 an issue causing <code>hostNetwork</code> pods to function incorrectly in ambient mode.</p></li><li><p><strong>Improved</strong> how ztunnel determines which Pod it is acting on behalf of. Previously, this relied on IP addresses, which was unreliable in some scenarios.</p></li><li><p><strong>Fixed</strong> an issue causing any <code>portLevelSettings</code> to be ignored in <code>DestinationRule</code> in waypoints. (<a href=https://github.com/istio/istio/issues/52532>Issue #52532</a>)</p></li><li><p><stro