weeks prior to a new release. The `istio/istio.io` repository does not get branched until the release is ready
for publication.

This document outlines getting in new features after a new branch has been cut and the process for getting a PR
merged in before and after the first public release.

# Feature Freeze

  // terminated in failure. The container either exited with non-zero status or was terminated
  // by the system.
  // Unknown: For some reason the state of the pod could not be obtained, typically due to an
  // error in communicating with the host of the pod.
  //
  // More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/workloads/pods/pod-lifecycle#pod-phase
  // +optional
  optional string phase = 1;