# istio_exit-if-sds-socket-not-found.yaml
apiVersion: release-notes/v2
kind: bug-fix
area: security
issue:
- 45534
releaseNotes:
- |
  **Added** support for a flag called USE_EXTERNAL_WORKLOAD_SDS, when set to true, it will require an external SDS workload socket and it will prevent the istio-proxy from starting if the workload SDS socket is not found.