# istio_drop-legacy-inbound-passthrough.yaml
apiVersion: release-notes/v2
kind: feature
area: traffic-management
releaseNotes:
- |
  **Removed** the `PILOT_ENABLE_INBOUND_PASSTHROUGH` setting, which has been enabled-by-default for the past 8 releases.
  This feature can now be configured using a new Inbound Traffic Policy Mode (https://github.com/istio/api/blob/9911a0a6990a18a45ed1b00559156dcc7e836e52/mesh/v1alpha1/config.proto#L203).