tionality of several
services. In Istio 1.6, we have completed this transition and have fully
moved functionality into Istiod. This has allowed us to remove the separate
deployments for Citadel, the sidecar injector, and Galley.</p><p>Great news! We&rsquo;ve got a simplified experience for developers who are taking
advantage of a new alpha feature in Kubernetes. If you
use the new <code>appProtocol</code> field (which is Alpha in 1.18) in the Kubernetes
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