io. The technologies described in the talk, and the resulting size of the audience, underlined why Istio continues to be the most popular service mesh in the industry.</p><figure style=width:75%><div class=wrapper-with-intrinsic-ratio style=padding-bottom:75%><a data-skipendnotes=true href=/v1.21/blog/2023/istio-at-kubecon-na/maintainer-track.jpg title><img class=element-to-stretch src=/v1.21/blog/2023/istio-at-kubecon-na/maintainer-track.jpg alt="The Istio maintainer track session at KubeCon NA 2023"></a><