Misc Changes:

• chore(deps): update actions/setup-go action to v5.5.0 (#1680, @renovate[bot])
• chore(deps): update all github action dependencies (minor) (#1683, @renovate[bot])
• chore(deps): update dependency cilium/cilium to v1.17.4 (#1682, @renovate[bot])
• chore(deps): update dependency helm/helm to v3.18.3 (#1689, @renovate[bot])
• chore(deps): update dependency kubernetes-sigs/kind to v0.29.0 (#1684, @renovate[bot])
• chore(deps): update library/golang docker tag to v1.24.4 (#1687, @renovate[bot])
• chore(deps): update library/golang:1.24.3-alpine docker digest to b4f875e (#1685, @renovate[bot])
• Update CONTRIBUTING.md (#1681, @xmulligan)
• Update stable release to 1.17.3 (#1677, @chancez)