[release-1.6] cherry-pick for v1.6.1#7664

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zhaohuabing:cherry-pick/v1.6.1

Dec 5, 2025

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fix: oidc authentication endpoint was overwritten by discovered value (#7460)
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fix: do not return 500 for all requests when part of BackendRefs are invalid (#7488)
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fix: prevent skeleton route status entries for unmanaged GatewayClasses (#7536)

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treat too many addresses as programmed (#7542)

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bechmark: fix cpu sampling (#7581)
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chore: bump golang.org/x/crypto (#7588)

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findOwningGateway should return controller based on linked GatewayClass (#7611)

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fix: use default when namespace is unset (#7612)

zirain
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bump Gateway API v1.4.1 (#7653)

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update release note
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fix gen check
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ci: add script to free disk space (#7534)

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