https://archive.istio.io/v1.5/docs/setup/install/standalone-operator/ still says that operator is not recommended to use in production.
To install Istio for production use, we recommend installing with istioctl instead.
Any idea when can we expect it stable enough to be used in prod?
Hi Deepak,
The operator is beta in 1.6: https://istio.io/latest/docs/setup/install/standalone-operator/ so definitely useable for production. It was alpha in 1.5 and I know that some folks did use it in production. The issues in 1.5 are around some configuration cases not being supported rather than stability or performance. Also it’s not possible to do canary upgrade to 1.5.
https://istio.io/latest/about/feature-stages/