From 313f2dda836e8d43b11e0f700df5589099fbff3e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Craig Box Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2024 12:33:19 +1300 Subject: [PATCH] Release note updates (#14691) * Release note updates * Update content/en/news/releases/1.21.x/announcing-1.21/_index.md Co-authored-by: Daniel Hawton * Update content/en/news/releases/1.21.x/announcing-1.21/_index.md Co-authored-by: Daniel Hawton * new date --------- Co-authored-by: Daniel Hawton --- .../releases/1.21.x/announcing-1.21/_index.md | 18 ++++++++++++++++-- .../announcing-1.21/change-notes/index.md | 2 +- .../announcing-1.21/upgrade-notes/index.md | 2 +- 3 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/content/en/news/releases/1.21.x/announcing-1.21/_index.md b/content/en/news/releases/1.21.x/announcing-1.21/_index.md index 5f5a9f7c6e..3c5b458036 100644 --- a/content/en/news/releases/1.21.x/announcing-1.21/_index.md +++ b/content/en/news/releases/1.21.x/announcing-1.21/_index.md @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ title: Announcing Istio 1.21.0 linktitle: 1.21.0 subtitle: Major Release description: Istio 1.21 Release Announcement. -publishdate: 2024-02-28 +publishdate: 2024-03-11 release: 1.21.0 aliases: - /news/announcing-1.21 @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ aliases: We are pleased to announce the release of Istio 1.21. This is the first Istio release of 2024. We would like to thank the entire Istio community for helping get the 1.21.0 release published. We would like to thank the Release Managers for this release, `Aryan Gupta` from Google, `Jianpeng He` from Tetrate, and `Sumit Vij`. The release -managers would specially like to thank the Test & Release WG lead Eric Van Norman (IBM) for his help and guidance +managers would once again like to thank the Test & Release WG lead Eric Van Norman (IBM) for his help and guidance throughout the release cycle. We would also like to thank the maintainers of the Istio work groups and the broader Istio community for helping us throughout the release process with timely feedback, reviews, community testing and for all your support to help ensure a timely release. @@ -82,3 +82,17 @@ This is especially important with the sidecar, because its deployed alongside ev workload. Coming in at 25% smaller, the sidecar image can be pulled faster improving pod startup times. Additionally, the reduced binary size typically results in a 5MB RAM reduction - across many pods, this quickly adds up to cost savings. + +### Support for all CNIs in ambient mode + +Our new [ambient mode](/blog/2022/introducing-ambient-mesh/) now works across all Kubernetes platforms and CNI implementations. Ambient mode has been tested with GKE, AKS, and EKS and all the CNI implementations they offer, 3rd-party CNIs like Calico and Cilium, and platforms like OpenShift, all with solid results. The engineering challenges behind this fix were described in [a recent blog post](/blog/2024/inpod-traffic-redirection-ambient/). + +Ambient mode is targeted to move to Beta in the upcoming Istio 1.22. + +## Upgrading to 1.21 + +We would like to hear from you regarding your experience upgrading to Istio 1.21. You can provide feedback +in the #release-1.21 channel in our [Slack workspace](https://slack.istio.io/). + +Would you like to contribute directly to Istio? Find and join one of +our [Working Groups](https://github.com/istio/community/blob/master/WORKING-GROUPS.md) and help us improve. diff --git a/content/en/news/releases/1.21.x/announcing-1.21/change-notes/index.md b/content/en/news/releases/1.21.x/announcing-1.21/change-notes/index.md index 58557c4449..92327bc1b6 100644 --- a/content/en/news/releases/1.21.x/announcing-1.21/change-notes/index.md +++ b/content/en/news/releases/1.21.x/announcing-1.21/change-notes/index.md @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ title: Istio 1.21.0 Change Notes linktitle: 1.21.0 subtitle: Minor Release description: Istio 1.21.0 release notes. -publishdate: 2024-02-28 +publishdate: 2024-03-11 release: 1.21.0 weight: 10 aliases: diff --git a/content/en/news/releases/1.21.x/announcing-1.21/upgrade-notes/index.md b/content/en/news/releases/1.21.x/announcing-1.21/upgrade-notes/index.md index 6a75d4f262..ed5d1f3a2f 100644 --- a/content/en/news/releases/1.21.x/announcing-1.21/upgrade-notes/index.md +++ b/content/en/news/releases/1.21.x/announcing-1.21/upgrade-notes/index.md @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ title: Istio 1.21 Upgrade Notes description: Important changes to consider when upgrading to Istio 1.21.x. weight: 20 -publishdate: 2024-02-28 +publishdate: 2024-03-11 --- When you upgrade from Istio 1.20.x to Istio 1.21.0, you need to consider the changes on this page.