Istio
1.28.3Networking & MessagingJan 20, 2026
Istio 1.28.3 is a maintenance release focused on Helm configuration and runtime correctness. It adds a service selector customization for revision-based migrations and addresses issues in ambient and pod-management paths.
All 4 other recorded changesfixes 3 · additions 1
fixes (3)
- - Fixed an issue with goroutine memory leaks in ambient mode. ( Issue #58478 )
- - Fixed an issue in ambient multicluster where informer failures for remote clusters wouldn’t be fixed until an istiod restart. ( Issue #58047 )
- - Fixed an issue with crashing NFT operations and pod deletion failures. ( Issue #58492 )
additions (1)
- - Added service.selectorLabels field to gateway Helm chart for custom service selector labels during revision-based migrations.
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