s=post itemscope itemtype=http://schema.org/BlogPosting><div class=header-content><h1>Safely Upgrade Istio using a Canary Control Plane Deployment</h1><p>Simplifying Istio upgrades by offering safe canary deployments of the control plane.</p></div><p class=post-author>May 19, 2020 <span>| </span>By John Howard - Google</p><div><p>Canary deployments are a core feature of Istio. Users rely on Istio&rsquo;s traffic management features to safely control the rollout of new versions of their applications, while m