chore: Backport/upstream 20260804 (#1334)

chore: upgrade google.golang.org/grpc to v1.82.1 (GHSA-hrxh-6v49-42gf) (

#1333)

chore: Backport v20260713 (#1331)

chore: Backport v20260626 (#1328)

chore: backport 20260619 (#1324)

chore: backport 20250602 (v0.18.7) (#1318)

chore: backport 20260527 (#1317)

chore: Backport v20261405 (#1310)

chore: Backport v20260512 (#1307)

chore: Backport v20260428 (#1299)

Merging this PR to unblock the progress -> if there's any concern, please let me know. Thanks 🙏