nfiguration/traffic-management/dns-proxy/#address-auto-allocation>address allocation option</a> for use with the DNS proxy mode. This solves a number of problems for Service routing.</p><p>In Istio 1.23, a new implementation of this feature was added. In the new approach, the allocated IP addresses are persisted in the <code>ServiceEntry</code> <code>status</code> field, ensuring that they are never changed. This fixes long-standing reliability issues with the old approach, where the allocation would occasi