return t.GetAnnotations()[constants.AmbientRedirection] == constants.AmbientRedirectionEnabled
	case *corev1.Namespace:
		if t.GetLabels()["istio-injection"] == "enabled" {
			return false
		}
		if v, ok := t.GetLabels()[label.IoIstioRev.Name]; ok && v != "" {
			return false
		}
		return t.GetLabels()[constants.DataplaneModeLabel] == constants.DataplaneModeAmbient
	}
	return false

					return err
				}
				ns, err := kubeClient.Kube().CoreV1().Namespaces().Get(context.TODO(), podNs, metav1.GetOptions{})
				if err != nil {
					return err
				}
				podLabels = pod.GetLabels()
				nsLabels = ns.GetLabels()
			} else {
				namespace := ctx.NamespaceOrDefault(ctx.Namespace())
				ns, err := kubeClient.Kube().CoreV1().Namespaces().Get(context.TODO(), namespace, metav1.GetOptions{})
				if err != nil {

// to have traffic redirected thru the node proxy.
func PodRedirectionEnabled(namespace *corev1.Namespace, pod *corev1.Pod) bool {
	if !(namespace.GetLabels()[constants.DataplaneModeLabel] == constants.DataplaneModeAmbient ||
		pod.GetLabels()[constants.DataplaneModeLabel] == constants.DataplaneModeAmbient) {
		// Neither namespace nor pod has ambient mode enabled
		return false
	}
	if podHasSidecar(pod) {

// TODO it is sort of pointless/confusing/implicit to populate Old and New with the same reference here
func (s *InformerHandlers) enqueueNamespace(o controllers.Object) {
	namespace := o.GetName()
	labels := o.GetLabels()
	matchAmbient := labels[constants.DataplaneModeLabel] == constants.DataplaneModeAmbient
	if matchAmbient {
		log.Infof("Namespace %s is enabled in ambient mesh", namespace)
	} else {