apiVersion: release-notes/v2
kind: feature
area: installation

# issue is a list of GitHub issues resolved in this note.
issue:
  - https://github.com/istio/istio/issues/51595

releaseNotes:
- |
  **Improved** the Helm installation for Istiod multi-cluster for primary-remote. Now, Helm installation only requires setting global.externalIstiod, instead of also requiring pilot.env.EXTERNAL_ISTIOD to be set.
