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istio.io @istio.io · 03/08/2026

Istio Day is back at the Cloud Native Theater during #KubeCon + #CloudNativeCon NA 2026! The CFP is now open! If you have an interesting Istio technical story, lesson learned, production experience, community contribution or innovation to share, we'd love to hear: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Istio Day CFP poster with QR code for signing up

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istio.io @istio.io · 16/07/2026

Our annual Technical Oversight Committee election is now underway. Project maintainers (including current TOC members) can stand for the three open seats. Please drop by #contributors on the Istio Slack to learn more.

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istio.io @istio.io · 12/08/2025

Istio 1.27 is out! This release adds Gateway API Inference Extension support to help run AI workloads on Kubernetes. Ambient mode now supports multi-cluster deployments in alpha. Learn about these and many more features and bug fixes: istio.io/latest/news/...

istio.io

Announcing Istio 1.27.0

Istio 1.27 Release Announcement.

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istio.io @istio.io · 24/06/2025

Istio Day is once again coming to #KubeCon — this time in Atlanta, GA in November. Want to present — new features, case studies, a lightning talk? Our Call for Proposals is open, closing June 30! events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-clou...

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Istio Day | LF Events

Istio Day community event for the industry’s most popular service mesh, where you will find lessons learned from running Istio in production, hands-on experiences, and featuring maintainers from…

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istio.io @istio.io · 08/05/2025

1.26 is out istio.io/latest/news/...

White smoke from the roof of the Sistine Chapel indicating Istio 1.26 has been released

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istio.io @istio.io · 02/05/2025

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istio.io @istio.io · 18/04/2025

Istio's ambient mode was built for security from the ground up. So, it's not surprising that ztunnel has sailed through its first security audit, thanks to Trail of Bits, @ostifofficial.bsky.social and @cncf.io. Read more: istio.io/latest/blog/...

istio.io

Istio publishes results of ztunnel security audit

Passes with flying colors.

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istio.io @istio.io · 26/03/2025

Coming to #KubeCon + #CloudNativeCon in London next week? Learn about all the Istio sessions, including at the Maintainer Summit and #IstioDay before the conference proper. istio.io/latest/blog/...

istio.io

Istio at KubeCon Europe, See you soon in London!

Celebrate Istio at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2025.

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istio.io @istio.io · 06/03/2025

Announcing the 2025 Istio Steering Committee: sharing the results of our Community Seat election and the appointment of Contribution Seat holders. istio.io/latest/blog/...

istio.io

Istio Project Announces 2025 Steering Committee

Announcing the results of our Community Seat election and our Contribution Seat holders.

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istio.io @istio.io · 04/03/2025

It's Istio 1.25! Now with simplifications for using waypoint proxies and keeping traffic in-zone, as well as a raft of bug fixes and performance improvements. istio.io/latest/news/...

istio.io

Announcing Istio 1.25.0

Istio 1.25 Release Announcement.

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istio.io @istio.io · 20/01/2025

checking in, haven't heard from you for a while. how are things? i'm good. very ambient these days. new release coming in a few weeks.

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istio.io @istio.io · 26/11/2024

Istio 1.24.1 is out! Lots of bug fixes for ambient mode - highly recommended. Or, if you haven't upgraded to 1.24 yet because you were waiting for the .1, now's your time, baby! istio.io/latest/news/...

istio.io

Announcing Istio 1.24.1

Istio 1.24.1 patch release.

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John Howard @howardjohn.info · 11/11/2024

I'll be speaking this week in the coveted Friday afternoon time slot. Come by if you want to learn about simulating Kubernetes for testing! I am confident you will learn something new, but no promises it will be useful 🙂. sched.co/1i7qh

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KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2024: Testing Kubernetes Without Kubernetes: A...

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Keith Mattix @keithmattix.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

It’s time to get excited for #IstioDay! We’re kicking off tomorrow Nov.12 at 1:25 PM: sched.co/1jJgh. Come check out THE #KubeCon co-located event for Istio maintainers and practitioners to learn from each other!! Hope to see you there 😄

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CNCF-hosted Co-located Events North America 2024: Istio Day | Welcome + Opening Remarks -...

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istio.io @istio.io · 08/11/2024

Istio 1.24 is out today, and it's kind of a big deal. istio.io/latest/news/...

Fast, secure and simple: Istio's ambient mode is now Generally Available

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istio.io @istio.io · 08/11/2024

giving away a free sidecar to our first 250,000 followers

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istio.io @istio.io · 22/10/2024

"Istio was able to deliver 56% more queries at 20% lower tail latency [than Cilium]. Taking into account the resources used, Istio processed 2178 queries per core, vs Cilium’s 1815, a 20% improvement." istio.io/latest/blog/...

istio.io

Scaling in the Clouds: Istio Ambient vs. Cilium

A Deep Dive into Performance at Scale.

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