[release/v1.7] cherry-pick for v1.7.0-rc.2

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Codecov Report

❌ Patch coverage is 86.93467% with 26 lines in your changes missing coverage. Please review.
✅ Project coverage is 73.68%. Comparing base (e3ed79d) to head (4b96fe7).
⚠️ Report is 1 commits behind head on release/v1.7.

Files with missing lines	Patch %	Lines
internal/provider/kubernetes/kubernetes.go	12.50%	5 Missing and 2 partials ⚠️
internal/xds/translator/tracing.go	55.55%	3 Missing and 1 partial ⚠️
internal/cmd/server.go	0.00%	3 Missing ⚠️
internal/troubleshoot/collect/config_dump.go	57.14%	3 Missing ⚠️
internal/gatewayapi/securitypolicy.go	60.00%	1 Missing and 1 partial ⚠️
internal/ir/utils.go	92.59%	1 Missing and 1 partial ⚠️
internal/xds/translator/accesslog.go	89.47%	1 Missing and 1 partial ⚠️
internal/xds/translator/translator.go	71.42%	1 Missing and 1 partial ⚠️
internal/provider/kubernetes/status.go	95.65%	1 Missing ⚠️

Additional details and impacted files

@@               Coverage Diff                @@
##           release/v1.7    #8165      +/-   ##
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+ Coverage         73.67%   73.68%   +0.01%     
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  Files               240      241       +1     
  Lines             36461    36561     +100     
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+ Hits              26863    26941      +78     
- Misses             7694     7711      +17     
- Partials           1904     1909       +5     

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