e will stop back-porting fixes for security issues and critical bugs to 1.2, so we encourage you to upgrade to the latest version of Istio (1.24.3). If you don&rsquo;t do this you may put yourself in the position of having to do a major upgrade on a short timeframe to pick up a critical fix.</p><p>We care about you and your clusters, so please be kind to yourself and upgrade.</p></div><nav class=pagenav><div class=left><a title="Istio 1.2 end of life announcement." href=/v1.24/news/support/announcing-1.2-eo