t.Settings().Ambient = true
			return nil
		}).
		Setup(istio.Setup(&i, func(ctx resource.Context, cfg *istio.Config) {
			// can't deploy VMs without eastwest gateway
			ctx.Settings().SkipVMs()
			cfg.DeployEastWestGW = false
			cfg.ControlPlaneValues = `
components:
  cni:
    namespace: "kube-system"
values:
  pilot:
    taint:
      enabled: true
      namespace: "kube-system"
    env:

	// OpenShift indicates the tests run in an OpenShift platform rather than in plain Kubernetes.
	OpenShift bool
}

// SkipVMs changes the skip settings at runtime
func (s *Settings) SkipVMs() {
	s.SkipVM = true
	s.SkipWorkloadClasses = append(s.SkipWorkloadClasses, "vm")
}

// Skip checks whether a given class is skipped
func (s *Settings) Skip(class string) bool {

			t.Settings().Ambient = true
			return nil
		}).
		Setup(istio.Setup(&i, func(ctx resource.Context, cfg *istio.Config) {
			// can't deploy VMs without eastwest gateway
			ctx.Settings().SkipVMs()
			cfg.EnableCNI = true
			cfg.DeployEastWestGW = false
			cfg.ControlPlaneValues = `
values:
  cni:
    repair:
      enabled: true
  ztunnel:
    terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 5
    env:

			t.Settings().Ambient = true
			return nil
		}).
		Setup(istio.Setup(&i, func(ctx resource.Context, cfg *istio.Config) {
			// can't deploy VMs without eastwest gateway
			ctx.Settings().SkipVMs()
			cfg.EnableCNI = true
			cfg.DeployEastWestGW = false
			cfg.ControlPlaneValues = `
values:
  cni:
    # The CNI repair feature is disabled for these tests because this is a controlled environment,