org/BlogPosting><div class=header-content><h1>Support for Istio 1.5 ends on August 21st, 2020</h1><p>Upcoming Istio 1.5 end of life announcement.</p></div><p class=post-author>Jul 22, 2020</p><div><p>According to Istio&rsquo;s <a href=/v1.26/docs/releases/supported-releases/>support policy</a>, LTS releases like 1.5 are supported for three months after the next LTS release. Since <a href=/v1.26/news/releases/1.6.x/announcing-1.6/>1.6 was released on May 21st</a>, support for 1.5 will end on August 21st, 202