Release Announcement

Check out the [v1.7.2 release announcement]
(https://gateway.envoyproxy.io/news/releases/notes/v1.7.2) to learn more about the release.

What's Changed

• [release/v1.7] bump envoy to 1.37.2 and ratelimit to 05c08d03 by @cnvergence in #8763
• [release/v1.7] cherry-pick for v1.7.2 by @cnvergence in #8768
• [release/v1.7] bump go to 1.25.9 by @cnvergence in #8776

Full Changelog: v1.7.1...v1.7.2