fix(helm): preserve envoyProxy provider configuration

Signed-off-by: Aditya7880900936 <adityasanskarsrivastav788@gmail.com>

Author: Aditya7880900936

charts/gateway-helm/templates/_helpers.tpl

@@ -199,13 +199,23 @@ The default Envoy Gateway configuration.
   {{- if .Values.global.images.envoyProxy.pullPolicy }}
     {{- $_ := set $container "imagePullPolicy" .Values.global.images.envoyProxy.pullPolicy }}
   {{- end }}
-  {{- $deployment := dict "container" $container }}
+
+  {{- $workload := dict "container" $container }}
+
   {{- if or .Values.global.imagePullSecrets .Values.global.images.envoyProxy.pullSecrets }}
     {{- $pullSecretsYaml := include "eg.envoyProxy.image.pullSecrets" . }}
     {{- $pullSecrets := dict "imagePullSecrets" ($pullSecretsYaml | fromYaml).imagePullSecrets }}
-    {{- $_ := set $deployment "pod" $pullSecrets }}
+    {{- $_ := set $workload "pod" $pullSecrets }}
+  {{- end }}
+
+  {{- $envoyProvider := dig "provider" "kubernetes" dict $envoyProxyBase }}
+  {{- $workloadKey := "envoyDeployment" }}
+
+  {{- if hasKey $envoyProvider "envoyDaemonSet" }}
+    {{- $workloadKey = "envoyDaemonSet" }}
   {{- end }}
-  {{- $kubernetes := dict "envoyDeployment" $deployment }}
+
+  {{- $kubernetes := dict $workloadKey $workload }}
   {{- $provider := dict "type" "Kubernetes" "kubernetes" $kubernetes }}
   {{- $imageOverride = dict "provider" $provider }}
 {{- end }}

release-notes/current.yaml

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ bug fixes: |
   Fixed `MaxStreamDuration` not being set on `CommonHttpProtocolOptions` for non-route cluster.
   Fixed `egctl x status all`/`xroute`/`xpolicy` failing when a Gateway API CRD (e.g. TCPRoute) is not installed in the cluster; missing CRDs are now skipped silently, or reported on stderr with `-v`.
   Fixed Kubernetes Service and ServiceImport `appProtocol` values `kubernetes.io/ws` and `kubernetes.io/wss` to force HTTP/1.1 upstream connections instead of negotiating HTTP/2, avoiding compatibility issues with WebSocket backends that do not support RFC 8441 extended CONNECT.
+  Fixed the gateway-helm chart to render the default EnvoyProxy image in the generated EnvoyGateway configuration while preserving existing `envoyDeployment` and `envoyDaemonSet` provider configurations.
 # Enhancements that improve performance.
 performance improvements: |
 

site/content/en/community/RELEASING.md

@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ export GITHUB_REMOTE=origin
    ```shell
    git checkout -b release/v${MAJOR_VERSION}.${MINOR_VERSION}
    ```
-f
 8. Push the branch to the Envoy Gateway repo.
 
     ```shell