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Istio: what changed

In the last 90 days, 25 summarized changes: 6 security advisories, 2 end-of-life notices, 1 deprecations, 6 keynotes, 10 releases. Stackdiff reads Istio's own feeds (istio.io) and writes two sentences per change with a link to the source; it never republishes release notes. Sources last checked .

Needs attention

Breaking changes, security advisories, end-of-life and license changes from the last 90 days, worst first.

Securitymedium
ISTIO-SECURITY-2026-006
1.29.7Securitymedium
Announcing Istio 1.29.7
1.30.4Securitymedium
Announcing Istio 1.30.4
Securitymedium
ISTIO-SECURITY-2026-005
1.28.9Securitymedium
Announcing Istio 1.28.9
Securitymedium
Hardening Kubernetes Security with Istio Ambient Mode on Flat Networks
1.30End of lifehigh
Istio 1.30 reaches end of life on 2026-12-31
ActionPlan the upgrade before the date.
1.29End of lifehigh
Istio 1.29 reaches end of life on 2026-10-31
ActionPlan the upgrade before the date.

End of life

Support windows from endoflife.date. An entry appears the day a date enters the 120-day horizon.

CycleWhatPublished
1.30Istio 1.30 reaches end of life on 2026-12-31
1.29Istio 1.29 reaches end of life on 2026-10-31

Latest changes

Newest first, every type. Releases and fixes sit below anything that can hurt you in the weekly brief; here they are in order.

1.30End of lifehigh
Istio 1.30 reaches end of life on 2026-12-31
ActionPlan the upgrade before the date.
1.29End of lifehigh
Istio 1.29 reaches end of life on 2026-10-31
ActionPlan the upgrade before the date.
1.29News
Support for Istio 1.29 ends on the 12th of October, 2026
1.31.0Release
Istio 1.31.0
1.31.0News
Istio 1.31.0 Change Notes
1.31.0Deprecatedmedium
Announcing Istio 1.31.0
1.31.0-rc.4Release
Istio 1.31.0-rc.4
1.29.7Release
Istio 1.29.7
1.30.4Release
Istio 1.30.4
Securitymedium
ISTIO-SECURITY-2026-006
1.29.7Securitymedium
Announcing Istio 1.29.7
1.30.4Securitymedium
Announcing Istio 1.30.4
1.31.0-rc.3Release
1.31.0-rc.3
1.31.0-rc.2Release
Istio 1.31.0-rc.2
Keynote
Istio Project Announces 2026 Technical Oversight Committee Election Results
News
ACTION REQUIRED FOR GOOGLE CONTAINER REGISTRY USERS, scream tests, and our move to AWS
1.31.0-rc.0Release
Istio 1.31.0-rc.0
1.31.0-beta.2Release
Istio 1.31.0-beta.2
1.31.0-beta.1Release
Istio 1.31.0-beta.1
1.31.0-beta.0Release
1.31.0-beta.0
News
An Update on Our Container Registry Migration
1.29.6Keynote
Announcing Istio 1.29.6
1.30.3Keynote
Announcing Istio 1.30.3
1.28News
Support for Istio 1.28 has ended
1.28.10Keynote
Announcing Istio 1.28.10
1.29.5Keynote
Announcing Istio 1.29.5
Securitymedium
ISTIO-SECURITY-2026-005
1.28.9Securitymedium
Announcing Istio 1.28.9
1.30.2Keynote
Announcing Istio 1.30.2
Securitymedium
Hardening Kubernetes Security with Istio Ambient Mode on Flat Networks

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