/p><h3 id=expanded-support-for-network-wasmplugin>Expanded Support for Network WasmPlugin</h3><p>The extensibility of Istio is further broadened with support for network WasmPlugin with a new type <code>NETWORK</code>.</p><h3 id=tcp-metadata-exchange-enhancements>TCP metadata exchange enhancements</h3><p>Istio 1.20 brings two key updates to help control the TCP metadata exchange:</p><ul><li><strong>Fallback Metadata Discovery</strong> Istio can now use a backup method to collect metadata. To use this, turn 