Cherry pick pr 7571

[purnesh42H]

Fixes: #7572

RELEASE NOTES: None

[codecov]

Codecov Report

All modified and coverable lines are covered by tests ✅

Project coverage is 81.77%. Comparing base (973e3dc) to head (eaf704f).
Report is 3 commits behind head on v1.66.x.

Additional details and impacted files

@@             Coverage Diff             @@
##           v1.66.x    #7611      +/-   ##
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- Coverage    81.86%   81.77%   -0.09%     
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  Files          361      361              
  Lines        27858    27859       +1     
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- Hits         22805    22781      -24     
- Misses        3855     3872      +17     
- Partials      1198     1206       +8     

Files with missing lines	Coverage Δ
mem/buffer_slice.go	96.20% <ø> (ø)
server.go	81.85% <100.00%> (-0.28%)	⬇️

... and 20 files with indirect coverage changes

[arjan-bal]

Please update the version in the release branch to 1.66.2-dev before merging.

[easwars]

Also, please change the PR title to include the release branch into which we are cherry picking. See here for an example: #7019

[easwars]

Is there a reason to include the commit to change the version along with the other commit that you are cherry picking?

[purnesh42H]

Is there a reason to include the commit to change the version along with the other commit that you are cherry picking?

yeah that was a mistake of checking out from previous patch release branch. I have created a separate PR

[arjan-bal]

FYI: This is the PR that will be merged: #7616