, so we encourage you to upgrade to the latest version of Istio (1.7.4). If you don&rsquo;t do this you may put yourself in the position of having to do a major upgrade on a short timeframe to pick up a critical fix.</p><p>We care about you and your clusters, so please be kind to yourself and upgrade.</p></article><nav class=pagenav><div class=left><a title="Istio 1.2 end of life announcement." href=/v1.7/news/support/announcing-1.2-eol-final/><svg class="icon"><use xlink:href="/v1.7/img/icons.svg#left-arro