t works"><a href=#how-it-works>How it works</a><li role=none aria-label="Next Steps"><a href=#next-steps>Next Steps</a><li role=none aria-label="Learn more"><a href=#learn-more>Learn more</a><li role=none aria-label="See also"><a href=#see-also>See also</a></li></ol><hr></div></nav><p>As outlined in the <a href=/v1.8/blog/2020/tradewinds-2020/>Istio 2020 trade winds blog</a> and more recently <a href=/v1.8/news/releases/1.5.x/announcing-1.5/>announced with Istio 1.5</a>, WebAssembly (Wasm) is now an (alpha)