Release 1.31.0

What's Changed

• Chore/upgrade go version by @aryan-p03 in #160
• upgrade to Go 1.27.3 in CI by @aryan-p03 in #161
• Chore/mergeback 211026 by @aryan-p03 in #163
• Release/1.31.0 by @aryan-p03 in #162

Full Changelog: v1.30.0...v1.31.0