Announcing Istio 1.26.2

Istio 1.26.2 patch release.

Jun 20, 2025

This release contains bug fixes to improve robustness. This release note describes what’s different between Istio 1.26.1 and 1.26.2.

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Changes

Fixed incorrect UID and GID assignment for istio-proxy and istio-validation containers on OpenShift when TPROXY mode is enabled.
Fixed an issue where changing a HTTPRoute object could cause istiod to crash. (Issue #56456)
Fixed a race condition where status updates for Kubernetes objects could be missed by istiod. (Issue #56401)