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This release contains bug fixes to improve robustness. This release note describes what’s different between Istio 1.16.0 and Istio 1.16.1.
This release includes security fixes in Go 1.19.4 (released 2022-12-06) for the os and net/http packages.
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Deprecated using PILOT_CERT_PROVIDER=kubernetes for Kubernetes versions less than 1.20.
Updated Kiali addon to version 1.59.1.
Fixed OpenTelemetry tracer not working. (Issue #42080)
Fixed case where ValidatingWebhookConfiguration would be different when installed using Helm versus istioctl.
Fixed ServiceEntries using DNS_ROUND_ROBIN from being able to specify 0 endpoints. (Issue #42184)
Fixed an issue preventing istio-proxy from accessing the Root CA when automountServiceAccountToken was set to false and PILOT_CERT_PROVIDER environment variable is set to kubernetes.
Fixed an issue where gateway pods were not respecting the global.imagePullPolicy specified in the Helm values.