Introduction

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Advanced Sidecar Operations

Advanced Sidecar Operations provide granular control over Istio proxy behavior. These features:

  • Optimize service mesh performance
  • Enable targeted troubleshooting
  • Offer temporary service recovery paths
  • Maintain governance flexibility

Core value: Enhanced control over service mesh components

Limitations

  • Bypass mode requires Kubernetes 1.23+
  • Passthrough configuration triggers deployment restart
  • Removed Sidecar disables security policies
  • Multi-cluster log sync adds latency