# istio_gw-manual-deployment.yaml
apiVersion: release-notes/v2
kind: feature
area: traffic-management
releaseNotes:
- |
  **Added** an environment variable `ENABLE_GATEWAY_API_MANUAL_DEPLOYMENT` to istiod that, if set to `false`, will disable the attachment of Gateway API resources to existing gateway deployments. The default setting is `true` to not change existing behavior.