Release Announcement

Check out the v1.6.5 release announcement to learn more about the release.

What's Changed

• [release-1.6] do not make latest by @zirain in #8258
• Bump envoy proxy version to v1.36.5 by @rudrakhp in #8498
• Bump ratelimit version to c8765e89 by @rudrakhp in #8499
• [release/v1.6] cherry pick for v1.6.5 by @rudrakhp in #8503
• [release/v1.6] bump go version 1.25.8 by @rudrakhp in #8505
• [release/v1.6] add release notes for v1.6.5 (#8504) by @rudrakhp in #8506
• [release/v1.6] bump VERSION in v1.6 branch by @rudrakhp in #8507
• fix: multiple gc e2e (#8448) by @rudrakhp in #8510

Full Changelog: v1.6.4...v1.6.5