Today, Istio’s revolutionary new ambient data plane mode has reached Beta. Ambient mode is designed for simplified operations, broader application compatibility, and reduced infrastructure cost. It gives you a sidecar-less data plane that’s integrated into your infrastructure, all while maintaining Istio’s core features of zero-trust security, telemetry, and traffic management. Ambient mode was announced in September 2022. Since then, our community has put in 20 months of hard work and ...
