message LeaseSpec {
  // holderIdentity contains the identity of the holder of a current lease.
  // +optional
  optional string holderIdentity = 1;

  // leaseDurationSeconds is a duration that candidates for a lease need
  // to wait to force acquire it. This is measure against time of last
  // observed renewTime.
  // +optional
  optional int32 leaseDurationSeconds = 2;

  // acquireTime is a time when the current lease was acquired.
  // +optional

* For large API changes, 2 members of the TOC must approve the PR before release manager approval in the release branch
  of the istio/api repository. This does not have to wait for the weekly TOC meeting.
    * Risk should be assessed in the PR.
        * Have installs and upgrades affected by this feature?
        * Is the feature still being worked on?
        * Is the default behavior altered?

message LeaseSpec {
  // holderIdentity contains the identity of the holder of a current lease.
  // +optional
  optional string holderIdentity = 1;

  // leaseDurationSeconds is a duration that candidates for a lease need
  // to wait to force acquire it. This is measure against time of last
  // observed renewTime.
  // +optional
  optional int32 leaseDurationSeconds = 2;

  // acquireTime is a time when the current lease was acquired.
  // +optional

Normally, this just means running the queue.
All informers created by `kube.Client` are kept track in the client, and started in one go with `RunAndWait` in one centralized call.
As a result, each individual controllers should simply wait until informers have synced, then run the queue to start processing things.

A queue is used to give a few properties: