# istio_canonical-wds-service.yaml
apiVersion: release-notes/v2
kind: feature
area: traffic-management
issue:
- https://github.com/istio/istio/pull/58576
releaseNotes:
- |
  **Added** logic to designate a Workload Discovery (WDS) Service as canonical. A canonical WDS Service is used by ztunnel during name resolution unless another WDS Service in the same namespace as the client exists to override. A canonical service will be configured from either (1) a Kubernetes Service resource or (2) the oldest Istio ServiceEntry resource which specifies that hostname.