erence/commands/istioctl><code>istioctl</code></a> is now beta for installation and
will work for most customers in most use cases. Managing your installation via
an Operator is still alpha, but we continue to improve it with a new
<a href=/v1.19/docs/reference/config/istio.operator.v1alpha1/><code>IstioOperator API</code></a>.</p><p>Speaking of <code>istioctl</code>, it has over a dozen improvements &ndash; new items it can
analyze, better validation rules, and better ability to integrate with CI
systems (