div><article class=post itemscope itemtype=http://schema.org/BlogPosting><div class=header-content><h1>Support for Istio 1.9 ends on August 24th, 2021</h1><p>Upcoming Istio 1.9 end of life announcement.</p></div><p class=post-author>Jul 21, 2021</p><div><p>According to Istio&rsquo;s <a href=/v1.17/docs/releases/supported-releases#supported-releases/>support policy</a>, minor releases like 1.9 are supported for three months after the next minor release. <a href=/v1.17/news/releases/1.10.x/announcing-1.10/>Is