cherry-pick #7595 to v1.67.x branch

[arjan-bal]

Original PR: #7595

RELEASE NOTES: N/A

[codecov]

Codecov Report

All modified and coverable lines are covered by tests ✅

Project coverage is 81.92%. Comparing base (3ffb98b) to head (f7c303a).
Report is 1 commits behind head on v1.67.x.

Additional details and impacted files

@@             Coverage Diff             @@
##           v1.67.x    #7637      +/-   ##
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+ Coverage    81.87%   81.92%   +0.04%     
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  Files          361      361              
  Lines        27813    27816       +3     
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+ Hits         22773    22788      +15     
+ Misses        3843     3839       -4     
+ Partials      1197     1189       -8     

Files with missing lines	Coverage Δ
mem/buffer_slice.go	96.20% <ø> (ø)

... and 37 files with indirect coverage changes

[purnesh42H]

I think you still have to add the same release notes? LGTM otherwise

[arjan-bal]

I think you still have to add the same release notes? LGTM otherwise

Since the change is already present in the latest release (1.66.2), I don't think we need to mention it in the release notes for 1.67. Confirming with other maintainers.