ass=header-content><h1>Support for Istio 1.18 ends on December 26, 2023</h1><p>Upcoming Istio 1.18 end of life announcement.</p></div><p class=post-author>Nov 29, 2023</p><div><p>According to Istio&rsquo;s <a href=/v1.25/docs/releases/supported-releases/#support-policy>support policy</a>, minor releases like 1.18 are supported until six weeks after the N+2 minor release (1.20 in this case). <a href=/v1.25/news/releases/1.20.x/announcing-1.20/>Istio 1.20 was released on November 14th, 2023</a>, and support f