nd <a href=https://github.com/istio/istio/issues/19690>Issue 19690</a>)</li><li><strong>Fixed</strong> Istio operator to respect the <code>--operatorNamespace</code> argument (<a href=https://github.com/istio/istio/issues/24073>Issue 24073</a>)</li><li><strong>Fixed</strong> Istio operator hanging when uninstalling Istio (<a href=https://github.com/istio/istio/issues/24038>Issue 24038</a>)</li><li><strong>Fixed</strong> TCP metadata exchange for upstream clusters that specify <code>http2_protocol_options</c