 href=https://github.com/istio/istio/issues/39724>Issue #39724</a></p></li><li><p><strong>Fixed</strong> an issue preventing istio-proxy to access root CA when <code>automountServiceAccountToken</code> is <code>false</code> and <code>PILOT_CERT_PROVIDER</code> is <code>kubernetes</code>. <a href=https://github.com/istio/istio/pull/42233>PR #42233</a></p></li></ul><h2 id=telemetry>Telemetry</h2><ul><li><p><strong>Updated</strong> the Telemetry API to use a new native extension (stats) for Prometheus stats in