[release-1.16] Bump CAPI to v1.7.9

[mboersma]

What type of PR is this?

/kind cleanup

What this PR does / why we need it:

Updates CAPI to v1.7.9.

Which issue(s) this PR fixes:

N/A, but see #5256 for prior art.

Special notes for your reviewer:

• cherry-pick candidate

TODOs:

• squashed commits
• includes documentation
• adds unit tests

Release note:

Bump CAPI to v1.7.9

[codecov]

Codecov Report

All modified and coverable lines are covered by tests ✅

Project coverage is 52.33%. Comparing base (207a72f) to head (b3f60a4).
Report is 3 commits behind head on release-1.16.

Additional details and impacted files

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[mboersma]

/retest

[mboersma]

/retest

[nawazkh]

/lgtm

[k8s-ci-robot]

LGTM label has been added.

Git tree hash: dd53819e116f345539eec97e222a26c450e51678

[nawazkh]

/approve

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