=== CMD: kubectl apply -f client-echo.yaml && kubectl -n istio-vt-t44 wait --for=condition=Ready pod/client --timeout=90s && kubectl -n istio-vt-t44 rollout status deploy/echo ===
pod/client created
deployment.apps/echo created
service/echo created
pod/client condition met
deployment "echo" successfully rolled out

=== CMD: CLIENT_START=$(kubectl -n istio-vt-t44 get pod client -o jsonpath='{.status.startTime}'); echo client_start=$CLIENT_START ===
client_start=2026-07-04T23:57:03Z

=== CMD: istioctl proxy-config route client.istio-vt-t44 -o json > /tmp/before-route.json ===
(saved, 1220 lines)
before_route_has_timeout_count=0

=== CMD: ( date +%s.%N; kubectl apply -f echo-verify-timeout.yaml; date +%s.%N ) > /tmp/apply_ts.txt ===
1783209455.141374959
virtualservice.networking.istio.io/echo-verify-timeout created
1783209455.206541310

=== CMD: for i in $(seq 1 20); do R=$(istioctl proxy-config route client.istio-vt-t44 -o json 2>/dev/null | grep -c '2.500s'); echo "t+${i}s route_has_timeout_count=$R"; if [ "$R" != "0" ]; then break; fi; sleep 1; done ===
t+1s route_has_timeout_count=2

=== SUPPLEMENTARY (not in spec, for finer-grained propagation-window judgment): delete VS, confirm revert, reapply with tight polling ===
virtualservice.networking.istio.io "echo-verify-timeout" deleted from istio-vt-t44 namespace
revert_poll i=1 count=2
revert_poll i=2 count=0

=== SUPPLEMENTARY tight-timing reapply (sub-second granularity) ===
virtualservice.networking.istio.io/echo-verify-timeout created
apply_start=1783209561.278604609 apply_end=1783209561.343823502 apply_duration=0.06521892547607422
poll i=1 since_apply_end=0.013s count=0
poll i=2 since_apply_end=0.105s count=2
found=1

=== CMD: istioctl proxy-config route client.istio-vt-t44 -o json > /tmp/after-route.json ===
(saved, 1115 lines)

=== CMD: diff -u /tmp/before-route.json /tmp/after-route.json | grep -i timeout ===
-                            "timeout": "0s",
-                            "maxGrpcTimeout": "0s"
-                            "timeout": "0s",
-                            "maxGrpcTimeout": "0s"
-                            "timeout": "0s",
-                            "maxGrpcTimeout": "0s"
-                            "timeout": "0s",
-                            "maxGrpcTimeout": "0s"
-                            "timeout": "0s",
-                            "maxGrpcTimeout": "0s"
-                            "timeout": "0s",
-                                "grpcTimeoutHeaderMax": "0s"
-                            "timeout": "0s",
-                            "maxGrpcTimeout": "0s"
                             "timeout": "0s",
                             "maxGrpcTimeout": "0s"
-                            "timeout": "0s",
+                            "timeout": "2.500s",
-                            "maxGrpcTimeout": "0s"
+                            "maxGrpcTimeout": "2.500s"
+                                    "config": "/apis/networking.istio.io/v1/namespaces/istio-vt-t44/virtual-service/echo-verify-timeout"
                             "timeout": "0s",
                             "maxGrpcTimeout": "0s"
                             "timeout": "0s",
                             "maxGrpcTimeout": "0s"
+                            "timeout": "0s",
+                            "maxGrpcTimeout": "0s"
+                            "timeout": "0s",
+                            "maxGrpcTimeout": "0s"
                             "timeout": "0s",
                             "maxGrpcTimeout": "0s"
+                            "timeout": "0s",
+                            "maxGrpcTimeout": "0s"
                             "timeout": "0s",
                             "maxGrpcTimeout": "0s"
                             "timeout": "0s",
                             "maxGrpcTimeout": "0s"
                             "timeout": "0s",
                             "maxGrpcTimeout": "0s"
                             "timeout": "0s",
-                                "grpcTimeoutHeaderMax": "0s"
+                            "maxGrpcTimeout": "0s"
                             "timeout": "0s",
                             "maxGrpcTimeout": "0s"
                             "timeout": "0s",
                             "maxGrpcTimeout": "0s"
-                            "timeout": "0s",
-                            "maxGrpcTimeout": "0s"
                             "timeout": "0s",
                             "maxGrpcTimeout": "0s"
+                            "timeout": "0s",
+                                "grpcTimeoutHeaderMax": "0s"
+                            "timeout": "0s",
+                                "grpcTimeoutHeaderMax": "0s"

=== CMD: istioctl proxy-status | awk 'NR==1 || /client.istio-vt-t44/' ===
NAME                                                   CLUSTER        ISTIOD                      VERSION     SUBSCRIBED TYPES
client.istio-vt-t44                                    Kubernetes     istiod-797b447c94-cv7ns     1.30.0      4 (CDS,LDS,EDS,RDS)

=== CMD: kubectl -n istio-vt-t44 get pod client -o jsonpath='{.status.startTime}' (compare to CLIENT_START=2026-07-04T23:57:03Z) ===
2026-07-04T23:57:03Z
orig_client_start=2026-07-04T23:57:03Z

=== also check restartCount of istio-proxy container in client and echo pods ===
client istio-proxy restartCount=0
echo istio-proxy restartCount=0