>.</p></li><li><p>Wait a few seconds for the <code>VirtualService</code> configuration to propagate to the Envoy sidecars.</p></li><li><p>Update the <code>DestinationRule</code> to remove the unused subsets.</p></li></ol></li></ul></article><nav class=pagenav><div class=left><a title="General best practices when setting up an Istio service mesh." href=/v1.13/docs/ops/best-practices/deployment/ class=next-link><svg class="icon left-arrow"><use xlink:href="/v1.13/img/icons.svg#left-arrow"/></svg>Deployment Be