[Docs] 8.16.6 release notes (#215252)

## Summary

Adding 8.16.6 release notes.

Rel: [3072](https://github.com/elastic/dev/issues/3072)
Closes: [658](https://github.com/elastic/platform-docs-team/issues/658)

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@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ Review important information about the {kib} 8.x releases.
* <<release-notes-8.17.2>>
* <<release-notes-8.17.1>>
* <<release-notes-8.17.0>>
* <<release-notes-8.16.6>>
* <<release-notes-8.16.5>>
* <<release-notes-8.16.4>>
* <<release-notes-8.16.3>>
@ -585,10 +586,41 @@ Machine Learning::
Kibana platform::
* Fixes an issue with the global search field that could open the wrong page when pressing "Enter" while results were not yet fully loaded ({kibana-pull}197750[#197750]).
[[release-notes-8.16.6]]
== {kib} 8.16.6
The 8.16.6 release includes the following enhancements and fixes.
[float]
[[enhancement-v8.16.6]]
=== Enhancements
Elastic Observability Solution::
* Splits up the top dependencies API for improved speed and response size ({kibana-pull}211441[#211441]).
[float]
[[fixes-v8.16.6]]
=== Fixes
Alerting::
* Fixes a bug with ServiceNow where users could not create the connector from the UI form using OAuth ({kibana-pull}213658[#213658]).
Data ingestion and Fleet::
* Fixes an issue with the Agent binary download field being blank when a policy uses the default download source ({kibana-pull}214360[#214360]).
Elastic Observability Solution::
* Passes telemetry.sdk* data when loading a dashboard ({kibana-pull}214356[#214356]).
* Fixes missing summary data in error sample ({kibana-pull}213430[#213430]).
* Fixes service maps not building paths when the trace's root transaction has a `parent.id` ({kibana-pull}212998[#212998]).
* Fixes span links with OTel data ({kibana-pull}212806[#212806]).
Elastic Security solution::
For the Elastic Security 8.16.6 release information, refer to {security-guide}/release-notes.html[_Elastic Security Solution Release Notes_].
Kibana security::
* Fixes structured log flow to handle multiple types of structured logs ({kibana-pull}212611[#212611]).
Management::
* Fixes error when opening a rollup data view in Discover ({kibana-pull}214656[#214656]).
[[release-notes-8.16.5]]
== {kib} 8.16.5
The 8.16.5 release includes the following bug fixes.
The 8.16.5 release includes the following enhancements and bug fixes.
[float]
[[enhancement-v8.16.5]]