e-plain data-expandlinks=true data-repo=istio>&lt;major&gt;.&lt;minor&gt;.&lt;patch&gt;
</code></pre><p>where <code>&lt;minor></code> is increased for each release, and <code>&lt;patch></code> counts the number of patches for the
current <code>&lt;minor></code> release. A patch is usually a small change relative to the <code>&lt;minor></code> release.</p><h2 id=control-planedata-plane-skew>Control Plane/Data Plane Skew</h2><p>The Istio control plane can be one version ahead of the data plane. However, the d