Release Announcement

Check out the v1.7.3 release announcement to learn more about the release.

What's Changed

• [release/v1.7] bump grpc and otel by @cnvergence in #8846
• [release-1.7] bump golang by @zirain in #8944
• [release/v1.7] Cherry-pick for v1.7.3 by @cnvergence in #8869
• [release/v1.7] update release notes by @cnvergence in #8946

Full Changelog: v1.7.2...v1.7.3