- watches k8s resource for existing pods, so that pods that have already been started can be moved in or out of the ambient mesh.
- sends UDS events to ztunnel via a socket whenever a pod is enabled for ambient mesh (whether from CNI plugin or node watcher), instructing ztunnel to create the "tube" socket.

```yaml
apiVersion: install.istio.io/v1alpha1
kind: IstioOperator
spec:
  components:
    pilot:
      k8s:
        overlays:
        - kind: Deployment
          name: istio-pilot
          patches:
          - path: spec.template.spec.containers.[name:discovery].args.[30m]
            value: "60m" # OVERRIDDEN
          - path: spec.template.spec.containers.[name:discovery].ports.[containerPort:8080].containerPort