Istio Roadmap for 2025-2026

Over the next 12 months, we will focus on improving parity between sidecar mode and ambient mode, providing a supported path for sidecar users to migrate to the ambient data plane when they are ready. We will also revamp our contributor experience, simplifying the process for proposing and implementing new features, and giving recognition to our most valuable contributors. We plan to grow our ecosystem by adding or updating Istio’s integration to various popular cloud native projects and build more case studies for Istio.