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+## xDS server type fields in config file and ContourConfiguration CRD are deprecated
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+These fields are officially deprecated now that the `contour` xDS server implementation is deprecated.
+They are planned to be removed in the 1.31 release, along with the `contour` xDS server implementation.
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