i role=none aria-label="Avoid 503 errors while reconfiguring service routes"><a href=#avoid-503-errors-while-reconfiguring-service-routes>Avoid 503 errors while reconfiguring service routes</a></ol><hr></div></nav><p>This section provides specific deployment or configuration guidelines to avoid networking or traffic management issues.</p><h2 id=set-default-routes-for-services>Set default routes for services</h2><p>Although the default Istio behavior conveniently sends traffic from any
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