Prepare release 2.62.1

[tomach]

Summary of changes

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• Relevant changes are reflected in CHANGES.rst
• Added or changed code is covered by tests
• Documentation has been updated if necessary
• Changed code does not contain any breaking changes (or this is a major version change)

[plaharanne]

Do you want to add the tests fix to the changelog? Otherwise, it looks good to me.

[tomach]

Do you want to add the tests fix to the changelog? Otherwise, it looks good to me?

hm, I didn't. I think they are test-only fixes (CI flakiness), no change to operator behavior or user facing changes.