// to have traffic redirected thru the node proxy.
func PodRedirectionEnabled(namespace *corev1.Namespace, pod *corev1.Pod) bool {
	if !(namespace.GetLabels()[label.IoIstioDataplaneMode.Name] == constants.DataplaneModeAmbient ||
		pod.GetLabels()[label.IoIstioDataplaneMode.Name] == constants.DataplaneModeAmbient) {
		// Neither namespace nor pod has ambient mode enabled
		return false
	}
	if podHasSidecar(pod) {