p>This is a major release for Istio on the road to 1.0. There are a great many new features and architectural improvements in addition to the usual pile of bug fixes and performance improvements.</p><div class="relnote-actions call-to-action"><a class=entry href=https://github.com/istio/istio/releases/tag/0.8.0><h5>DOWNLOAD</h5><p>Download and install this release.</p></a><a class=entry href=https://archive.istio.io/v0.8/docs><h5>DOCS</h5><p>Visit the documentation for this release.</p></a></div><h2 id=netw