sync: release 0.17.x

[FedeDP]

What type of PR is this?

/kind cleanup

Any specific area of the project related to this PR?

/area tests

Does this PR require a change in the driver versions?

What this PR does / why we need it:

Cherry picks #1886 from master.
This also fixes windows CI going crazy on release branch.

Which issue(s) this PR fixes:

Fixes #

Special notes for your reviewer:

Does this PR introduce a user-facing change?:

NONE

[github-actions]

Please double check driver/SCHEMA_VERSION file. See versioning.

/hold

[FedeDP]

Closing and reopening to trigger correct CI :D
/close

[poiana]

@FedeDP: Closed this PR.

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Closing and reopening to trigger correct CI :D
/close

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[FedeDP]

/reopen

[poiana]

@FedeDP: Reopened this PR.

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/reopen

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[FedeDP]

/milestone 0.17.3

[FedeDP]

/unhold

[LucaGuerra]

👏 🥳

[Andreagit97]

/approve

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