nt we will no longer back-port fixes for security issues and critical bugs to 1.16, so we heartily encourage
you to upgrade to the latest version of Istio (1.21.2) if you haven&rsquo;t already.</p></div><nav class=pagenav><div class=left><a title="Upcoming Istio 1.17 end of life announcement." href=/v1.21/news/support/announcing-1.17-eol/ class=next-link><svg class="icon left-arrow"><use xlink:href="/v1.21/img/icons.svg#left-arrow"/></svg>Support for Istio 1.17 ends on October 27, 2023</a></div><div class=r