ssary full pushes <a href=https://github.com/istio/istio/pull/19305>#19305</a></li><li><strong>Improved</strong> Envoy sidecar readiness probe to more accurate determine readiness <a href=https://github.com/istio/istio/pull/18164>#18164</a>.</li><li><strong>Improved</strong> performance of Envoy proxy configuration updates via xDS by sending partial updates where possible <a href=https://github.com/istio/istio/pull/18354>#18354</a>.</li><li><strong>Added</strong> an option to configure locality load balanci