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+title: Announcing Istio 1.22.6
+linktitle: 1.22.6
+subtitle: Patch Release
+description: Istio 1.22.6 patch release.
+publishdate: 2024-10-23
+release: 1.22.6
+---
+
+This release note describes what’s different between Istio 1.22.5 and 1.22.6.
+
+{{< relnote >}}
+
+## Changes
+
+- **Fixed** support for `clusterLocal` host exclusions for multi-cluster.
+
+- **Fixed** `kube-virt-related` rules not being removed by istio-clean-iptables tool.
+  ([Issue #48368](https://github.com/istio/istio/issues/48368))