ave been excited to accept first code contributions from 154 people in the past 12 months.</p><h2 id=2025-themes>2025 Themes</h2><h3 id=sidecar-to-ambient-migration>Sidecar to ambient migration</h3><p>With the promotion of ambient mode to Stable, Istio can now lay claim to being the fastest and most efficient service mesh as well as the most widely used, while being easier to operate than ever. With graduation, we’ve seen a substantial increase in interest, and a corresponding number of requests for a com