From 7d9dd36a2080b0139d0058adba5d9e2a004189c9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aslak Knutsen <aslak@4fs.no>
Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2025 18:19:40 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 01/13] test-report: istio 1.27-alpha v0.4.0 report 9/9

---
 .../reports/v0.4.0/gateway/istio/README.md    | 81 +++++++++++++++++++
 .../istio/istio-1.27-alpha-dev-report.yaml    | 22 +++++
 2 files changed, 103 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 conformance/reports/v0.4.0/gateway/istio/README.md
 create mode 100644 conformance/reports/v0.4.0/gateway/istio/istio-1.27-alpha-dev-report.yaml

diff --git a/conformance/reports/v0.4.0/gateway/istio/README.md b/conformance/reports/v0.4.0/gateway/istio/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cfaed26f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conformance/reports/v0.4.0/gateway/istio/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+# Istio (Gateway Profile Conformance)
+
+
+## Table of Contents
+
+| Extension Version Tested | Profile Tested | Implementation Version | Mode    | Report                                                                     |
+|--------------------------|----------------|------------------------|---------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
+| v0.4.0                   | Gateway        | 1.27-alpha...          | default | [v1.27-alpha Dev report](./istio-1.27-alpha-dev-report.yaml) |
+| ...                      | ...            | ...                    | ...     | ...                                                                        |
+
+## Reproduce
+
+```
+# minikube
+
+minikube start
+minikube addons enable metallb
+
+cat << EOF | kubectl apply -f -
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+data:
+  config: |
+    address-pools:
+    - name: default
+      protocol: layer2
+      addresses:
+      - 192.168.49.100-192.168.49.200
+metadata:
+  name: config
+  namespace: metallb-system
+EOF
+
+# istio
+
+istioctl install --set profile=minimal --set values.global.hub=gcr.io/istio-testing --set values.global.tag=1.27-alpha.5bcfdaceaca13cfbbd876d142ab069bb14731700
+
+# CRDs
+
+kubectl apply -f https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/gateway-api/releases/download/v1.3.0/standard-install.yaml
+kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kubernetes-sigs/gateway-api-inference-extension/refs/heads/main/config/crd/bases/inference.networking.x-k8s.io_inferencepools.yaml
+kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kubernetes-sigs/gateway-api-inference-extension/refs/heads/main/config/crd/bases/inference.networking.x-k8s.io_inferencemodels.yaml
+
+
+# Enforce TLS for EPP
+
+kubectrl create namespace gateway-conformance-app-backend
+
+cat << EOF | kubectl apply -f - 
+apiVersion: networking.istio.io/v2
+kind: DestinationRule
+metadata:
+  name: primary-endpoint-picker-tls
+  namespace: gateway-conformance-app-backend
+spec:
+  host: primary-endpoint-picker-svc
+  trafficPolicy:
+      tls:
+        mode: SIMPLE
+        insecureSkipVerify: true
+---
+apiVersion: networking.istio.io/v1
+kind: DestinationRule
+metadata:
+  name: secondary-endpoint-picker-tls
+  namespace: gateway-conformance-app-backend
+spec:
+  host: secondary-endpoint-picker-svc
+  trafficPolicy:
+      tls:
+        mode: SIMPLE
+        insecureSkipVerify: true
+EOF
+
+# gie conformance test suite
+
+git clone git@github.com:kubernetes-sigs/gateway-api-inference-extension.git; cd gateway-api-inference-extension
+
+#go test...
+
+```
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/conformance/reports/v0.4.0/gateway/istio/istio-1.27-alpha-dev-report.yaml b/conformance/reports/v0.4.0/gateway/istio/istio-1.27-alpha-dev-report.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f65a3d979
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conformance/reports/v0.4.0/gateway/istio/istio-1.27-alpha-dev-report.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+apiVersion: gateway.networking.k8s.io/v1
+date: "2025-07-01T17:59:24+02:00"
+gatewayAPIChannel: standard
+gatewayAPIVersion: v1.3.0
+implementation:
+  contact:
+  - '@istio/maintainers'
+  organization: istio
+  project: istio
+  url: https://istio.io
+  version: 1.27-alpha.0551127f00634403cddd4634567e65a8ecc499a7
+kind: ConformanceReport
+mode: default
+profiles:
+- core:
+    result: success
+    statistics:
+      Failed: 0
+      Passed: 9
+      Skipped: 0
+  name: Gateway
+  summary: Core tests succeeded.

From 7ce74079f3aa66491ab134de2751a7c369a198d6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aslak Knutsen <aslak@4fs.no>
Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2025 19:03:01 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 02/13] Update
 conformance/reports/v0.4.0/gateway/istio/README.md

Co-authored-by: Nir Rozenbaum <nirro@il.ibm.com>
---
 conformance/reports/v0.4.0/gateway/istio/README.md | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/conformance/reports/v0.4.0/gateway/istio/README.md b/conformance/reports/v0.4.0/gateway/istio/README.md
index cfaed26f8..8404663ef 100644
--- a/conformance/reports/v0.4.0/gateway/istio/README.md
+++ b/conformance/reports/v0.4.0/gateway/istio/README.md
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kubernetes-sigs/gateway-api-i
 
 # Enforce TLS for EPP
 
-kubectrl create namespace gateway-conformance-app-backend
+kubectl create namespace gateway-conformance-app-backend
 
 cat << EOF | kubectl apply -f - 
 apiVersion: networking.istio.io/v2

From 515461189a6ed735d78c56e6cc70c35b904177cb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aslak Knutsen <aslak@4fs.no>
Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2025 21:35:05 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 03/13] Fix DestinationRule v

---
 conformance/reports/v0.4.0/gateway/istio/README.md | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/conformance/reports/v0.4.0/gateway/istio/README.md b/conformance/reports/v0.4.0/gateway/istio/README.md
index 8404663ef..f1bc3b204 100644
--- a/conformance/reports/v0.4.0/gateway/istio/README.md
+++ b/conformance/reports/v0.4.0/gateway/istio/README.md
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kubernetes-sigs/gateway-api-i
 kubectl create namespace gateway-conformance-app-backend
 
 cat << EOF | kubectl apply -f - 
-apiVersion: networking.istio.io/v2
+apiVersion: networking.istio.io/v1
 kind: DestinationRule
 metadata:
   name: primary-endpoint-picker-tls
@@ -78,4 +78,4 @@ git clone git@github.com:kubernetes-sigs/gateway-api-inference-extension.git; cd
 
 #go test...
 
-```
\ No newline at end of file
+```

From 1496b63a8628c0e84da95e28e5ca405fafea62b7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aslak Knutsen <aslak@4fs.no>
Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2025 16:23:08 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 04/13] feat: Add makefile to setup and run tests

---
 .../reports/v0.4.0/gateway/istio/Makefile     | 384 ++++++++++++++++++
 .../reports/v0.4.0/gateway/istio/README.md    | 179 +++++---
 .../istio/istio-1.27-alpha-dev-report.yaml    |  22 -
 3 files changed, 496 insertions(+), 89 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 conformance/reports/v0.4.0/gateway/istio/Makefile
 delete mode 100644 conformance/reports/v0.4.0/gateway/istio/istio-1.27-alpha-dev-report.yaml

diff --git a/conformance/reports/v0.4.0/gateway/istio/Makefile b/conformance/reports/v0.4.0/gateway/istio/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..169f1bbf7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conformance/reports/v0.4.0/gateway/istio/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,384 @@
+# Version variables - can be overridden via environment or command line
+# Example: make all ISTIO_VERSION=1.28.0
+GATEWAY_API_VERSION ?= v1.3.0
+INFERENCE_EXTENSION_VERSION ?= v0.4.0
+ISTIO_VERSION ?= 1.27-alpha.0551127f00634403cddd4634567e65a8ecc499a7
+ISTIO_HUB ?= 
+ISTIO_PROFILE ?= minimal
+
+# Conformance test variables
+IMPLEMENTATION_VERSION ?= $(ISTIO_VERSION)
+MODE ?= default
+PROFILE ?= gateway
+ORGANIZATION ?= istio
+PROJECT ?= istio
+URL ?= https://istio.io
+CONTACT ?= @istio/maintainers
+RUN_TEST ?=
+
+# Directory variables
+TEST_BASE_DIR ?= ../../../../..
+REPORT_BASE_DIR ?= .
+
+# Istioctl binary variables
+ISTIOCTL_DIR ?= /tmp
+ISTIOCTL_BIN ?= $(ISTIOCTL_DIR)/istioctl-$(ISTIO_VERSION)
+
+# YAML content for readability
+define METALLB_CONFIG
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+data:
+  config: |
+    address-pools:
+    - name: default
+      protocol: layer2
+      addresses:
+      - NETWORK_PREFIX.100-NETWORK_PREFIX.200
+metadata:
+  name: config
+  namespace: metallb-system
+endef
+
+define TLS_DESTINATION_RULES
+apiVersion: networking.istio.io/v1
+kind: DestinationRule
+metadata:
+  name: primary-endpoint-picker-tls
+  namespace: gateway-conformance-app-backend
+spec:
+  host: primary-endpoint-picker-svc
+  trafficPolicy:
+      tls:
+        mode: SIMPLE
+        insecureSkipVerify: true
+---
+apiVersion: networking.istio.io/v1
+kind: DestinationRule
+metadata:
+  name: secondary-endpoint-picker-tls
+  namespace: gateway-conformance-app-backend
+spec:
+  host: secondary-endpoint-picker-svc
+  trafficPolicy:
+      tls:
+        mode: SIMPLE
+        insecureSkipVerify: true
+endef
+
+.PHONY: setup-env-minikube setup-env-openshift setup-minikube setup-openshift setup-istio setup-istio-minikube setup-istio-openshift setup-gateway-api-crds setup-inference-extension-crds setup-crds setup-tls run-tests update-readme clean clean-reports help
+
+# Setup complete environment with minikube
+setup-env-minikube: setup-minikube setup-istio-minikube setup-gateway-api-crds setup-inference-extension-crds setup-tls
+
+# Setup complete environment with OpenShift
+setup-env-openshift: setup-openshift setup-istio-openshift setup-gateway-api-crds setup-inference-extension-crds setup-tls
+
+# Show help information
+help:
+	@echo "Gateway API Inference Extension Conformance Test Setup"
+	@echo ""
+	@echo "━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━"
+	@echo "📋 QUICK SETUP - All-in-one targets"
+	@echo "━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━"
+	@echo "  setup-env-minikube               - Setup complete environment with minikube"
+	@echo "  setup-env-openshift              - Setup complete environment with OpenShift"
+	@echo ""
+	@echo "━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━"
+	@echo "🚀 MINIKUBE ENVIRONMENT - For local development"
+	@echo "━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━"
+	@echo "  setup-minikube                   - Setup minikube with metallb"
+	@echo "  setup-istio-minikube             - Install Istio for minikube environment"
+	@echo ""
+	@echo "━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━"
+	@echo "🏢 OPENSHIFT ENVIRONMENT - For enterprise deployments"
+	@echo "━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━"
+	@echo "  setup-openshift                  - Setup OpenShift environment"
+	@echo "  setup-istio-openshift            - Install Istio for OpenShift environment"
+	@echo ""
+	@echo "━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━"
+	@echo "⚙️  COMMON SETUP - Environment-agnostic targets"
+	@echo "━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━"
+	@echo "  setup-istio                      - Install Istio (auto-downloads istioctl)"
+	@echo "  setup-gateway-api-crds           - Install Gateway API CRDs"
+	@echo "  setup-inference-extension-crds   - Install Inference Extension CRDs"
+	@echo "  setup-crds                       - Install all CRDs"
+	@echo "  setup-tls                        - Setup TLS for EPP"
+	@echo ""
+	@echo "━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━"
+	@echo "🧪 TESTING & REPORTING - Test execution and documentation"
+	@echo "━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━"
+	@echo "  run-tests                        - Run conformance tests"
+	@echo "  update-readme                    - Update README table with all available reports"
+	@echo ""
+	@echo "━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━"
+	@echo "🧹 CLEANUP - Resource cleanup"
+	@echo "━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━"
+	@echo "  clean                            - Clean up resources"
+	@echo "  clean-reports                    - Clean up generated reports and README table"
+	@echo ""
+	@echo "Version variables (can be overridden):"
+	@echo "  GATEWAY_API_VERSION              - Gateway API version (current: $(GATEWAY_API_VERSION))"
+	@echo "  INFERENCE_EXTENSION_VERSION      - Inference Extension version (current: $(INFERENCE_EXTENSION_VERSION))"
+	@echo "  ISTIO_VERSION                    - Istio version (current: $(ISTIO_VERSION))"
+	@echo "  ISTIO_HUB                        - Istio container registry hub (current: $(ISTIO_HUB), auto-detected if empty)"
+	@echo "  ISTIO_PROFILE                    - Istio profile (current: $(ISTIO_PROFILE))"
+	@echo ""
+	@echo "Conformance test variables (can be overridden):"
+	@echo "  IMPLEMENTATION_VERSION           - Implementation version for report (current: $(IMPLEMENTATION_VERSION))"
+	@echo "  MODE                             - Test mode (current: $(MODE))"
+	@echo "  PROFILE                          - Conformance profile (current: $(PROFILE))"
+	@echo "  ORGANIZATION                     - Organization name (current: $(ORGANIZATION))"
+	@echo "  PROJECT                          - Project name (current: $(PROJECT))"
+	@echo "  URL                              - Project URL (current: $(URL))"
+	@echo "  CONTACT                          - Contact information (current: $(CONTACT))"
+	@echo "  RUN_TEST                         - Run specific test (current: $(RUN_TEST))"
+	@echo ""
+	@echo "Directory variables (can be overridden):"
+	@echo "  TEST_BASE_DIR                    - Test suite base directory (current: $(TEST_BASE_DIR))"
+	@echo "  REPORT_BASE_DIR                  - Report output directory (current: $(REPORT_BASE_DIR))"
+	@echo "  ISTIOCTL_DIR                     - Directory for istioctl binaries (current: $(ISTIOCTL_DIR))"
+	@echo "  ISTIOCTL_BIN                     - Path to versioned istioctl binary (current: $(ISTIOCTL_BIN))"
+	@echo ""
+	@echo "━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━"
+	@echo "💡 USAGE EXAMPLES"
+	@echo "━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━"
+	@echo ""
+	@echo "📋 Quick Setup Examples:"
+	@echo "  make setup-env-minikube                    - Use default versions with minikube"
+	@echo "  make setup-env-openshift                   - Use default versions with OpenShift"
+	@echo "  make setup-env-minikube ISTIO_VERSION=1.28.0 - Override Istio version"
+	@echo ""
+	@echo "🚀 Minikube Examples:"
+	@echo "  make setup-minikube                        - Setup minikube cluster with metallb"
+	@echo "  make setup-istio-minikube                  - Install Istio for minikube environment"
+	@echo ""
+	@echo "🏢 OpenShift Examples:"
+	@echo "  make setup-openshift                       - Setup OpenShift environment"
+	@echo "  make setup-istio-openshift                 - Install Istio for OpenShift environment"
+	@echo ""
+	@echo "⚙️  Common Setup Examples:"
+	@echo "  make setup-istio ISTIO_PROFILE=openshift   - Install Istio with specific profile"
+	@echo "  make setup-istio ISTIO_HUB=docker.io/istio - Install Istio from custom registry"
+	@echo "  make setup-crds                            - Install all CRDs"
+	@echo ""
+	@echo "🧪 Testing Examples:"
+	@echo "  make run-tests                             - Run conformance tests with default settings"
+	@echo "  make run-tests MODE=experimental           - Run tests with experimental mode"
+	@echo "  make run-tests IMPLEMENTATION_VERSION=v1.28.0 - Run tests with custom version"
+	@echo "  make run-tests TEST_BASE_DIR=../../../../../ - Run tests from custom directory"
+	@echo "  make run-tests RUN_TEST=TestName           - Run specific test only"
+	@echo "  make update-readme                         - Update README table with all available reports"
+
+# Setup minikube with metallb
+setup-minikube:
+	@echo "Setting up minikube with metallb..."
+	minikube start
+	minikube addons enable metallb
+	@echo "Configuring metallb address pool..."
+	$(file >/tmp/metallb-config.yaml,$(METALLB_CONFIG))
+	@MINIKUBE_IP=$$(minikube ip); \
+	NETWORK_PREFIX=$${MINIKUBE_IP%.*}; \
+	echo "Using IP range: $${NETWORK_PREFIX}.100-$${NETWORK_PREFIX}.200"; \
+	sed -i "s/NETWORK_PREFIX/$${NETWORK_PREFIX}/g" /tmp/metallb-config.yaml
+	kubectl apply -f /tmp/metallb-config.yaml
+	@rm -f /tmp/metallb-config.yaml
+
+# Setup OpenShift (alternative to minikube)
+setup-openshift:
+	@echo "Setting up OpenShift environment..."
+	@echo "Assuming OpenShift cluster is already running and kubectl/oc is configured"
+	@echo "Verifying cluster connection..."
+	kubectl cluster-info
+	@echo "OpenShift environment ready"
+
+# Download istioctl binary for the specific version (file target)
+$(ISTIOCTL_BIN):
+	@echo "Downloading istioctl version $(ISTIO_VERSION)..."
+	@mkdir -p $(ISTIOCTL_DIR)
+	@OS=$$(uname -s | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]'); \
+	ARCH=$$(uname -m); \
+	case "$$ARCH" in \
+		x86_64) ARCH=amd64 ;; \
+		aarch64) ARCH=arm64 ;; \
+		armv7l) ARCH=armv7 ;; \
+	esac; \
+	echo "Detecting OS: $$OS, Architecture: $$ARCH"; \
+	SUCCESS=false; \
+	echo "Trying GitHub releases..."; \
+	if curl -fsSL "https://github.com/istio/istio/releases/download/$(ISTIO_VERSION)/istioctl-$(ISTIO_VERSION)-$$OS-$$ARCH.tar.gz" -o /tmp/istioctl.tar.gz 2>/dev/null; then \
+		echo "Download successful, extracting..."; \
+		if tar -xzf /tmp/istioctl.tar.gz -C /tmp 2>/dev/null; then \
+			mv /tmp/istioctl $(ISTIOCTL_BIN); \
+			rm -f /tmp/istioctl.tar.gz; \
+			chmod +x $(ISTIOCTL_BIN); \
+			echo "istioctl $(ISTIO_VERSION) downloaded to $(ISTIOCTL_BIN)"; \
+			echo "github" > $(ISTIOCTL_BIN).source; \
+			SUCCESS=true; \
+		else \
+			echo "ERROR: Failed to extract istioctl archive"; \
+			rm -f /tmp/istioctl.tar.gz; \
+		fi; \
+	fi; \
+	if [ "$$SUCCESS" = "false" ]; then \
+		echo "Binary download failed, trying container-based extraction..."; \
+		CONTAINER_IMAGE="gcr.io/istio-testing/istioctl:$(ISTIO_VERSION)"; \
+		echo "Pulling container image: $$CONTAINER_IMAGE"; \
+		if docker pull "$$CONTAINER_IMAGE" 2>/dev/null; then \
+			echo "Extracting istioctl binary from container..."; \
+			TEMP_CONTAINER=$$(docker create "$$CONTAINER_IMAGE"); \
+			if docker cp "$$TEMP_CONTAINER:/usr/local/bin/istioctl" "$(ISTIOCTL_BIN)" 2>/dev/null; then \
+				docker rm "$$TEMP_CONTAINER" 2>/dev/null || true; \
+				chmod +x "$(ISTIOCTL_BIN)"; \
+				echo "istioctl $(ISTIO_VERSION) extracted from container to $(ISTIOCTL_BIN)"; \
+				echo "container" > $(ISTIOCTL_BIN).source; \
+				SUCCESS=true; \
+			else \
+				echo "ERROR: Failed to extract istioctl binary from container"; \
+				docker rm "$$TEMP_CONTAINER" 2>/dev/null || true; \
+			fi; \
+		else \
+			echo "ERROR: Failed to pull container image $$CONTAINER_IMAGE"; \
+		fi; \
+	fi; \
+	if [ "$$SUCCESS" = "false" ]; then \
+		echo "ERROR: All download methods failed for istioctl $(ISTIO_VERSION)"; \
+		echo "Tried: 1) GitHub releases, 2) Container extraction"; \
+		echo "Please check if the version exists or install istioctl manually"; \
+		exit 1; \
+	fi
+	@$(ISTIOCTL_BIN) version --remote=false
+
+
+# Install Istio (generic target using ISTIO_PROFILE variable)
+setup-istio: $(ISTIOCTL_BIN)
+	@echo "Installing Istio version $(ISTIO_VERSION) with profile $(ISTIO_PROFILE)..."
+	@if [ -n "$(ISTIO_HUB)" ]; then \
+		HUB="$(ISTIO_HUB)"; \
+		echo "Using specified hub: $$HUB"; \
+	elif [ -f "$(ISTIOCTL_BIN).source" ]; then \
+		SOURCE=$$(cat $(ISTIOCTL_BIN).source); \
+		if [ "$$SOURCE" = "github" ]; then \
+			HUB="gcr.io/istio-release"; \
+			echo "Using hub for GitHub release: $$HUB"; \
+		elif [ "$$SOURCE" = "container" ]; then \
+			HUB="gcr.io/istio-testing"; \
+			echo "Using hub for container image: $$HUB"; \
+		else \
+			HUB="gcr.io/istio-testing"; \
+			echo "Unknown source, defaulting to testing hub: $$HUB"; \
+		fi; \
+	else \
+		HUB="gcr.io/istio-release"; \
+		echo "WARNING: Could not detect istioctl source, defaulting to release hub: $$HUB"; \
+		echo "If this is incorrect, specify ISTIO_HUB manually"; \
+	fi; \
+	echo "Installing Istio from $$HUB..."; \
+	$(ISTIOCTL_BIN) install -y --set profile=$(ISTIO_PROFILE) --set values.global.hub=$$HUB --set values.global.tag=$(ISTIO_VERSION)
+
+# Install Istio for minikube environment
+setup-istio-minikube:
+	$(MAKE) setup-istio ISTIO_PROFILE=minimal
+
+# Install Istio for OpenShift environment
+setup-istio-openshift:
+	$(MAKE) setup-istio ISTIO_PROFILE=openshift
+
+# Apply Gateway API CRDs
+setup-gateway-api-crds:
+	@echo "Applying Gateway API CRDs version $(GATEWAY_API_VERSION)..."
+	kubectl apply -f https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/gateway-api/releases/download/$(GATEWAY_API_VERSION)/standard-install.yaml
+
+# Apply Inference Extension CRDs
+setup-inference-extension-crds:
+	@echo "Applying Inference Extension CRDs version $(INFERENCE_EXTENSION_VERSION)..."
+	kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kubernetes-sigs/gateway-api-inference-extension/refs/tags/$(INFERENCE_EXTENSION_VERSION)/config/crd/bases/inference.networking.x-k8s.io_inferencepools.yaml
+	kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kubernetes-sigs/gateway-api-inference-extension/refs/tags/$(INFERENCE_EXTENSION_VERSION)/config/crd/bases/inference.networking.x-k8s.io_inferencemodels.yaml
+
+# Apply all CRDs (convenience target)
+setup-crds: setup-gateway-api-crds setup-inference-extension-crds
+
+# Setup TLS for EPP
+setup-tls:
+	@echo "Setting up TLS for EPP..."
+	kubectl create namespace gateway-conformance-app-backend
+	$(file >/tmp/tls-destination-rules.yaml,$(TLS_DESTINATION_RULES))
+	kubectl apply -f /tmp/tls-destination-rules.yaml
+	@rm -f /tmp/tls-destination-rules.yaml
+
+# Run conformance tests
+run-tests:
+	@echo "Running conformance tests..."
+	@echo "Test base directory: $(TEST_BASE_DIR)"
+	@echo "Report will be saved as: $(REPORT_BASE_DIR)/$(IMPLEMENTATION_VERSION)-$(MODE)-$(PROFILE)-report.yaml"
+	@if [ -n "$(RUN_TEST)" ]; then \
+		echo "Running specific test: $(RUN_TEST)"; \
+	else \
+		echo "Running all conformance tests"; \
+	fi
+	cd $(TEST_BASE_DIR) && go test ./conformance -args -gateway-class istio \
+		-cleanup-base-resources=false \
+		-report-output=$(shell pwd)/$(IMPLEMENTATION_VERSION)-$(MODE)-$(PROFILE)-report.yaml \
+		-organization="$(ORGANIZATION)" \
+		-project="$(PROJECT)" \
+		-url="$(URL)" \
+		-contact="$(CONTACT)" \
+		-version="$(IMPLEMENTATION_VERSION)" \
+		-mode="$(MODE)" \
+		-run-test="$(RUN_TEST)"
+	@echo ""
+	@echo "Test completed! To update the README table, run:"
+	@echo "  make update-readme"
+
+# Update README table with all available reports
+update-readme:
+	@echo "Updating README table with all available reports..."
+	@echo "Scanning for conformance reports..."
+	@REPORTS=$$(ls *-*-*-report.yaml 2>/dev/null || echo ""); \
+	if [ -z "$$REPORTS" ]; then \
+		echo "No conformance reports found. Run 'make run-tests' to generate reports first."; \
+		exit 1; \
+	fi; \
+	echo "Found reports: $$REPORTS"; \
+	echo "Building table entries..."; \
+	TABLE_ENTRIES=""; \
+	for report in $$REPORTS; do \
+		echo "Processing $$report..."; \
+		IMPL_VERSION=$$(echo "$$report" | sed 's/-[^-]*-[^-]*-report\.yaml$$//'); \
+		MODE=$$(echo "$$report" | sed 's/.*-\([^-]*\)-[^-]*-report\.yaml$$/\1/'); \
+		PROFILE_LOWER=$$(echo "$$report" | sed 's/.*-\([^-]*\)-report\.yaml$$/\1/'); \
+		PROFILE_UPPER=$$(echo "$$PROFILE_LOWER" | sed 's/^./\U&/'); \
+		EXTENSION_VERSION="$(INFERENCE_EXTENSION_VERSION)"; \
+		TABLE_ENTRY="| $$EXTENSION_VERSION | $$PROFILE_UPPER | $$IMPL_VERSION | $$MODE | [$$report](./$$report) |"; \
+		if [ -z "$$TABLE_ENTRIES" ]; then \
+			TABLE_ENTRIES="$$TABLE_ENTRY"; \
+		else \
+			TABLE_ENTRIES="$$TABLE_ENTRIES\n$$TABLE_ENTRY"; \
+		fi; \
+	done; \
+	echo "Updating README.md..."; \
+	sed -i '/^| Extension Version Tested | Profile Tested | Implementation Version | Mode    | Report                                                                     |$$/,/^| \.\.\. *| \.\.\. *| \.\.\. *| \.\.\. *| \.\.\. *|$$/{//!d;}' README.md; \
+	sed -i '/^| Extension Version Tested | Profile Tested | Implementation Version | Mode    | Report                                                                     |$$/a\|--------------------------|----------------|------------------------|---------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n'"$$TABLE_ENTRIES" README.md; \
+	echo "README table updated successfully!"
+
+# Clean up resources
+clean:
+	@echo "Cleaning up..."
+	kubectl delete namespace gateway-conformance-app-backend --ignore-not-found=true
+	@echo "Cleaning up downloaded istioctl binaries..."
+	@rm -f $(ISTIOCTL_DIR)/istioctl-*
+	@echo "Note: If using minikube, run 'minikube delete' to completely clean up"
+	@echo "Note: If using OpenShift, additional cleanup may be needed depending on your cluster setup"
+	@echo "Note: Run 'make clean-reports' to clean up generated reports and README table"
+
+# Clean up generated conformance reports
+clean-reports:
+	@echo "Cleaning up generated conformance reports..."
+	rm -f *-*-*-report.yaml
+	@echo "Cleaning up README table entries..."
+	@sed -i '/^| [^E][^t].*\.yaml.*|$$/d' README.md
+	@echo "Conformance reports and README table cleaned up"
+
+
+
+ 
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/conformance/reports/v0.4.0/gateway/istio/README.md b/conformance/reports/v0.4.0/gateway/istio/README.md
index f1bc3b204..b26398eca 100644
--- a/conformance/reports/v0.4.0/gateway/istio/README.md
+++ b/conformance/reports/v0.4.0/gateway/istio/README.md
@@ -5,77 +5,122 @@
 
 | Extension Version Tested | Profile Tested | Implementation Version | Mode    | Report                                                                     |
 |--------------------------|----------------|------------------------|---------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-| v0.4.0                   | Gateway        | 1.27-alpha...          | default | [v1.27-alpha Dev report](./istio-1.27-alpha-dev-report.yaml) |
 | ...                      | ...            | ...                    | ...     | ...                                                                        |
 
 ## Reproduce
 
+To reproduce the test environment and run the conformance tests, choose **either** minikube **or** OpenShift as your deployment environment:
+
+### Option A: Minikube Environment
+
+```bash
+# Set up the complete environment (minikube, istio, CRDs, TLS)
+make setup-env-minikube
+
+# Run conformance tests
+make run-tests
+
+# Clean up resources when done
+make clean
+```
+
+### Option B: OpenShift Environment
+
+```bash
+# Set up the complete environment (openshift, istio, CRDs, TLS)
+make setup-env-openshift
+
+# Run conformance tests
+make run-tests
+
+# Clean up resources when done
+make clean
 ```
-# minikube
-
-minikube start
-minikube addons enable metallb
-
-cat << EOF | kubectl apply -f -
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: ConfigMap
-data:
-  config: |
-    address-pools:
-    - name: default
-      protocol: layer2
-      addresses:
-      - 192.168.49.100-192.168.49.200
-metadata:
-  name: config
-  namespace: metallb-system
-EOF
-
-# istio
-
-istioctl install --set profile=minimal --set values.global.hub=gcr.io/istio-testing --set values.global.tag=1.27-alpha.5bcfdaceaca13cfbbd876d142ab069bb14731700
-
-# CRDs
-
-kubectl apply -f https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/gateway-api/releases/download/v1.3.0/standard-install.yaml
-kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kubernetes-sigs/gateway-api-inference-extension/refs/heads/main/config/crd/bases/inference.networking.x-k8s.io_inferencepools.yaml
-kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kubernetes-sigs/gateway-api-inference-extension/refs/heads/main/config/crd/bases/inference.networking.x-k8s.io_inferencemodels.yaml
-
-
-# Enforce TLS for EPP
-
-kubectl create namespace gateway-conformance-app-backend
-
-cat << EOF | kubectl apply -f - 
-apiVersion: networking.istio.io/v1
-kind: DestinationRule
-metadata:
-  name: primary-endpoint-picker-tls
-  namespace: gateway-conformance-app-backend
-spec:
-  host: primary-endpoint-picker-svc
-  trafficPolicy:
-      tls:
-        mode: SIMPLE
-        insecureSkipVerify: true
----
-apiVersion: networking.istio.io/v1
-kind: DestinationRule
-metadata:
-  name: secondary-endpoint-picker-tls
-  namespace: gateway-conformance-app-backend
-spec:
-  host: secondary-endpoint-picker-svc
-  trafficPolicy:
-      tls:
-        mode: SIMPLE
-        insecureSkipVerify: true
-EOF
-
-# gie conformance test suite
-
-git clone git@github.com:kubernetes-sigs/gateway-api-inference-extension.git; cd gateway-api-inference-extension
-
-#go test...
 
+### Individual Setup Steps
+
+If you prefer to run individual setup steps:
+
+```bash
+# Choose ONE of these deployment environments:
+make setup-minikube     # Option A: Set up minikube with metallb
+# OR
+make setup-openshift    # Option B: Set up OpenShift environment
+
+# Then continue with common setup steps:
+make setup-istio                        # Install Istio (uses ISTIO_PROFILE variable)
+# OR use environment-specific targets:
+make setup-istio-minikube               # Install Istio for minikube environment
+make setup-istio-openshift              # Install Istio for OpenShift environment
+
+make setup-gateway-api-crds             # Apply Gateway API CRDs
+make setup-inference-extension-crds     # Apply Inference Extension CRDs
+# OR
+make setup-crds                         # Apply all CRDs (convenience target)
+make setup-tls                          # Set up TLS for EPP
+```
+
+### CRD Setup Options
+
+The CRD setup is split into two targets for flexibility:
+
+- `make setup-gateway-api-crds` - Install only Gateway API CRDs (if you have a base Gateway API environment)
+- `make setup-inference-extension-crds` - Install only Inference Extension CRDs (if Gateway API is already installed)
+- `make setup-crds` - Install both (convenience target for full setup)
+
+Different environments might require different combinations depending on what's already installed.
+
+### Version Configuration
+
+The Makefile uses configurable version variables that can be overridden:
+
+```bash
+# Use default versions
+make setup-env-minikube
+
+# Override specific versions
+make setup-env-minikube ISTIO_VERSION=1.28.0
+make setup-env-openshift GATEWAY_API_VERSION=v1.4.0 INFERENCE_EXTENSION_VERSION=v0.5.0
+
+# Use specific Istio profile
+make setup-istio ISTIO_PROFILE=openshift
+
+# Use custom Istio registry
+make setup-istio ISTIO_HUB=docker.io/istio
+
+# Run tests from custom directory
+make run-tests TEST_BASE_DIR=../../../../../
+
+# See all available options
+make help
 ```
+
+### Available Variables:
+
+**Setup Variables:**
+- `GATEWAY_API_VERSION` - Gateway API version (default: v1.3.0)
+- `INFERENCE_EXTENSION_VERSION` - Inference Extension version (default: v0.4.0)  
+- `ISTIO_VERSION` - Istio version (default: 1.27-alpha.0551127f00634403cddd4634567e65a8ecc499a7)
+- `ISTIO_HUB` - Istio container registry hub (default: gcr.io/istio-testing)
+- `ISTIO_PROFILE` - Istio profile (default: minimal)
+
+**Conformance Test Variables:**
+- `IMPLEMENTATION_VERSION` - Implementation version for report (default: same as ISTIO_VERSION)
+- `MODE` - Test mode (default: default)
+- `PROFILE` - Conformance profile (default: gateway)
+- `ORGANIZATION` - Organization name (default: istio)
+- `PROJECT` - Project name (default: istio)
+- `URL` - Project URL (default: https://istio.io)
+- `CONTACT` - Contact information (default: @istio/maintainers)
+
+**Directory Variables:**
+- `TEST_BASE_DIR` - Test suite base directory (default: ../../../../..)
+- `REPORT_BASE_DIR` - Report output directory (default: .)
+
+> **Note**: This Makefile expects to be run from within the `gateway-api-inference-extension` repository structure. The test suite is located at the repository root, while conformance reports are generated in the current directory.
+
+### Conformance Testing
+
+For detailed information about conformance testing, report generation, and requirements, see the [conformance README](../../README.md).
+
+For available commands and options specific to this Istio implementation, run `make help` or see the `Makefile` in this directory.
diff --git a/conformance/reports/v0.4.0/gateway/istio/istio-1.27-alpha-dev-report.yaml b/conformance/reports/v0.4.0/gateway/istio/istio-1.27-alpha-dev-report.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index f65a3d979..000000000
--- a/conformance/reports/v0.4.0/gateway/istio/istio-1.27-alpha-dev-report.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-apiVersion: gateway.networking.k8s.io/v1
-date: "2025-07-01T17:59:24+02:00"
-gatewayAPIChannel: standard
-gatewayAPIVersion: v1.3.0
-implementation:
-  contact:
-  - '@istio/maintainers'
-  organization: istio
-  project: istio
-  url: https://istio.io
-  version: 1.27-alpha.0551127f00634403cddd4634567e65a8ecc499a7
-kind: ConformanceReport
-mode: default
-profiles:
-- core:
-    result: success
-    statistics:
-      Failed: 0
-      Passed: 9
-      Skipped: 0
-  name: Gateway
-  summary: Core tests succeeded.

From 76dfcde8a0fab11680ece9a3eb1ae8b6436720a7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aslak Knutsen <aslak@4fs.no>
Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2025 16:33:34 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 05/13] test: run and upate test report

---
 conformance/reports/v0.4.0/gateway/istio/README.md | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/conformance/reports/v0.4.0/gateway/istio/README.md b/conformance/reports/v0.4.0/gateway/istio/README.md
index b26398eca..519d213a7 100644
--- a/conformance/reports/v0.4.0/gateway/istio/README.md
+++ b/conformance/reports/v0.4.0/gateway/istio/README.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 | Extension Version Tested | Profile Tested | Implementation Version | Mode    | Report                                                                     |
 |--------------------------|----------------|------------------------|---------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
+| v0.4.0 | Gateway | 1.27-alpha.0551127f00634403cddd4634567e65a8ecc499a7 | default | [1.27-alpha.0551127f00634403cddd4634567e65a8ecc499a7-default-gateway-report.yaml](./1.27-alpha.0551127f00634403cddd4634567e65a8ecc499a7-default-gateway-report.yaml) |
 | ...                      | ...            | ...                    | ...     | ...                                                                        |
 
 ## Reproduce

From 0df8fe80d4b4d790e63ae667a50ed7aac921a3ea Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aslak Knutsen <aslak@4fs.no>
Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2025 16:41:28 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 06/13] feat: add notification that we attempt to auto detect
 istioctl

---
 conformance/reports/v0.4.0/gateway/istio/Makefile | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/conformance/reports/v0.4.0/gateway/istio/Makefile b/conformance/reports/v0.4.0/gateway/istio/Makefile
index 169f1bbf7..cd33d67dd 100644
--- a/conformance/reports/v0.4.0/gateway/istio/Makefile
+++ b/conformance/reports/v0.4.0/gateway/istio/Makefile
@@ -124,6 +124,13 @@ help:
 	@echo "  ISTIO_HUB                        - Istio container registry hub (current: $(ISTIO_HUB), auto-detected if empty)"
 	@echo "  ISTIO_PROFILE                    - Istio profile (current: $(ISTIO_PROFILE))"
 	@echo ""
+	@echo "📥 Automatic istioctl Management:"
+	@echo "  • istioctl binary will be automatically downloaded based on ISTIO_VERSION"
+	@echo "  • Hub (container registry) will be auto-detected from download source:"
+	@echo "    - GitHub release → gcr.io/istio-release"
+	@echo "    - Container extraction → gcr.io/istio-testing"
+	@echo "  • Override with ISTIO_HUB if needed for custom registries"
+	@echo ""
 	@echo "Conformance test variables (can be overridden):"
 	@echo "  IMPLEMENTATION_VERSION           - Implementation version for report (current: $(IMPLEMENTATION_VERSION))"
 	@echo "  MODE                             - Test mode (current: $(MODE))"

From f154a8872fca97bf3738ad7f5c32926b5b3be558 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aslak Knutsen <aslak@4fs.no>
Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2025 16:57:42 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 07/13] feat: add Status to the report overview table and parse
 data from report files on update

---
 ...7e65a8ecc499a7-default-gateway-report.yaml | 22 +++++++++++
 .../reports/v0.4.0/gateway/istio/Makefile     | 39 ++++++++++++++-----
 .../reports/v0.4.0/gateway/istio/README.md    |  8 ++--
 3 files changed, 56 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 conformance/reports/v0.4.0/gateway/istio/1.27-alpha.0551127f00634403cddd4634567e65a8ecc499a7-default-gateway-report.yaml

diff --git a/conformance/reports/v0.4.0/gateway/istio/1.27-alpha.0551127f00634403cddd4634567e65a8ecc499a7-default-gateway-report.yaml b/conformance/reports/v0.4.0/gateway/istio/1.27-alpha.0551127f00634403cddd4634567e65a8ecc499a7-default-gateway-report.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..423a6e65c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conformance/reports/v0.4.0/gateway/istio/1.27-alpha.0551127f00634403cddd4634567e65a8ecc499a7-default-gateway-report.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+apiVersion: gateway.networking.k8s.io/v1
+date: "2025-07-04T16:56:35+02:00"
+gatewayAPIChannel: standard
+gatewayAPIVersion: v1.3.0
+implementation:
+  contact:
+  - '@istio/maintainers'
+  organization: istio
+  project: istio
+  url: https://istio.io
+  version: 1.27-alpha.0551127f00634403cddd4634567e65a8ecc499a7
+kind: ConformanceReport
+mode: default
+profiles:
+- core:
+    result: success
+    statistics:
+      Failed: 0
+      Passed: 9
+      Skipped: 0
+  name: Gateway
+  summary: Core tests succeeded.
diff --git a/conformance/reports/v0.4.0/gateway/istio/Makefile b/conformance/reports/v0.4.0/gateway/istio/Makefile
index cd33d67dd..9eeb57f0b 100644
--- a/conformance/reports/v0.4.0/gateway/istio/Makefile
+++ b/conformance/reports/v0.4.0/gateway/istio/Makefile
@@ -347,16 +347,37 @@ update-readme:
 		exit 1; \
 	fi; \
 	echo "Found reports: $$REPORTS"; \
-	echo "Building table entries..."; \
+	echo "Building table entries from YAML content..."; \
 	TABLE_ENTRIES=""; \
 	for report in $$REPORTS; do \
 		echo "Processing $$report..."; \
-		IMPL_VERSION=$$(echo "$$report" | sed 's/-[^-]*-[^-]*-report\.yaml$$//'); \
-		MODE=$$(echo "$$report" | sed 's/.*-\([^-]*\)-[^-]*-report\.yaml$$/\1/'); \
-		PROFILE_LOWER=$$(echo "$$report" | sed 's/.*-\([^-]*\)-report\.yaml$$/\1/'); \
-		PROFILE_UPPER=$$(echo "$$PROFILE_LOWER" | sed 's/^./\U&/'); \
-		EXTENSION_VERSION="$(INFERENCE_EXTENSION_VERSION)"; \
-		TABLE_ENTRY="| $$EXTENSION_VERSION | $$PROFILE_UPPER | $$IMPL_VERSION | $$MODE | [$$report](./$$report) |"; \
+		if [ ! -f "$$report" ]; then \
+			echo "Warning: Report file $$report not found, skipping"; \
+			continue; \
+		fi; \
+		GATEWAY_API_VERSION=$$(grep '^gatewayAPIVersion:' "$$report" | sed 's/gatewayAPIVersion: *//'); \
+		IMPL_VERSION=$$(grep '^  version:' "$$report" | sed 's/  version: *//'); \
+		MODE=$$(grep '^mode:' "$$report" | sed 's/mode: *//'); \
+		PROFILE_NAME=$$(grep '^- name:' "$$report" | sed 's/- name: *//'); \
+		DATE=$$(grep '^date:' "$$report" | sed 's/date: *"//' | sed 's/".*//'); \
+		PASSED=$$(grep '^      Passed:' "$$report" | sed 's/      Passed: *//'); \
+		FAILED=$$(grep '^      Failed:' "$$report" | sed 's/      Failed: *//'); \
+		SKIPPED=$$(grep '^      Skipped:' "$$report" | sed 's/      Skipped: *//'); \
+		RESULT=$$(grep '^    result:' "$$report" | sed 's/    result: *//'); \
+		if [ -z "$$GATEWAY_API_VERSION" ]; then GATEWAY_API_VERSION="$(GATEWAY_API_VERSION)"; fi; \
+		if [ -z "$$IMPL_VERSION" ]; then IMPL_VERSION="unknown"; fi; \
+		if [ -z "$$MODE" ]; then MODE="default"; fi; \
+		if [ -z "$$PROFILE_NAME" ]; then PROFILE_NAME="Gateway"; fi; \
+		if [ -z "$$DATE" ]; then DATE="unknown"; fi; \
+		if [ -z "$$PASSED" ]; then PASSED="0"; fi; \
+		if [ -z "$$FAILED" ]; then FAILED="0"; fi; \
+		if [ -z "$$SKIPPED" ]; then SKIPPED="0"; fi; \
+		if [ -z "$$RESULT" ]; then RESULT="unknown"; fi; \
+		STATUS="NOT"; \
+		if [ "$$RESULT" = "success" ]; then \
+			STATUS="PASS"; \
+		fi; \
+		TABLE_ENTRY="| $$GATEWAY_API_VERSION | $$PROFILE_NAME | $$IMPL_VERSION | $$MODE | [$$report](./$$report) | $$STATUS |"; \
 		if [ -z "$$TABLE_ENTRIES" ]; then \
 			TABLE_ENTRIES="$$TABLE_ENTRY"; \
 		else \
@@ -364,8 +385,8 @@ update-readme:
 		fi; \
 	done; \
 	echo "Updating README.md..."; \
-	sed -i '/^| Extension Version Tested | Profile Tested | Implementation Version | Mode    | Report                                                                     |$$/,/^| \.\.\. *| \.\.\. *| \.\.\. *| \.\.\. *| \.\.\. *|$$/{//!d;}' README.md; \
-	sed -i '/^| Extension Version Tested | Profile Tested | Implementation Version | Mode    | Report                                                                     |$$/a\|--------------------------|----------------|------------------------|---------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n'"$$TABLE_ENTRIES" README.md; \
+	sed -i '/^| Extension Version Tested | Profile Tested | Implementation Version | Mode    | Report | Status |$$/,/^| \.\.\. *| \.\.\. *| \.\.\. *| \.\.\. *| \.\.\. *| \.\.\. *|$$/{//!d;}' README.md; \
+	sed -i '/^| Extension Version Tested | Profile Tested | Implementation Version | Mode    | Report | Status |$$/a\|--------------------------|----------------|------------------------|---------|--------|--------|\n'"$$TABLE_ENTRIES" README.md; \
 	echo "README table updated successfully!"
 
 # Clean up resources
diff --git a/conformance/reports/v0.4.0/gateway/istio/README.md b/conformance/reports/v0.4.0/gateway/istio/README.md
index 519d213a7..1f799d9d7 100644
--- a/conformance/reports/v0.4.0/gateway/istio/README.md
+++ b/conformance/reports/v0.4.0/gateway/istio/README.md
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@
 
 ## Table of Contents
 
-| Extension Version Tested | Profile Tested | Implementation Version | Mode    | Report                                                                     |
-|--------------------------|----------------|------------------------|---------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-| v0.4.0 | Gateway | 1.27-alpha.0551127f00634403cddd4634567e65a8ecc499a7 | default | [1.27-alpha.0551127f00634403cddd4634567e65a8ecc499a7-default-gateway-report.yaml](./1.27-alpha.0551127f00634403cddd4634567e65a8ecc499a7-default-gateway-report.yaml) |
-| ...                      | ...            | ...                    | ...     | ...                                                                        |
+| Extension Version Tested | Profile Tested | Implementation Version | Mode    | Report | Status |
+|--------------------------|----------------|------------------------|---------|--------|--------|
+| v1.3.0 | Gateway | 1.27-alpha.0551127f00634403cddd4634567e65a8ecc499a7 | default | [1.27-alpha.0551127f00634403cddd4634567e65a8ecc499a7-default-gateway-report.yaml](./1.27-alpha.0551127f00634403cddd4634567e65a8ecc499a7-default-gateway-report.yaml) | PASS |
+| ...                      | ...            | ...                    | ...     | ...    | ...    |
 
 ## Reproduce
 

From 55ae520a38de35af8126acbf47cbfba3986e53e8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aslak Knutsen <aslak@4fs.no>
Date: Sun, 6 Jul 2025 01:05:25 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 08/13] feat: add kind env

Clean up some variable usage / exposure.
---
 .../reports/v0.4.0/gateway/istio/Makefile     | 95 +++++++++++++++++--
 .../reports/v0.4.0/gateway/istio/README.md    | 59 ++++++++----
 2 files changed, 128 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)

diff --git a/conformance/reports/v0.4.0/gateway/istio/Makefile b/conformance/reports/v0.4.0/gateway/istio/Makefile
index 9eeb57f0b..724cd432f 100644
--- a/conformance/reports/v0.4.0/gateway/istio/Makefile
+++ b/conformance/reports/v0.4.0/gateway/istio/Makefile
@@ -20,6 +20,13 @@ RUN_TEST ?=
 TEST_BASE_DIR ?= ../../../../..
 REPORT_BASE_DIR ?= .
 
+# Kubernetes version (shared between kind and minikube)
+KUBERNETES_VERSION ?= v1.30.13
+
+# Internal variables (derived from KUBERNETES_VERSION)
+KIND_NODE_IMAGE ?= kindest/node:$(KUBERNETES_VERSION)
+MINIKUBE_K8S_VERSION ?= $(KUBERNETES_VERSION)
+
 # Istioctl binary variables
 ISTIOCTL_DIR ?= /tmp
 ISTIOCTL_BIN ?= $(ISTIOCTL_DIR)/istioctl-$(ISTIO_VERSION)
@@ -40,6 +47,24 @@ metadata:
   namespace: metallb-system
 endef
 
+# Multi-line YAML configuration for metallb (kind)
+define METALLB_KIND_CONFIG
+apiVersion: metallb.io/v1beta1
+kind: IPAddressPool
+metadata:
+  name: example
+  namespace: metallb-system
+spec:
+  addresses:
+  - NETWORK_PREFIX.200-NETWORK_PREFIX.250
+---
+apiVersion: metallb.io/v1beta1
+kind: L2Advertisement
+metadata:
+  name: empty
+  namespace: metallb-system
+endef
+
 define TLS_DESTINATION_RULES
 apiVersion: networking.istio.io/v1
 kind: DestinationRule
@@ -66,11 +91,14 @@ spec:
         insecureSkipVerify: true
 endef
 
-.PHONY: setup-env-minikube setup-env-openshift setup-minikube setup-openshift setup-istio setup-istio-minikube setup-istio-openshift setup-gateway-api-crds setup-inference-extension-crds setup-crds setup-tls run-tests update-readme clean clean-reports help
+.PHONY: setup-env-minikube setup-env-kind setup-env-openshift setup-minikube setup-kind setup-openshift setup-istio setup-istio-minikube setup-istio-kind setup-istio-openshift setup-gateway-api-crds setup-inference-extension-crds setup-crds setup-tls run-tests update-readme clean clean-reports help
 
 # Setup complete environment with minikube
 setup-env-minikube: setup-minikube setup-istio-minikube setup-gateway-api-crds setup-inference-extension-crds setup-tls
 
+# Setup complete environment with kind
+setup-env-kind: setup-kind setup-istio-kind setup-gateway-api-crds setup-inference-extension-crds setup-tls
+
 # Setup complete environment with OpenShift
 setup-env-openshift: setup-openshift setup-istio-openshift setup-gateway-api-crds setup-inference-extension-crds setup-tls
 
@@ -82,15 +110,22 @@ help:
 	@echo "📋 QUICK SETUP - All-in-one targets"
 	@echo "━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━"
 	@echo "  setup-env-minikube               - Setup complete environment with minikube"
+	@echo "  setup-env-kind                   - Setup complete environment with kind"
 	@echo "  setup-env-openshift              - Setup complete environment with OpenShift"
 	@echo ""
 	@echo "━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━"
-	@echo "🚀 MINIKUBE ENVIRONMENT - For local development"
+	@echo "🚀 MINIKUBE ENVIRONMENT - For local development with VMs"
 	@echo "━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━"
 	@echo "  setup-minikube                   - Setup minikube with metallb"
 	@echo "  setup-istio-minikube             - Install Istio for minikube environment"
 	@echo ""
 	@echo "━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━"
+	@echo "🐳 KIND ENVIRONMENT - For local development with containers"
+	@echo "━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━"
+	@echo "  setup-kind                       - Setup kind cluster with metallb"
+	@echo "  setup-istio-kind                 - Install Istio for kind environment"
+	@echo ""
+	@echo "━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━"
 	@echo "🏢 OPENSHIFT ENVIRONMENT - For enterprise deployments"
 	@echo "━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━"
 	@echo "  setup-openshift                  - Setup OpenShift environment"
@@ -117,12 +152,11 @@ help:
 	@echo "  clean                            - Clean up resources"
 	@echo "  clean-reports                    - Clean up generated reports and README table"
 	@echo ""
-	@echo "Version variables (can be overridden):"
+	@echo "Main variables (can be overridden):"
 	@echo "  GATEWAY_API_VERSION              - Gateway API version (current: $(GATEWAY_API_VERSION))"
 	@echo "  INFERENCE_EXTENSION_VERSION      - Inference Extension version (current: $(INFERENCE_EXTENSION_VERSION))"
+	@echo "  KUBERNETES_VERSION               - Kubernetes version for kind/minikube (current: $(KUBERNETES_VERSION))"
 	@echo "  ISTIO_VERSION                    - Istio version (current: $(ISTIO_VERSION))"
-	@echo "  ISTIO_HUB                        - Istio container registry hub (current: $(ISTIO_HUB), auto-detected if empty)"
-	@echo "  ISTIO_PROFILE                    - Istio profile (current: $(ISTIO_PROFILE))"
 	@echo ""
 	@echo "📥 Automatic istioctl Management:"
 	@echo "  • istioctl binary will be automatically downloaded based on ISTIO_VERSION"
@@ -141,11 +175,15 @@ help:
 	@echo "  CONTACT                          - Contact information (current: $(CONTACT))"
 	@echo "  RUN_TEST                         - Run specific test (current: $(RUN_TEST))"
 	@echo ""
-	@echo "Directory variables (can be overridden):"
+	@echo "Internal variables (advanced users only):"
+	@echo "  ISTIO_HUB                        - Istio container registry hub (current: $(ISTIO_HUB), auto-detected if empty)"
+	@echo "  ISTIO_PROFILE                    - Istio profile (current: $(ISTIO_PROFILE))"
 	@echo "  TEST_BASE_DIR                    - Test suite base directory (current: $(TEST_BASE_DIR))"
 	@echo "  REPORT_BASE_DIR                  - Report output directory (current: $(REPORT_BASE_DIR))"
 	@echo "  ISTIOCTL_DIR                     - Directory for istioctl binaries (current: $(ISTIOCTL_DIR))"
 	@echo "  ISTIOCTL_BIN                     - Path to versioned istioctl binary (current: $(ISTIOCTL_BIN))"
+	@echo "  KIND_NODE_IMAGE                  - Kind node image (current: $(KIND_NODE_IMAGE))"
+	@echo "  MINIKUBE_K8S_VERSION             - Minikube K8s version (current: $(MINIKUBE_K8S_VERSION))"
 	@echo ""
 	@echo "━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━"
 	@echo "💡 USAGE EXAMPLES"
@@ -153,12 +191,20 @@ help:
 	@echo ""
 	@echo "📋 Quick Setup Examples:"
 	@echo "  make setup-env-minikube                    - Use default versions with minikube"
+	@echo "  make setup-env-kind                        - Use default versions with kind"
 	@echo "  make setup-env-openshift                   - Use default versions with OpenShift"
 	@echo "  make setup-env-minikube ISTIO_VERSION=1.28.0 - Override Istio version"
+	@echo "  make setup-env-minikube KUBERNETES_VERSION=v1.31.9 - Override Kubernetes version"
 	@echo ""
 	@echo "🚀 Minikube Examples:"
 	@echo "  make setup-minikube                        - Setup minikube cluster with metallb"
 	@echo "  make setup-istio-minikube                  - Install Istio for minikube environment"
+	@echo "  make setup-minikube KUBERNETES_VERSION=v1.31.9 - Use Kubernetes 1.31.9"
+	@echo ""
+	@echo "🐳 Kind Examples:"
+	@echo "  make setup-kind                            - Setup kind cluster with metallb"
+	@echo "  make setup-istio-kind                      - Install Istio for kind environment"
+	@echo "  make setup-kind KUBERNETES_VERSION=v1.31.9 - Use Kubernetes 1.31.9"
 	@echo ""
 	@echo "🏢 OpenShift Examples:"
 	@echo "  make setup-openshift                       - Setup OpenShift environment"
@@ -171,16 +217,16 @@ help:
 	@echo ""
 	@echo "🧪 Testing Examples:"
 	@echo "  make run-tests                             - Run conformance tests with default settings"
-	@echo "  make run-tests MODE=experimental           - Run tests with experimental mode"
-	@echo "  make run-tests IMPLEMENTATION_VERSION=v1.28.0 - Run tests with custom version"
 	@echo "  make run-tests TEST_BASE_DIR=../../../../../ - Run tests from custom directory"
-	@echo "  make run-tests RUN_TEST=TestName           - Run specific test only"
+	@echo "  make run-tests RUN_TEST=InferencePoolAccepted - Run specific test only"
 	@echo "  make update-readme                         - Update README table with all available reports"
+	@echo ""
 
 # Setup minikube with metallb
 setup-minikube:
 	@echo "Setting up minikube with metallb..."
-	minikube start
+	@echo "Starting minikube with Kubernetes $(KUBERNETES_VERSION)..."
+	minikube start --kubernetes-version=$(MINIKUBE_K8S_VERSION)
 	minikube addons enable metallb
 	@echo "Configuring metallb address pool..."
 	$(file >/tmp/metallb-config.yaml,$(METALLB_CONFIG))
@@ -191,6 +237,30 @@ setup-minikube:
 	kubectl apply -f /tmp/metallb-config.yaml
 	@rm -f /tmp/metallb-config.yaml
 
+# Setup kind with metallb
+setup-kind:
+	@echo "Setting up kind with metallb..."
+	@if ! kind get clusters | grep -q "^kind$$"; then \
+		echo "Creating kind cluster with Kubernetes $(KUBERNETES_VERSION)..."; \
+		kind create cluster --image $(KIND_NODE_IMAGE); \
+	else \
+		echo "Kind cluster already exists"; \
+	fi
+	@echo "Installing metallb..."
+	kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/metallb/metallb/v0.13.7/config/manifests/metallb-native.yaml
+	@echo "Waiting for metallb to be ready..."
+	kubectl wait --namespace metallb-system --for=condition=available deployment/controller --timeout=90s
+	kubectl wait --namespace metallb-system --for=condition=ready pod --selector=component=controller --timeout=90s
+	kubectl wait --namespace metallb-system --for=condition=ready pod --selector=component=speaker --timeout=90s
+	@echo "Configuring metallb address pool..."
+	$(file >/tmp/metallb-kind-config.yaml,$(METALLB_KIND_CONFIG))
+	@DOCKER_NETWORK=$$(docker network inspect -f '{{range .IPAM.Config}}{{.Gateway}}{{end}}' kind); \
+	NETWORK_PREFIX=$${DOCKER_NETWORK%.*}; \
+	echo "Using IP range: $${NETWORK_PREFIX}.200-$${NETWORK_PREFIX}.250"; \
+	sed -i "s/NETWORK_PREFIX/$${NETWORK_PREFIX}/g" /tmp/metallb-kind-config.yaml
+	kubectl apply -f /tmp/metallb-kind-config.yaml
+	@rm -f /tmp/metallb-kind-config.yaml
+
 # Setup OpenShift (alternative to minikube)
 setup-openshift:
 	@echo "Setting up OpenShift environment..."
@@ -287,6 +357,10 @@ setup-istio: $(ISTIOCTL_BIN)
 setup-istio-minikube:
 	$(MAKE) setup-istio ISTIO_PROFILE=minimal
 
+# Install Istio for kind environment
+setup-istio-kind:
+	$(MAKE) setup-istio ISTIO_PROFILE=minimal
+
 # Install Istio for OpenShift environment
 setup-istio-openshift:
 	$(MAKE) setup-istio ISTIO_PROFILE=openshift
@@ -396,6 +470,7 @@ clean:
 	@echo "Cleaning up downloaded istioctl binaries..."
 	@rm -f $(ISTIOCTL_DIR)/istioctl-*
 	@echo "Note: If using minikube, run 'minikube delete' to completely clean up"
+	@echo "Note: If using kind, run 'kind delete cluster' to completely clean up"
 	@echo "Note: If using OpenShift, additional cleanup may be needed depending on your cluster setup"
 	@echo "Note: Run 'make clean-reports' to clean up generated reports and README table"
 
diff --git a/conformance/reports/v0.4.0/gateway/istio/README.md b/conformance/reports/v0.4.0/gateway/istio/README.md
index 1f799d9d7..9c1fc1242 100644
--- a/conformance/reports/v0.4.0/gateway/istio/README.md
+++ b/conformance/reports/v0.4.0/gateway/istio/README.md
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 ## Reproduce
 
-To reproduce the test environment and run the conformance tests, choose **either** minikube **or** OpenShift as your deployment environment:
+To reproduce the test environment and run the conformance tests, choose **one** of these deployment environments:
 
 ### Option A: Minikube Environment
 
@@ -25,7 +25,20 @@ make run-tests
 make clean
 ```
 
-### Option B: OpenShift Environment
+### Option B: Kind Environment
+
+```bash
+# Set up the complete environment (kind, istio, CRDs, TLS)
+make setup-env-kind
+
+# Run conformance tests
+make run-tests
+
+# Clean up resources when done
+make clean
+```
+
+### Option C: OpenShift Environment
 
 ```bash
 # Set up the complete environment (openshift, istio, CRDs, TLS)
@@ -46,12 +59,19 @@ If you prefer to run individual setup steps:
 # Choose ONE of these deployment environments:
 make setup-minikube     # Option A: Set up minikube with metallb
 # OR
-make setup-openshift    # Option B: Set up OpenShift environment
+make setup-kind         # Option B: Set up kind cluster with metallb
+# OR
+make setup-openshift    # Option C: Set up OpenShift environment
+
+# Use specific Kubernetes version (works for both kind and minikube):
+make setup-minikube KUBERNETES_VERSION=v1.31.9
+make setup-kind KUBERNETES_VERSION=v1.31.9
 
 # Then continue with common setup steps:
-make setup-istio                        # Install Istio (uses ISTIO_PROFILE variable)
+make setup-istio                        # Install Istio (automatically detects hub)
 # OR use environment-specific targets:
 make setup-istio-minikube               # Install Istio for minikube environment
+make setup-istio-kind                   # Install Istio for kind environment
 make setup-istio-openshift              # Install Istio for OpenShift environment
 
 make setup-gateway-api-crds             # Apply Gateway API CRDs
@@ -81,16 +101,24 @@ make setup-env-minikube
 
 # Override specific versions
 make setup-env-minikube ISTIO_VERSION=1.28.0
+make setup-env-kind GATEWAY_API_VERSION=v1.4.0 INFERENCE_EXTENSION_VERSION=v0.5.0
 make setup-env-openshift GATEWAY_API_VERSION=v1.4.0 INFERENCE_EXTENSION_VERSION=v0.5.0
 
-# Use specific Istio profile
-make setup-istio ISTIO_PROFILE=openshift
+# Use specific Kubernetes version (works for both kind and minikube)
+make setup-env-minikube KUBERNETES_VERSION=v1.31.9
+make setup-env-kind KUBERNETES_VERSION=v1.31.9
+
+# Combine version overrides
+make setup-env-minikube KUBERNETES_VERSION=v1.31.9 ISTIO_VERSION=1.28.0
 
-# Use custom Istio registry
-make setup-istio ISTIO_HUB=docker.io/istio
+# Use environment-specific Istio installation
+make setup-istio-minikube                  # Install Istio for minikube environment
+make setup-istio-kind                      # Install Istio for kind environment
+make setup-istio-openshift                 # Install Istio for OpenShift environment
 
-# Run tests from custom directory
-make run-tests TEST_BASE_DIR=../../../../../
+# Run conformance tests
+make run-tests                             # Run all conformance tests
+make run-tests RUN_TEST=InferencePoolAccepted  # Run specific test only
 
 # See all available options
 make help
@@ -98,12 +126,11 @@ make help
 
 ### Available Variables:
 
-**Setup Variables:**
+**Main Variables:**
 - `GATEWAY_API_VERSION` - Gateway API version (default: v1.3.0)
 - `INFERENCE_EXTENSION_VERSION` - Inference Extension version (default: v0.4.0)  
+- `KUBERNETES_VERSION` - Kubernetes version for kind/minikube (default: v1.30.13)
 - `ISTIO_VERSION` - Istio version (default: 1.27-alpha.0551127f00634403cddd4634567e65a8ecc499a7)
-- `ISTIO_HUB` - Istio container registry hub (default: gcr.io/istio-testing)
-- `ISTIO_PROFILE` - Istio profile (default: minimal)
 
 **Conformance Test Variables:**
 - `IMPLEMENTATION_VERSION` - Implementation version for report (default: same as ISTIO_VERSION)
@@ -113,10 +140,10 @@ make help
 - `PROJECT` - Project name (default: istio)
 - `URL` - Project URL (default: https://istio.io)
 - `CONTACT` - Contact information (default: @istio/maintainers)
+- `RUN_TEST` - Run specific test (default: empty, runs all tests)
 
-**Directory Variables:**
-- `TEST_BASE_DIR` - Test suite base directory (default: ../../../../..)
-- `REPORT_BASE_DIR` - Report output directory (default: .)
+**Advanced Variables:**
+For advanced users who need to customize internal behavior, additional variables are available including `ISTIO_HUB`, `ISTIO_PROFILE`, `TEST_BASE_DIR`, `REPORT_BASE_DIR`, and others. See `make help` for a complete list.
 
 > **Note**: This Makefile expects to be run from within the `gateway-api-inference-extension` repository structure. The test suite is located at the repository root, while conformance reports are generated in the current directory.
 

From e72068bf9c6e18801b47a80907a5fae79550658c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aslak Knutsen <aslak@4fs.no>
Date: Sun, 6 Jul 2025 01:08:51 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 09/13] fix: adjust parent README link

---
 conformance/reports/v0.4.0/gateway/istio/README.md | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/conformance/reports/v0.4.0/gateway/istio/README.md b/conformance/reports/v0.4.0/gateway/istio/README.md
index 9c1fc1242..29cd1add1 100644
--- a/conformance/reports/v0.4.0/gateway/istio/README.md
+++ b/conformance/reports/v0.4.0/gateway/istio/README.md
@@ -149,6 +149,6 @@ For advanced users who need to customize internal behavior, additional variables
 
 ### Conformance Testing
 
-For detailed information about conformance testing, report generation, and requirements, see the [conformance README](../../README.md).
+For detailed information about conformance testing, report generation, and requirements, see the [conformance README](../../../README.md).
 
 For available commands and options specific to this Istio implementation, run `make help` or see the `Makefile` in this directory.

From dafba2856d9638045e0502c99ef2684733773334 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aslak Knutsen <aslak@4fs.no>
Date: Sun, 6 Jul 2025 01:25:26 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 10/13] fix: no need to expose IMPLEMENTATION_VERSION

---
 conformance/reports/v0.4.0/gateway/istio/Makefile  | 2 +-
 conformance/reports/v0.4.0/gateway/istio/README.md | 1 -
 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/conformance/reports/v0.4.0/gateway/istio/Makefile b/conformance/reports/v0.4.0/gateway/istio/Makefile
index 724cd432f..1c3e12766 100644
--- a/conformance/reports/v0.4.0/gateway/istio/Makefile
+++ b/conformance/reports/v0.4.0/gateway/istio/Makefile
@@ -166,7 +166,6 @@ help:
 	@echo "  • Override with ISTIO_HUB if needed for custom registries"
 	@echo ""
 	@echo "Conformance test variables (can be overridden):"
-	@echo "  IMPLEMENTATION_VERSION           - Implementation version for report (current: $(IMPLEMENTATION_VERSION))"
 	@echo "  MODE                             - Test mode (current: $(MODE))"
 	@echo "  PROFILE                          - Conformance profile (current: $(PROFILE))"
 	@echo "  ORGANIZATION                     - Organization name (current: $(ORGANIZATION))"
@@ -176,6 +175,7 @@ help:
 	@echo "  RUN_TEST                         - Run specific test (current: $(RUN_TEST))"
 	@echo ""
 	@echo "Internal variables (advanced users only):"
+	@echo "  IMPLEMENTATION_VERSION           - Implementation version for report (current: $(IMPLEMENTATION_VERSION), derived from ISTIO_VERSION)"
 	@echo "  ISTIO_HUB                        - Istio container registry hub (current: $(ISTIO_HUB), auto-detected if empty)"
 	@echo "  ISTIO_PROFILE                    - Istio profile (current: $(ISTIO_PROFILE))"
 	@echo "  TEST_BASE_DIR                    - Test suite base directory (current: $(TEST_BASE_DIR))"
diff --git a/conformance/reports/v0.4.0/gateway/istio/README.md b/conformance/reports/v0.4.0/gateway/istio/README.md
index 29cd1add1..c9374f0c1 100644
--- a/conformance/reports/v0.4.0/gateway/istio/README.md
+++ b/conformance/reports/v0.4.0/gateway/istio/README.md
@@ -133,7 +133,6 @@ make help
 - `ISTIO_VERSION` - Istio version (default: 1.27-alpha.0551127f00634403cddd4634567e65a8ecc499a7)
 
 **Conformance Test Variables:**
-- `IMPLEMENTATION_VERSION` - Implementation version for report (default: same as ISTIO_VERSION)
 - `MODE` - Test mode (default: default)
 - `PROFILE` - Conformance profile (default: gateway)
 - `ORGANIZATION` - Organization name (default: istio)

From 6b9355b0c7c5f58eac4229cfc6856b9669f98e2c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aslak Knutsen <aslak@4fs.no>
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2025 12:56:47 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 11/13] fix: do not fail on ns existing

---
 conformance/reports/v0.4.0/gateway/istio/Makefile | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/conformance/reports/v0.4.0/gateway/istio/Makefile b/conformance/reports/v0.4.0/gateway/istio/Makefile
index 1c3e12766..2e3a7df46 100644
--- a/conformance/reports/v0.4.0/gateway/istio/Makefile
+++ b/conformance/reports/v0.4.0/gateway/istio/Makefile
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ setup-crds: setup-gateway-api-crds setup-inference-extension-crds
 # Setup TLS for EPP
 setup-tls:
 	@echo "Setting up TLS for EPP..."
-	kubectl create namespace gateway-conformance-app-backend
+	-kubectl create namespace gateway-conformance-app-backend || true
 	$(file >/tmp/tls-destination-rules.yaml,$(TLS_DESTINATION_RULES))
 	kubectl apply -f /tmp/tls-destination-rules.yaml
 	@rm -f /tmp/tls-destination-rules.yaml

From d4025202bbf239280f76d76e4a655b0e4b3e00f1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aslak Knutsen <aslak@4fs.no>
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2025 16:10:03 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 12/13] fix: add SUPPORT_GATEWAY_API_INFERENCE_EXTENSION pilot
 env variable

---
 conformance/reports/v0.4.0/gateway/istio/Makefile | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/conformance/reports/v0.4.0/gateway/istio/Makefile b/conformance/reports/v0.4.0/gateway/istio/Makefile
index 2e3a7df46..a4f77c256 100644
--- a/conformance/reports/v0.4.0/gateway/istio/Makefile
+++ b/conformance/reports/v0.4.0/gateway/istio/Makefile
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ setup-istio: $(ISTIOCTL_BIN)
 		echo "If this is incorrect, specify ISTIO_HUB manually"; \
 	fi; \
 	echo "Installing Istio from $$HUB..."; \
-	$(ISTIOCTL_BIN) install -y --set profile=$(ISTIO_PROFILE) --set values.global.hub=$$HUB --set values.global.tag=$(ISTIO_VERSION)
+	$(ISTIOCTL_BIN) install -y --set profile=$(ISTIO_PROFILE) --set values.global.hub=$$HUB --set values.global.tag=$(ISTIO_VERSION) --set values.pilot.env.SUPPORT_GATEWAY_API_INFERENCE_EXTENSION=true
 
 # Install Istio for minikube environment
 setup-istio-minikube:

From b75d158a85837db5b5359829f4aab29508160001 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aslak Knutsen <aslak@4fs.no>
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2025 13:13:43 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 13/13] add support for both new and old env variable
 enablement

---
 conformance/reports/v0.4.0/gateway/istio/Makefile | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/conformance/reports/v0.4.0/gateway/istio/Makefile b/conformance/reports/v0.4.0/gateway/istio/Makefile
index a4f77c256..158664878 100644
--- a/conformance/reports/v0.4.0/gateway/istio/Makefile
+++ b/conformance/reports/v0.4.0/gateway/istio/Makefile
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ setup-istio: $(ISTIOCTL_BIN)
 		echo "If this is incorrect, specify ISTIO_HUB manually"; \
 	fi; \
 	echo "Installing Istio from $$HUB..."; \
-	$(ISTIOCTL_BIN) install -y --set profile=$(ISTIO_PROFILE) --set values.global.hub=$$HUB --set values.global.tag=$(ISTIO_VERSION) --set values.pilot.env.SUPPORT_GATEWAY_API_INFERENCE_EXTENSION=true
+	$(ISTIOCTL_BIN) install -y --set profile=$(ISTIO_PROFILE) --set values.global.hub=$$HUB --set values.global.tag=$(ISTIO_VERSION) --set values.pilot.env.SUPPORT_GATEWAY_API_INFERENCE_EXTENSION=true --set values.pilot.env.ENABLE_GATEWAY_API_INFERENCE_EXTENSION=true
 
 # Install Istio for minikube environment
 setup-istio-minikube: