e gateway pods were not respecting the <code>global.imagePullPolicy</code> specified in the Helm values. <a href=https://github.com/istio/istio/pull/42026>PR #42026</a></p></li><li><p><strong>Removed</strong> warning if <code>istio-cni</code> is not the default CNI plugin when CNI is used as a standalone plugin. <a href=https://github.com/istio/istio/pull/41858>PR #41858</a></p></li><li><p><strong>Removed</strong> fetching charts from URLs in <code>istio-operator</code>. <a href=https://github.com/istio/ist