on May 12th, 2021</h1><p>Upcoming Istio 1.8 end of life announcement.</p></div><p class=post-author>Apr 12, 2021</p><div><p>According to Istio&rsquo;s <a href=/v1.24/docs/releases/supported-releases/#supported-releases/>support policy</a>, minor releases like 1.8 are supported for three months after the next minor release. Since <a href=/v1.24/news/releases/1.9.x/announcing-1.9/>1.9 was released on February 9th</a>, support for 1.8 will end on May 12th, 2021.</p><p>At that point we will stop back-porting fi