---
title: Announcing Istio 1.2.9
linktitle: 1.2.9
subtitle: Patch Release
description: Istio 1.2.9 patch release.
publishdate: 2019-11-06
release: 1.2.9
aliases:
    - /news/2019/announcing-1.2.9
    - /news/announcing-1.2.9
---

We're pleased to announce the availability of Istio 1.2.9. Please see below for what's changed.

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## Bug fixes

- Fix a proxy startup race condition.

## Features

- Adding support for Citadel automatic root certificate rotation ([Issue 17059](https://github.com/istio/istio/issues/17059)).
