ng to you in today&rsquo;s release:</p><h2 id=introducing-istiod>Introducing Istiod</h2><p>We are dramatically simplifying the experience of installing, running, and
upgrading Istio by &ldquo;embracing the monolith&rdquo; and consolidating our control plane
into a single new binary - Istiod. Operators&rsquo; lives will get much easier with
fewer moving parts which are easier to debug and understand. For mesh users,
Istiod doesn’t change any of their experience: all APIs and runtime
characteristics are con