focusing on bug fixes and polish — a theme we&rsquo;ll be continuing into 2021.</p><p>Here are some highlights for this release:</p><h2 id=installing-and-upgrading-istio>Installing and Upgrading Istio</h2><p>To codify all the knowledge on how to deploy and upgrade a mesh into software, we built the <code>IstioOperator</code> API and two different methods to install it - <a href=/v1.24/docs/setup/install/istioctl/>istioctl install</a> and the <a href=https://archive.istio.io/v1.23/docs/setup/install/operat