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= Service Mesh and Istio differences
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An installation of {SMProductName} differs from upstream Istio community installations in multiple ways. The modifications to {SMProductName} are sometimes necessary to resolve issues, provide additional features, or to handle differences when deploying on {product-title}.

The current release of {SMProductName} differs from the current upstream Istio community release in the following ways:

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==== Additional resources

* xref:../../service_mesh/v1x/ossm-traffic-manage.adoc#ossm-auto-route-1x_routing-traffic-v1x[Automatic route creation]

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