From afc3bb8baa963dabac94469f66487d57acf5465c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ajay Singh <37625112+Ajay-singh1@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2025 13:45:13 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Manual Cherry Pick

---
 layouts/_default/baseof.html | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/layouts/_default/baseof.html b/layouts/_default/baseof.html
index ebac16abb36d6..36a797b82a857 100644
--- a/layouts/_default/baseof.html
+++ b/layouts/_default/baseof.html
@@ -161,7 +161,10 @@
         {{ if and (eq .Section "docs") .Site.Data.args.archive}}
         <div class="archive-warning-banner" role="alert">
             {{ (printf (i18n "archive_banner_text") .Site.Data.args.version) | safeHTML }}
-            <a href="/latest{{ .RelPermalink | safeURL }}">{{ i18n "archive_banner_link" }}</a>
+            {{ $rel := .RelPermalink }}
+            {{ $path := replaceRE `^/v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+/` "" $rel | strings.TrimPrefix "/" }}
+            {{ $latestURL := printf "https://istio.io/latest/%s" $path }}
+            <a href="{{ $latestURL | safeURL }}">{{ i18n "archive_banner_link" }}</a>
         </div>
         {{ end }}