rsions</a>
helped users debug the latency in their architecture, increase the reliability
of services, and transparently secure traffic behind the firewall.</p><p>Last year, the Istio project experienced major growth. After a 9-month gestation
before the 1.1 release in Q1, we set a goal of having a quarterly release
cadence. We knew it was important to deliver value consistently and predictably.
With three releases landing in the successive quarters as planned, we are proud
to have reached that goal.</p><p>