lusters are not impacted by Docker Hub rate limiting.</p></div><p class=post-author>Dec 7, 2020 <span>|</span> By John Howard - Google</p><div><p>Since November 20th, 2020, Docker Hub has introduced <a href=https://www.docker.com/increase-rate-limits>rate limits</a> on image pulls.</p><p>Because Istio uses <a href=https://hub.docker.com/u/istio>Docker Hub</a> as the default registry, usage on a large cluster may lead
to pods failing to startup due to exceeding rate limits. This can be especially problematic