Merge branch 'rc/1.51.3' into release

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Merge branch 'rc/1.51.0' into release

Merge branch 'rc/1.50.6' into release

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[release] update `base64` command (google#7559)

Seems like a `-i` is now necessary for the command. Note that we recently startede using mac-mx machines.

Merge branch 'rc/1.50.1' into release