If the change is to a Kubernetes field (such as modifying a Deployment attribute), it will likely need to be install-time configuration.
However, that doesn't necessarily mean a PR to add a value will be accepted.
The `values.yaml` API is intended to maintain a *minimal core set of configuration* that most users will use.

* Any code that changes feature functionality must be done within 2 weeks of the release branch cutting. Even then it is
 at the discretion of the release managers if PRs will be accepted and merged into the release branch.
* All code merged in after the feature freeze must have an associated GitHub issue and a release note (exception for
  unit and integration test changes).

			if errors.Is(err, net.ErrClosed) {
				log.Debug("listener closed - returning")
				return
			}

			log.Errorf("failed to accept conn: %v", err)
			continue
		}
		log.Debug("connection accepted")
		go func() {
			log.Debug("handling conn")
			if err := z.handleConn(ctx, conn); err != nil {
				log.Errorf("failed to handle conn: %v", err)
			}
		}()
	}
}

  case "${KUBERNETES_CNI:-}" in 

    "calico")
      echo "Installing Calico CNI"
      install_calico "" "$(dirname "$CONFIG")"
      ;;

    "")
      # perfectly fine, we accepted the default KinD CNI
      ;;

    *)
      # we don't know what to do but we've got no CNI, return non-zero

without re-installing or restarting deployments. If the change is to a Kubernetes field (such as modifying a Deployment attribute), it will likely need to be install-time configuration. However, that doesn't necessarily mean a PR to add a value will be accepted. The `values.yaml` API is intended to maintain a *minimal core set of configuration* that most users will use. For bespoke use cases, [Helm Chart Customization](https://istio.io/latest/docs/setup/additional-setup/customize-installation-helm/#adv...

  // arrays contain more detail about the pod's status.
  // There are five possible phase values:
  //
  // Pending: The pod has been accepted by the Kubernetes system, but one or more of the
  // container images has not been created. This includes time before being scheduled as
  // well as time spent downloading images over the network, which could take a while.