoMechDataModel/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ApplicationLibCode/GeoMech/GeoMechDataModel/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -110,7 +110,8 @@ add_library(
   RigFemAddressDefines.cpp
 )
 
-target_include_directories(${PROJECT_NAME} PUBLIC ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR})
+target_include_directories(${PROJECT_NAME} PUBLIC ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
+                                                  PRIVATE $<TARGET_PROPERTY:ApplicationLibCode,INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES>)
 
 target_link_libraries(
   RigGeoMechDataModel PUBLIC LibCore cafPdmCvf cafTensor cafUserInterface
diff --git a/ApplicationLibCode/GeoMech/GeoMechFileInterface/CMakeLists.txt b/ApplicationLibCode/GeoMech/GeoMechFileInterface/CMakeLists.txt
index 62346d4090d..f42956d252e 100644
--- a/ApplicationLibCode/GeoMech/GeoMechFileInterface/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ApplicationLibCode/GeoMech/GeoMechFileInterface/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ add_library(
   RifVtkReader.cpp
 )
 
-target_include_directories(${PROJECT_NAME} PUBLIC ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR})
+target_include_directories(${PROJECT_NAME} PUBLIC ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
+                                                  PRIVATE $<TARGET_PROPERTY:ApplicationLibCode,INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES>)
 
 target_link_libraries(
   RifGeoMechFileInterface PUBLIC RigGeoMechDataModel LibCore
diff --git a/ApplicationLibCode/ModelVisualization/Faults/RivReservoirFaultsPartMgr.cpp b/ApplicationLibCode/ModelVisualization/Faults/RivReservoirFaultsPartMgr.cpp
index a529abf3f16..0bda63b9234 100644
--- a/ApplicationLibCode/ModelVisualization/Faults/RivReservoirFaultsPartMgr.cpp
+++ b/ApplicationLibCode/ModelVisualization/Faults/RivReservoirFaultsPartMgr.cpp
@@ -245,8 +245,7 @@ void RivReservoirFaultsPartMgr::updateColors( size_t timeStepIndex, RimEclipseCe
 {
     if ( !m_reservoirView ) return;
 
-    RimFaultInViewCollection* faultCollection = m_reservoirView->faultCollection();
-    CVF_ASSERT( faultCollection );
+    CVF_ASSERT( m_reservoirView->faultCollection() );
 
     for ( auto& faultPart : m_faultParts )
     {
diff --git a/ApplicationLibCode/ResultStatisticsCache/CMakeLists.txt b/ApplicationLibCode/ResultStatisticsCache/CMakeLists.txt
index 121aae877b4..2f544cced15 100644
--- a/ApplicationLibCode/ResultStatisticsCache/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ApplicationLibCode/ResultStatisticsCache/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ add_library(
   RigStatisticsMath.cpp
 )
 
-target_include_directories(${PROJECT_NAME} PUBLIC ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR})
+target_include_directories(${PROJECT_NAME} PUBLIC ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
+                                                  PRIVATE $<TARGET_PROPERTY:ApplicationLibCode,INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES>)
 
-target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} LibCore ApplicationLibCode)
+target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE LibCore)
+# ApplicationLibCode removed - linked with WHOLE_ARCHIVE in executables
diff --git a/ApplicationLibCode/UnitTests/CMakeLists.txt b/ApplicationLibCode/UnitTests/CMakeLists.txt
index e9ebcf2d1d2..2b3889960bc 100644
--- a/ApplicationLibCode/UnitTests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ApplicationLibCode/UnitTests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -233,7 +233,22 @@ if(RESINSIGHT_USE_ODB_API)
   list(APPEND LINK_LIBRARIES RifOdbReader)
 endif()
 
-target_link_libraries(ResInsight-tests PUBLIC ${LINK_LIBRARIES} GTest::gtest)
+# Link libraries with WHOLE_ARCHIVE for ApplicationLibCode, cafCommandFeatures, Commands, and GrpcInterface
+# to ensure static initialization is not optimized away by the linker.
+# Other libraries are linked normally.
+set(FILTERED_LINK_LIBRARIES ${LINK_LIBRARIES})
+list(REMOVE_ITEM FILTERED_LINK_LIBRARIES ApplicationLibCode cafCommandFeatures Commands GrpcInterface)
+
+target_link_libraries(
+  ResInsight-tests
+  PUBLIC
+    ${FILTERED_LINK_LIBRARIES}
+    GTest::gtest
+    $<LINK_LIBRARY:WHOLE_ARCHIVE,ApplicationLibCode>
+    $<LINK_LIBRARY:WHOLE_ARCHIVE,cafCommandFeatures>
+    $<LINK_LIBRARY:WHOLE_ARCHIVE,Commands>
+    $<$<BOOL:${RESINSIGHT_ENABLE_GRPC}>:$<LINK_LIBRARY:WHOLE_ARCHIVE,GrpcInterface>>
+)
 
 if(MSVC)
   add_custom_command(
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 434f3532e7b..0646ea6a072 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -977,7 +977,7 @@ list(
   CommonCode
   cafVizExtensions
   cafPdmScripting
-  cafCommandFeatures
+  # cafCommandFeatures removed - linked with WHOLE_ARCHIVE in executables
 )
 
 set_property(TARGET ${APP_FWK_LIBRARIES} PROPERTY FOLDER "AppFwk")
diff --git a/Fwk/AppFwk/cafCommandFeatures/CMakeLists.txt b/Fwk/AppFwk/cafCommandFeatures/CMakeLists.txt
index de9b8c8c392..9b8e1eba85e 100644
--- a/Fwk/AppFwk/cafCommandFeatures/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Fwk/AppFwk/cafCommandFeatures/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -53,18 +53,18 @@ set(QRC_FILES
     PARENT_SCOPE
 )
 
-# NOTE! Adding the library as a cmake "OBJECT" library to make sure the linker
-# is not pruning the seemingly unused features, and to make sure that the static
-# initialization based registration of the features into the factory is done
-# properly see
-# https://gitlab.kitware.com/cmake/community/wikis/doc/tutorials/Object-Library
-# and
-# https://cmake.org/cmake/help/v3.15/command/add_library.html?highlight=add_library#object-libraries
+# NOTE! Adding the library as a cmake "STATIC" library. To ensure the linker
+# doesn't prune seemingly unused features and that static initialization based
+# registration of features into the factory is done properly, MSVC uses
+# /WHOLEARCHIVE and GCC/Clang use --whole-archive linker flags. See
+# https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/command/add_library.html
 
-add_library(${PROJECT_NAME} OBJECT ${PROJECT_FILES} ${MOC_SOURCE_FILES})
+add_library(${PROJECT_NAME} STATIC ${PROJECT_FILES} ${MOC_SOURCE_FILES})
+
+target_include_directories(${PROJECT_NAME} PUBLIC ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR})
 
 target_link_libraries(
-  ${PROJECT_NAME} cafCommand cafUserInterface ${QT_LIBRARIES}
+  ${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE cafCommand cafUserInterface ${QT_LIBRARIES}
 )
 
 if(MSVC)
diff --git a/Fwk/AppFwk/cafTests/cafTestApplication/CMakeLists.txt b/Fwk/AppFwk/cafTests/cafTestApplication/CMakeLists.txt
index 1ab7147d7a1..e1bc4a1e056 100644
--- a/Fwk/AppFwk/cafTests/cafTestApplication/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Fwk/AppFwk/cafTests/cafTestApplication/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -52,17 +52,13 @@ set(PROJECT_FILES
 
 qt_add_executable(
   ${PROJECT_NAME} ${PROJECT_FILES} ${MOC_SOURCE_FILES} ${QRC_FILES}
-  $<TARGET_OBJECTS:cafCommandFeatures> # Needed for cmake version < 3.12. Remove
-  # when we can use target_link_libraries with OBJECT libraries
 )
 
 set(TAP_LINK_LIBRARIES cafUserInterface)
 
 if(USE_COMMAND_FRAMEWORK)
-  set(TAP_LINK_LIBRARIES
-      ${TAP_LINK_LIBRARIES} cafCommand
-      # cafCommandFeatures # Not possible using cmake version < 3.12. Use when
-      # we can use target_link_libraries with OBJECT libraries
+  set(TAP_LINK_LIBRARIES ${TAP_LINK_LIBRARIES} cafCommand
+                         $<LINK_LIBRARY:WHOLE_ARCHIVE,cafCommandFeatures>
   )
 endif(USE_COMMAND_FRAMEWORK)
 
diff --git a/GrpcInterface/CMakeLists.txt b/GrpcInterface/CMakeLists.txt
index 703bc9ca7cd..2c82586d604 100644
--- a/GrpcInterface/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/GrpcInterface/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -124,10 +124,10 @@ set(_LINK_LIBRARIES
     LibCore
     CommonCode
     cafCommand
-    cafCommandFeatures
+    # cafCommandFeatures and ApplicationLibCode removed - linked with WHOLE_ARCHIVE in executables
     cafProjectDataModel
     cafPdmScripting
-    ApplicationLibCode)
+    )
 
 # Proto files
 file(GLOB GRPC_PROTO_FILES GrpcProtos/*.proto)
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ list(
 list(APPEND GRPC_PYTHON_SOURCES ${GRPC_PYTHON_GENERATED_SOURCES})
 
 add_library(
-  ${PROJECT_NAME} OBJECT
+  ${PROJECT_NAME} STATIC
   ${SOURCE_GROUP_HEADER_FILES} ${SOURCE_GROUP_SOURCE_FILES}
   ${GRPC_HEADER_FILES} ${GRPC_CPP_SOURCES})
 
@@ -228,6 +228,7 @@ target_include_directories(${PROJECT_NAME} PUBLIC
   PRIVATE
   ${GRPC_INCLUDE_DIRS}
   ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/Generated
+  $<TARGET_PROPERTY:ApplicationLibCode,INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES>
 )
 
 target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE ${_LINK_LIBRARIES})
diff --git a/ThirdParty/openzgy b/ThirdParty/openzgy
index 5babbb8937b..0b7a2dd6365 160000
--- a/ThirdParty/openzgy
+++ b/ThirdParty/openzgy
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 5babbb8937bb9914a846951ada561714d021952a
+Subproject commit 0b7a2dd6365805ec1b984d0aa93fd17516de76dd