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Istio: The Past, Present and Future of the Project and Community#

KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2025 (London) digest Program Adjacent pick London · 1–4 April 2025

Abstract Recording

Lin Sun & Louis Ryan, Solo.io; Raymond Wong, Forbes — Adjacent

Play the recording: Istio: The Past, Present and Future of the Project and Community

  • Why: The state-of-the-project update from Istio's own leadership, including ambient (sidecarless) data-plane progress and Gateway API support — useful as the anchor reference point for the sidecar-debate and Kmesh talks above.
  • What: An update on Istio's health, recent feature releases, ambient sidecar-less data plane progress, Gateway API support, and project roadmap. (from abstract only)
  • How: Not a technical mechanism talk — a project/community status update. (from abstract only)
  • Where applicable: General Istio-ecosystem awareness; most useful paired with the Kmesh and sidecar-debate sessions above for a fuller picture of where service mesh architecture is heading.