API Gateway and Mesh Gateway fails to configure when global name is set.

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Overview of the Issue

When global name is set using helm values (consul in this case).

helm install consul hashicorp/consul \
  --values values-ext.yaml \
  --set global.name=consul \
  --set global.datacenter=dc1 \
  --set externalServers.k8sAuthMethodHost=https://$KIND_API_IP:6443 \
  --create-namespace --namespace consul --version "1.8.0"

The generated ACL roles follow below naming convention.

2025-12-20T22:49:30.522+0530 [ERROR] agent.http: Request error: method=GET url="/v1/acl/role/name/managed-gateway-acl-role?dc=dc1&partition=k8s-wl" from=172.18.0.3:38056 error="Requested role does not exist: ACL not found"

However the available role I could see on UI is
consul-mesh-gateway-acl-role

Reproduction Steps

Consul Server Logs

2025-12-20T22:49:30.522+0530 [ERROR] agent.http: Request error: method=GET url="/v1/acl/role/name/managed-gateway-acl-role?dc=dc1&partition=k8s-wl" from=172.18.0.3:38056 error="Requested role does not exist: ACL not found"

Mesh Gateway container log

2025-12-20T17:42:20.525Z [INFO]  Check to ensure a Kubernetes service has been created for this application. If your pod is not starting also check the connect-inject deployment logs.
2025-12-20T17:42:21.529Z [INFO]  Unable to find registered gateway; retrying

Logs

output from 'kubectl logs' in relevant components

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Expected behavior

Mesh Gateway Container shall succeed but it fails.

Environment details

Kind cluster

Additional Context