nize the day-to-day efforts of our contributors, maintainers, release managers, and users, with some awards for our top contributors and community helpers. Rob Salmond and Andrea Ma were recognized for their selfless efforts in the Istio community, and the top 20 contributors in the last 6 months were also called out.</p><figure style=width:75%><div class=wrapper-with-intrinsic-ratio style=padding-bottom:75.21367521367522%><a data-skipendnotes=true href=/v1.21/blog/2023/istio-at-kubecon-na/top-contributors-