Prepare 1.6.1

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Backporting:

• NETOBSERV-1743
• NETOBSERV-1732
• NETOBSERV-1697
• NETOBSERV-1676

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[codecov]

Codecov Report

Attention: Patch coverage is 24.69136% with 122 lines in your changes missing coverage. Please review.

Project coverage is 32.78%. Comparing base (a7056b4) to head (90e1e96).

Additional details and impacted files

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##           release-1.6     #368      +/-   ##
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- Coverage        33.30%   32.78%   -0.52%     
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  Files               48       48              
  Lines             3492     3596     +104     
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+ Hits              1163     1179      +16     
- Misses            2232     2316      +84     
- Partials            97      101       +4     

Flag	Coverage Δ
unittests	32.78% <24.69%> (-0.52%)	⬇️

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Files	Coverage Δ
pkg/pbpacket/packet.pb.go	51.11% <0.00%> (ø)
pkg/ifaces/informer.go	0.00% <0.00%> (ø)
pkg/ifaces/poller.go	82.45% <67.74%> (-10.57%)	⬇️
pkg/ifaces/watcher.go	61.29% <51.35%> (+2.51%)	⬆️
pkg/ebpf/tracer.go	0.00% <0.00%> (ø)