ttps://archive.istio.io/v1.18/docs><h5>DOCS</h5><p>Visit the documentation for this release.</p></a></div><div><aside class="callout tip"><div class=type><svg class="large-icon"><use xlink:href="/v1.22/img/icons.svg#callout-tip"/></svg></div><div class=content>Istio 1.18.0 is officially supported on Kubernetes versions <code>1.24</code> to <code>1.27</code>.</div></aside></div><h2 id=whats-new>What&rsquo;s new</h2><h3 id=ambient-mesh>Ambient Mesh</h3><p>Istio 1.18 marks the first release of ambient mesh, a 