[Gov. Review]: Higress

### Project name

Higress

### Project link

https://github.com/higress-group/higress

### Due diligence link

_No response_

### Project contact information

- Yuanxiao Zhao: @EndlessSeeker
- Tianyi Zhang: @johnlanni
- Yiquan Dong: @CH3CHO

### Additional information

Higress is a CNCF Sandbox project preparing for an Incubation application and is requesting an independent Governance Review from the CNCF Project Reviews SubProject.

The project-side governance self-assessment is provided as supporting evidence:

https://github.com/higress-group/community/blob/main/docs/cncf/governance-review.md

Supporting governance evidence:

- Community and governance repository:
https://github.com/higress-group/community
- Governance:
https://github.com/higress-group/community/blob/main/GOVERNANCE.md
- Maintainers:
https://github.com/higress-group/community/blob/main/MAINTAINERS.md
- Code of Conduct:
https://github.com/higress-group/community/blob/main/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
- Community channels:
https://github.com/higress-group/community/blob/main/COMMUNITY.md
- Public community meetings:
https://github.com/higress-group/community/blob/main/MEETINGS.md
- Public roadmap:
https://github.com/higress-group/community/blob/main/ROADMAP.md
- Security policy:
https://github.com/higress-group/higress/blob/main/SECURITY.md
- Contribution guide:
https://github.com/higress-group/higress/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING_EN.md
- Code ownership:
https://github.com/higress-group/higress/blob/main/CODEOWNERS
- Incubation application working draft:
https://github.com/higress-group/community/blob/main/docs/cncf/incubation-application.md
- General Technical Review request:
https://github.com/cncf/toc/issues/2266

The project-side document is a self-assessment, not a claim of completed CNCF review. We welcome an independent reviewer assessment and will address findings through public issues and pull requests.

We request coordination of the final dated review snapshot under:

projects/higress/governance-review/YYYY-MM-DD.md

Start with the linked governance self-assessment and supporting files in higress-group/community, including GOVERNANCE.md, MAINTAINERS.md, COMMUNITY.md, and MEETINGS.md. Compare the evidence with the CNCF governance review request and record the independent, dated assessment under projects/higress/governance-review/YYYY-MM-DD.md; unresolved findings should be actionable through public issues or pull requests.

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