cniClient := newCNIClient(conf.CNIEventAddress, constants.CNIAddEventPath)
			if err = PushCNIEvent(cniClient, args, prevResIps, podName, podNamespace); err != nil {
				log.Errorf("istio-cni cmdAdd failed to signal node Istio CNI agent: %s", err)
				return err
			}
			return nil
		}
		log.Debugf("istio-cni ambient cmdAdd podName: %s - not ambient enabled, ignoring", podName)
	}
	// End ambient plugin logic

	pi := &PodInfo{}

		if cfg.InstallConfig.AmbientEnabled {
			// Start ambient controller

			// node agent will spawn a goroutine and watch the K8S API for events,
			// as well as listen for messages from the CNI binary.
			log.Info("Starting ambient node agent with inpod redirect mode")
			ambientAgent, err := nodeagent.NewServer(ctx, watchServerReady, cfg.InstallConfig.CNIEventAddress,
				nodeagent.AmbientArgs{