PROVIDER</code> to <code>kubernetes</code> for Kubernetes versions less than 1.20. <a href=https://github.com/istio/istio/pull/42233>PR #42233</a></p></li><li><p><strong>Deprecated</strong> Lightstep provider. Please use OpenTelemetry provider instead. <a href=https://github.com/istio/istio/issues/40027>Issue #40027</a></p></li></ul><h2 id=traffic-management>Traffic Management</h2><ul><li><p><strong>Improved</strong> <code>MostSpecificHostMatch</code> to prevent full scanning hosts when encountering wildcar