# istio_pod-controller-avoid-ip-search.yaml
apiVersion: release-notes/v2
kind: feature
area: traffic-management
releaseNotes:
- |
  **Added** feature ENABLE_PROXY_FIND_POD_BY_IP that allows to enable association of Pods to Proxies by IP address if association by name and namespace fails.

upgradeNodes:
- title: Change in behaviour of how Istio finds matching Pods for a given Proxy
  content: |
    In previous versions, Istio  would search for matching Pods for a given Proxy by IP address when it failed to find
    them by name and namespace. This behaviour is now disabled by default and can be enabled using the
    `ENABLE_PROXY_FIND_POD_BY_IP` feature flag. This will only impact users who are customizing the Istio Proxy and that
    are not correctly setting the Proxy ID and Metadata required to find the worload name. For context see https://github.com/istio/istio/pull/56502