Release Announcement

Check out the v1.7.1 release announcement to learn more about the release.

What's Changed

• [release-1.7] bump golang to 1.25.7 by @zirain in #8200
• [release-1.7] bump golang to 1.25.8 by @zirain in #8445
• [release/v1.7] bump envoy to 1.37.1 by @cnvergence in #8492
• [release/v1.7] Cherry pick for v1.7.1 by @cnvergence in #8494
  • api: make ConnectionLimit.Value optional (#8478)
  • fix: aggregate xRoute/xPolicy statuses across GWCs in gateway-api runner (#8387)
  • fix: active health check respect endpoint hostname (#8452)
  • fix: exclude unmanaged route parents from xPolicy status ancestors (#8321)
  • fix: add ownerReferences to ratelimit ConfigMap and HPA (#8358)
  • fix: computeHosts doesn't work when listener and route both wildcard (#8186)
  • fix: fixed local object reference resolution from parent in merged BackendTrafficPolicies (#8210)
  • fix: XListenerSet allows route from same namespace (#8226)
  • fix: API key auth (#8267)
• [release/v1.7] Cherry pick for v1.7.1 by @jukie in #8495
• [release/v1.7] bump envoy ratelimit to c8765e89 by @cnvergence in #8500

Full Changelog: v1.7.0...v1.7.1