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From: Mariam John <mariamj@us.ibm.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2023 08:47:56 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] 1.17.1 Release Notes (#12777)

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+---
+title: Announcing Istio 1.17.1
+linktitle: 1.17.1
+subtitle: Patch Release
+description: Istio 1.17.1 patch release.
+publishdate: 2023-02-23T09:00:00-06:00
+release: 1.17.1
+---
+
+This release contains bug fixes to improve robustness. This release note describes what’s different between Istio 1.17.0 and Istio 1.17.1.
+
+This release includes security fixes included in Go 1.20.1 (released 2023-02-14) for the `crypto/tls`, `mime/multipart`, `net/http`, and `path/filepath` packages.
+
+{{< relnote >}}
+
+## Changes
+
+- **Added** environment variables to support modifying gRPC keepalive values. [Issue #42398](https://github.com/istio/istio/pull/42398)
+
+- **Fixed** an issue where `ALL_METRICS` does not disable metrics as expected. [Issue #43178](https://github.com/istio/istio/issues/43178)
+
+- **Fixed** ignoring default CA certificate when `PeerCertificateVerifier` is created. [PR #43337](https://github.com/istio/istio/pull/43337)
+
+- **Fixed** istiod not reconciling Kubernetes Gateway deployments and services when they are changed. [Issue #43332](https://github.com/istio/istio/issues/43332)
+
+- **Fixed** reporting `Programmed` condition on Gateway API Gateway resources. [Issue #43498](https://github.com/istio/istio/issues/43498)
+
+- **Fixed** an issue where updating service `ExternalName` does not take effect. [Issue #43440](https://github.com/istio/istio/issues/43440)