><strong>Improved</strong> <a href=/v1.26/docs/tasks/traffic-management/ingress/gateway-api/#automated-deployment>Gateway API Automated Deployment</a> management logic. See Upgrade Notes for more information.</p></li><li><p><strong>Updated</strong> the VirtualService validation to fail on empty prefix header matcher. (<a href=https://github.com/istio/istio/issues/44424>Issue #44424</a>)</p></li><li><p><strong>Updated</strong> <code>ProxyConfig</code> resources with workload selector will be applied to Kuber