t for Wasm compilers and libraries outside the Istio ecosystem has waned substantially since that time, making it difficult for users to safely and securely use Wasm with Istio.</p><p>As we plan for 2025 and beyond, it is clear that we need a path to a mature extensibility model for users of sidecars and ambient mode alike. We plan to address the most common use cases for extensibility, such as local rate limiting, with first class APIs, reducing the frequency with which users require extensibility. However