docs(changelog): version 1.7.1 [citest_skip]

Update changelog and .README.html for version 1.7.1

Signed-off-by: Rich Megginson <rmeggins@redhat.com>

Author: richm

CHANGELOG.md

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 Changelog
 =========
 
+[1.7.1] - 2026-05-07
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+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+- fix: issues found via code review (#170)
+
+### Other Changes
+
+- ci: testing farm tests now use 5 managed nodes [citest_skip] (#167)
+- test: comment out NFS mounts from /etc/fstab for bootable test failures (#168)
+- ci: bump actions/github-script from 8 to 9 (#169)
+
 [1.7.0] - 2026-04-28
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