o in production, we suggest you watch the Announcements category to be
notified of such a release. If no such announcement is made there will not be a security
release for that month, barring some exceptions listed below.</p><h3 id=first-patch-tuesday>First Patch Tuesday</h3><p>We are pleased to announce that <a href=/v1.14/news/releases/1.9.x/announcing-1.9.5/>Istio 1.9.5</a>, and the final release of Istio 1.8,
<a href=/v1.14/news/releases/1.8.x/announcing-1.8.6/>1.8.6</a>, are the first security releases