token := ""
		touchedPods := 0

	GetProxyLoop:
		for {
			list, err := kubeClient.GetProxyPods(context.TODO(), int64(kubeClientGetPodLimit), token)
			if err != nil {
				return nil, err
			}
			// Iterate all the pod.
			for _, pod := range list.Items {
				touchedPods++
				if options.XdsViaAgentsLimit != 0 && touchedPods > options.XdsViaAgentsLimit {

	statusCmd.PersistentFlags().IntVar(&multiXdsOpts.XdsViaAgentsLimit, "xds-via-agents-limit", 100,
		"Maximum number of pods being visited by istioctl when `xds-via-agent` flag is true."+
			"To iterate all the agent pods without limit, set to 0")

	return statusCmd