s alongside the Gateway API, for example, using an <a href=https://gateway-api.sigs.k8s.io/v1beta1/api-types/httproute/>HTTPRoute</a> with an Istio <a href=/v1.19/docs/reference/config/networking/virtual-service/>VirtualService</a>.</p><p>The similarity between the APIs means that we will be able to offer a tool to easily convert Istio API objects to Gateway API objects, and we will release this alongside the v1 version of the API.</p><p>Other parts of Istio functionality, including policy and telemetry, wi