tor Experience</h2><p>The Istio community is full of many talented contributors whose daily efforts make this project possible, and the list of contributors is always growing! However, like all Open Source projects, we are always in need of new contributors, and we recognize that submitting your first PR to Istio is harder than it should be. In 2025, we aim to make authoring your first Istio contribution easier than ever with improved integration with GitHub Codespaces, and regular triage of good first issu