><li><p>Prometheus can now scrape all Istio pods <a href=/v1.22/docs/ops/integrations/prometheus/#option-2-metrics-merging>using standard <code>prometheus.io</code> annotations</a>. This allows most Prometheus deployments to work with Istio without any special configuration.</p></li></ul></li><li><p>Removed the bundled addon installations from <code>istioctl</code> and the operator. Istio does not install components that are not delivered by the Istio project. As a result, Istio will stop shipping installat