# istio_53153.yaml
apiVersion: release-notes/v2
kind: feature
area: traffic-management
releaseNotes:
- |
  **Added** `ambient.reconcileIptablesOnStartup` field in the `istio-cni` chart and the corresponding `AMBIENT_RECONCILE_POD_RULES_ON_STARTUP` flag
  to control whether the ambient CNI agent should reconcile the iptables of pods at startup.