Announcing Istio 1.16.2

Istio 1.16.2 patch release.

Jan 30, 2023

This release contains bug fixes to improve robustness. This release note describes what’s different between Istio 1.16.1 and Istio 1.16.2.

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Changes

Added --revision to istioctl analyze to specify a specific revision. (Issue #38148)
Fixed an issue with istioctl install failing when specifying --revision default.
Fixed istioctl verify-install having inconsistent behavior between --revision not being specified and --revision default.
Fixed an issue where Gateway API resources were not being handled correctly when namespace was selected or deselected with discovery selector or namespace label is changed, and when ENABLE_ENHANCED_RESOURCE_SCOPING=true is set. (Issue #42173)
Fixed auto-passthrough gateways not getting XDS pushes on service updates if PILOT_FILTER_GATEWAY_CLUSTER_CONFIG is enabled.
Fixed an abnormal exit in pilot if PortLevelSettings[].Port is nil when setting traffic policy TLS mode. (Issue #42598)
Fixed a bug that caused a namespace’s network label to have a higher priority than the pod’s network label. (Issue #42675)