operatorNamespace string
	// watchedNamespaces is the namespaces the operator controller watches, could be namespace list separated by comma.
	watchedNamespaces string
	// istioNamespace is deprecated, use watchedNamespaces instead.
	istioNamespace string
	// manifestsPath is a path to a charts and profiles directory in the local filesystem with a release tgz.
	manifestsPath string

var DefaultOptions = Options{
	MessageWriter:     os.Stdout,
	XdsViaAgents:      false,
	XdsViaAgentsLimit: 0,
}

// RequestAndProcessXds merges XDS responses from 1 central or 1..N K8s cluster-based XDS servers
// Deprecated This method makes multiple responses appear to come from a single control plane;
// consider using AllRequestAndProcessXds or FirstRequestAndProcessXds
// nolint: lll

	if clientConfig.GetGenericXdsConfigs() != nil {
		configs = clientConfig.GetGenericXdsConfigs()
		return configs
	}

	// FIXME: currently removing the deprecated code below may result in functions not working
	// if there is a mismatch of versions between istiod and istioctl
	// nolint: staticcheck
	for _, config := range clientConfig.GetXdsConfig() {
		var typeURL string

	dashboardCmd.AddCommand(skywalking)

	envoy := envoyDashCmd(cliContext)
	envoy.Long += fmt.Sprintf("\n\n%s\n", "Note: envoy command is deprecated and can be replaced with proxy command, "+
		"e.g. `istioctl dashboard proxy --help`")
	envoy.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&labelSelector, "selector", "l", "", "Label selector")

	ManifestsFlagHelpStr = `Specify a path to a directory of charts and profiles
(e.g. ~/Downloads/istio-` + baseVersion + `/manifests).
`
)

const (
	ChartsDeprecatedStr         = "Deprecated, use --manifests instead."
	revisionFlagHelpStr         = `Target control plane revision for the command.`
	skipConfirmationFlagHelpStr = `The skipConfirmation determines whether the user is prompted for confirmation.

	rootCmd.AddCommand(kubeInjectCmd)

	experimentalCmd := &cobra.Command{
		Use:     "experimental",
		Aliases: []string{"x", "exp"},
		Short:   "Experimental commands that may be modified or deprecated",
	}

	xdsBasedTroubleshooting := []*cobra.Command{
		// TODO(hanxiaop): I think experimental version still has issues, so we keep the old version for now.
		version.XdsVersionCommand(ctx),

		{
			name: "warning",
			args: []string{"--filename", warningFilename},
			expectedRegexp: regexp.MustCompile(`(?m)".*" has warnings: 
	\* DestinationRule//reviews-cb-policy: outlier detection consecutive errors is deprecated, use consecutiveGatewayErrors or consecutive5xxErrors instead

Error: 1 error occurred:
	\* VirtualService//invalid-virtual-service: weight -15 < 0`),
			wantError: true,
		},
		{

					hcm := &hcm.HttpConnectionManager{}
					if err := filter.GetTypedConfig().UnmarshalTo(hcm); err == nil {
						return hcm, nil
					}
				}
			}
		}
		// This next check is deprecated in 1.6 and can be removed when we remove
		// the old config_dumps in support of https://github.com/istio/istio/issues/23042
		if filter.Verify(listenerTyped) {
			sockAddr := listenerTyped.Address.GetSocketAddress()