},
		// TODO: when there exists a means for users to signal the intent to exclude a pod from ambient without requiring the use of
		// the ambient redirection annotation, this annotation should no longer be checked by this function and this case should return 'true'
		{
			name: "pod has annotation to disable ambient redirection",
			args: args{
				namespace: namespaceWithAmbientEnabledLabel,
				pod:       podWithAmbientDisabledAnnotation,

API, and should be named after the issue number of the API proposal.
For example, if the directory `6-stdlib/99-minor` is present,
then an `api/next` file with the line

    pkg net/http, function F #12345

should have a corresponding file named `doc/next/6-stdlib/99-minor/net/http/12345.md`.
At a minimum, that file should contain either a full sentence or a TODO,

))

var annotationRemovePatch = []byte(fmt.Sprintf(
	`{"metadata":{"annotations":{"%s":null}}}`,
	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 {