nd will keep the status field of a resource up to date with its current validation status. Note that this isn&rsquo;t a replacement for <code>istioctl analyze</code>:</p><ul><li>Not all resources have a custom status field (e.g. Kubernetes <code>namespace</code> resources), so messages attached to those resources won&rsquo;t show validation messages.</li><li><code>enableAnalysis</code> only works on Istio versions starting with 1.5, while <code>istioctl analyze</code> can be used with older versions.</li><l