---
title: "An Update on Our Container Registry Migration"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/an-update-on-our-container-registry-migration-sdqwah5rh
source_url: https://istio.io/latest/blog/2026/retirement-of-gcr.io-follow-up
type: article
source: "Istio"
published: 2026-07-25T18:37:46.010Z
updated: 2026-07-25T18:38:04.898Z
tags: ["kubernetes", "docker", "containers", "istio", "service-mesh"]
reading_time: 2
upvotes: 1
comments: 0
language: en
---

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# An Update on Our Container Registry Migration

**[Istio](https://daily.dev/sources/istio)** · 2 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

Istio is retiring both the `gcr.io/istio-release` and `registry.istio.io/release` container registries by late 2026. The `registry.istio.io/release` proxy is being shut down because Cloudflare egress IPs trigger rate-limiting on free container hosting platforms. Users should migrate to `docker.io/istio` as soon as possible. Instructions are provided for migrating via `istioctl` (updating IstioOperator config or passing a CLI flag) and via Helm (updating the values file). Istio 1.30 users are most likely affected, as that version defaults to `registry.istio.io/release`.

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Tags: [#kubernetes](https://daily.dev/tags/kubernetes), [#docker](https://daily.dev/tags/docker), [#containers](https://daily.dev/tags/containers), [#istio](https://daily.dev/tags/istio), [#service-mesh](https://daily.dev/tags/service-mesh)

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