cherrypick 1.26.2 relnote (#16683)

* cherrypick 1.26.2 relnote

* fixing lint error

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Co-authored-by: Gustavo <grnmeira@gmail.com>

Author: 2 people

content/en/news/releases/1.26.x/announcing-1.26.2/index.md

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+---
+title: Announcing Istio 1.26.2
+linktitle: 1.26.2
+subtitle: Patch Release
+description: Istio 1.26.2 patch release.
+publishdate: 2025-06-20
+release: 1.26.2
+aliases:
+    - /news/announcing-1.26.2
+---
+
+This release contains bug fixes to improve robustness. This release note describes what’s different between Istio 1.26.1 and 1.26.2.
+
+{{< relnote >}}
+
+## Changes
+
+- **Fixed** incorrect UID and GID assignment for `istio-proxy` and `istio-validation` containers on OpenShift when TPROXY mode is enabled.
+
+- **Fixed** an issue where changing a `HTTPRoute` object could cause `istiod` to crash.
+  ([Issue #56456](https://github.com/istio/istio/issues/56456))
+
+- **Fixed** a race condition where status updates for Kubernetes objects could be missed by `istiod`.
+  ([Issue #56401](https://github.com/istio/istio/issues/56401))