Update step-down.mdx (#21495)

Updating the vault leader step down documentation to include some extra info about possible failed requests during leader step down

* Add changelog.txt
* Update website/content/docs/commands/operator/step-down.mdx

Co-authored-by: Sarah Chavis <62406755+schavis@users.noreply.github.com>
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```release-note:improvement
website/docs: Updating operator step-down docs to include info about possible failed requests during leader step down.
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affected node will have a delay before attempting to acquire
the leader lock again, if no other Vault nodes acquire the
lock beforehand, it is possible for the same node to re-acquire
the lock and become active again.
the lock and become active again. Due to the locking architecture, there may be a period of time
before another node grabs the lock and finishes transitioning to active operation where the cluster has no active node. During the period where none of the nodes are active, forwarding of requests to the leader node will fail.
## Examples