><p>For the time being, analysis is generally backwards compatible, so that you can, for example, run the 1.10 version of <code>istioctl analyze</code> against a cluster running an older Istio 1.x version and expect to get useful feedback. Analysis rules that are not meaningful with an older Istio release will be skipped.</p><p>If you decide to use the latest <code>istioctl</code> for analysis purposes on a cluster running an older Istio version, we suggest that you keep it in a separate folder from the ver