 to <code>1.31</code>.</div></aside></div><h2 id=whats-new>What’s new?</h2><h3 id=ambient-mode-is-generally-available>Ambient mode is generally available</h3><p>We are thrilled to announce <a href=/v1.25/blog/2024/ambient-reaches-ga/>the General Availability of Istio&rsquo;s ambient mode</a>! The core features (ztunnel, waypoints and APIs) have been marked as Stable by the Istio TOC. This marks the final stage in Istio&rsquo;s <a href=/v1.25/docs/releases/feature-stages/>feature phase progression</a>, sig