l for extensibility</a><li role=none aria-label="Easier to use"><a href=#easier-to-use>Easier to use</a><li role=none aria-label="More secure"><a href=#more-secure>More secure</a><li role=none aria-label="Better observability"><a href=#better-observability>Better observability</a><li role=none aria-label="Join the Istio community"><a href=#join-the-istio-community>Join the Istio community</a></ol><hr></div></nav><p>We are pleased to announce the release of Istio 1.5!</p><div class="relnote-actions call-to-a