The rollout of managed Anthos Service Mesh version 1.17 to the rapid channel has completed

## Announcement The rollout of managed Anthos Service Mesh version 1.17 to the rapid channel **has completed**. Additionally, the rollout of managed Anthos Service Mesh version 1.16 to the stable channel **has completed**. See [Select a managed Anthos Service Mesh release channel](https://cloud.google.com/service-mesh/docs/managed/select-a-release-channel) for more information. ## Announcement **If you use Gateway API Automated Deployment**, note the following upcoming change. When Anthos Service Mesh v1.18 is rolled out to the rapid channel, upgrading gateways will no longer require restarting the Pods to trigger a re-injection. Instead, gateways will be updated, via a rolling restart, when their revision changes. For more information, see [Istio's release note](https://istio.io/latest/news/releases/1.18.x/announcing-1.18/upgrade-notes/#gateway-api-automated-deployment-changes).