rSetting>Locality Load Balancing configuration</a>, allowing customizing how pods are prioritized. For example, pods within the same network can be given additional priority.</li><li>New configuration to make <a href=/v1.17/docs/ops/best-practices/security/#configure-tls-verification-in-destination-rule-when-using-tls-origination>secure TLS origination simpler</a> has been added.</li><li>In case you missed it: initial support has been added for <a href=/v1.17/blog/2021/proxyless-grpc/>gRPC native &ldquo;Pro