[patch] release v1.7.9

[vankichi]

✨ New feature

• Add read replica rotator #2241
• Implement manifests for Index Management Job #2235
• Add job error to report index correction error status #2231
• Add implementation for save index job #2227
• Add implementation for create index job #2223
• Add index correction metrics #2215
• Add index correction document #2217
• Add make command to update template #2212
• Add job to check format difference #2214
• Add verification for index correction e2e and add clusterrole cronjobs for operator to deploy index correction #2205
• Add StreamListObject to LB #2203
• Add index correction helm templates and E2E #2200
• Add index correction internal logic #2194
• Add bbolt as internal/db/kvs #2177

⚡ Improve performance

• Improve index correction performance #2234

♻️ Refactor

• Refactor Index Management Job #2232
• Fix invalid network policy schema #2230
• Add minikube to create volume snapshot development environment locally #2228
• Enable ingress resource in the get started document #2211
• Add step to get k3s latest version #2206
• Update telepresence and helm-docs installer and update deps #2195
• Replace x/slices with standard slices pkg #2193
• add benchmark and check program for core ngt #2179

🐛 Bugfix

• Revert vtpool for ResourceExhausted problem #2255
• Fix deleted contour ingress controller apply #2229

✏️ Document

• Add document for RemoveByTimestamp RPC #2238

💚 CI

• Disable exhaustruct #2240
• Fix fails when there are format differences #2226

⬆️ Update dependencies

• update deps #2208
• update dependencies #2260

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[kpango]

LGTM

[hlts2]

LGTM!