>Congratulations to the Istio experts around the world who contributed to this release. We could not be more pleased with these results.</p><h2 id=istio-1-1-performance-enhancements>Istio 1.1 performance enhancements</h2><p>As members of the Istio Performance and Scalability workgroup, we have done extensive performance evaluations. We introduced many performance design features for Istio 1.1, in collaboration with other Istio contributors.
Some of the most visible performance enhancements in 1.1 include:</