# istio_endpoint-slice.yaml
apiVersion: release-notes/v2
kind: feature
area: traffic-management

releaseNotes:
- |
  **Updated** the control plane to read `EndpointSlice` insead of `Endpoints`
  for service discovery for Kubernetes 1.21 or later. To switch back to the old
  `Endpoints` based behavior set `PILOT_USE_ENDPOINT_SLICE=false` in istiod.