ns := s.namespaces.Get(podNamespace, "")
	if ns == nil {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to find namespace %v", ns)
	}
	pod := s.pods.Get(podName, podNamespace)
	if util.PodRedirectionEnabled(ns, pod) {
		return pod, nil
	}
	return nil, nil
}

func (s *InformerHandlers) Start() {
	kube.WaitForCacheSync("informer", s.ctx.Done(), s.pods.HasSynced, s.namespaces.HasSynced)

	constants.AmbientRedirection,
))

// TODO: we should use the upstream istio version of this function.
// PodRedirectionEnabled determines if a pod should or should not be configured
// to have traffic redirected thru the node proxy.
func PodRedirectionEnabled(namespace *corev1.Namespace, pod *corev1.Pod) bool {
	if namespace.GetLabels()[constants.DataplaneMode] != constants.DataplaneModeAmbient {

	if err != nil {
		return false, err
	}
	ns, err := client.CoreV1().Namespaces().Get(context.Background(), podNamespace, metav1.GetOptions{})
	if err != nil {
		return false, err
	}

	return util.PodRedirectionEnabled(ns, pod), nil