itecture-post-istiod.svg alt="Istio architecture with Istiod"></a></div><figcaption>The Istio architecture in 2020</figcaption></figure><p>In 2020, we will continue to invest in onboarding to achieve our goal of a
&ldquo;zero config&rdquo; default that doesn’t require you to change any of your
application&rsquo;s configuration to take advantage of most Istio features.</p><h2 id=improved-lifecycle-management>Improved lifecycle management</h2><p>To improve Istio’s life-cycle management, we moved to an
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