 previous release. <a href=https://github.com/istio/istio/pull/44176>PR #44176</a></li><li><strong>Fixed</strong> an issue where grpc stats are absent. <a href=https://github.com/istio/istio/issues/43908>Issue #43908</a>, <a href=https://github.com/istio/istio/issues/44144>Issue #44144</a></li><li><strong>Fixed</strong> an issue where <code>Istio Gateway</code> (Envoy) would crash due to a duplicate <code>istio_authn</code> network filter in the Envoy filter chain. <a href=https://github.com/istio/istio/iss