• Ambient multi-network multicluster support is now Beta Istio 1.29 arrives with ambient multi-network multicluster in Beta, with improvements in telemetry, connectivity and reliability. • Feb 18, 2026|By Gustavo Meira - Microsoft, Mikhail Krinkin - Microsoft Our team of contributors has been busy throughout the transition to 2026. • A lot of work was done to get the multi-network multicluster for ambient to production ready state. • Improvements were made in areas from our internal tests, up to the most popular multi-network multicluster asks in ambient, with a big focus on telemetry. • Gaps in Telemetry The benefits of a multicluster distributed system are not without their tradeoffs. • Some complexity is inevitable with larger scale, making good telemetry even more important.

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  • Ambient multi-network multicluster support is now Beta Istio 1.29 arrives with ambient multi-network multicluster in Beta, with improvements in telemetry, connectivity and reliability. Our team of contributors has been busy throughout the transition to 2026. A lot of work was done to get the multi-network multicluster for ambient to production ready state. Improvements were made in areas from our internal tests, up to the most popular multi-network multicluster asks in ambient, with a big focus on telemetry. Gaps in Telemetry The benefits of a multicluster distributed system are not without th

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