v1.6.23

What's Changed

• fix: set EnableIPAMv2 to true for current release train by @jpayne3506 in #3502
• deps: bump github.com/prometheus/common from 0.62.0 to 0.63.0 by @dependabot in #3508
• chore(deps): bump golang.org/x/net from 0.34.0 to 0.36.0 in /tools/azure-npm-to-cilium-validator in the go_modules group across 1 directory by @dependabot in #3507
• deps: bump google.golang.org/grpc from 1.70.0 to 1.71.0 by @dependabot in #3469
• [PONv6] Add 3 new fields to NC. by @ecigar13 in #3499
• feat: CNS checks apiserver in healthz by @tyler-lloyd in #3269
• ci: remove toolchain usage by @jpayne3506 in #3516
• deps: bump golang.org/x/sync from 0.11.0 to 0.12.0 by @dependabot in #3477
• deps: bump golang.org/x/time from 0.10.0 to 0.11.0 by @dependabot in #3479
• deps: bump github.com/Azure/azure-container-networking from 1.6.21 to 1.6.22 in /azure-ipam by @dependabot in #3511
• deps: bump golang.org/x/net from 0.35.0 to 0.37.0 by @dependabot in #3480
• ci: add cilium local redirect policy test to nightly pipeline by @QxBytes in #3500
• fix: modify cleanup path to always delete link by @QxBytes in #3519
• ci: release test skip npm k8s e2e linux podsubnet by @camrynl in #3525
• deps: bump google.golang.org/protobuf from 1.36.5 to 1.36.6 by @dependabot in #3532
• deps: bump github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azcore from 1.17.0 to 1.17.1 by @dependabot in #3521
• deps: bump github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v5 from 5.2.1 to 5.2.2 in the go_modules group by @dependabot in #3527
• fix: carefully retry restarting HNS if it hangs by @rbtr in #3529
• deps: bump github.com/spf13/viper from 1.19.0 to 1.20.1 by @dependabot in #3538
• fix: backoff retry and timeouts in HNS restart by @rbtr in #3540

Full Changelog: v1.6.22...v1.6.23