lenging to maintain over time. As a result, we chose the model described in <a href=https://istio.io/v1.6/docs/setup/install/multicluster/gateways/#deploy-the-istio-control-plane-in-each-cluster>Multi-Cluster Istio Service Mesh with replicated control planes</a> for scalability and other operational reasons. Following this model, we had to solve these key requirements before widely adopting an Istio service mesh:</p><ul><li>Creation of service DNS entries decoupled from the namespace, as described in <a hre