e stated in previous years, we have no intention of ending support for sidecar mode as long as there are users for it. Migrating to ambient mesh is completely voluntary, and we expect many users will use sidecars for years to come.</p><h3 id=multi-cluster-ambient-mesh>Multi-cluster ambient mesh</h3><p>Multi-cluster traffic management has long been one of the most valued enterprise features of Istio, and we are hard at work to bring this value to ambient mode users in 2025. With a multi-cluster mesh, service