Update Envoy Gateway to v1.7.1

This MR contains the following updates:

Package	Update	Change
gateway-crds-helm	patch	1.7.0 -> 1.7.1
gateway-helm (source)	patch	1.7.0 -> 1.7.1

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Release Notes

envoyproxy/gateway (gateway-crds-helm)

v1.7.1

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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 https://github.com/envoyproxy/gateway/pull/8200
• [release-1.7] bump golang to 1.25.8 by @​zirain in https://github.com/envoyproxy/gateway/pull/8445
• [release/v1.7] bump envoy to 1.37.1 by @​cnvergence in https://github.com/envoyproxy/gateway/pull/8492
• [release/v1.7] Cherry pick for v1.7.1 by @​cnvergence in https://github.com/envoyproxy/gateway/pull/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 https://github.com/envoyproxy/gateway/pull/8495
• [release/v1.7] bump envoy ratelimit to c8765e8 by @​cnvergence in https://github.com/envoyproxy/gateway/pull/8500

Full Changelog: https://github.com/envoyproxy/gateway/compare/v1.7.0...v1.7.1

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