# Istio Proxy

The Istio Proxy is a microservice proxy that can be used on the client and server side, and forms a microservice mesh.
It is based on [Envoy](http://envoyproxy.io) with the addition of several policy and telemetry extensions.

According to the [conclusion from Istio workgroup meeting on 4-17-2024](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wsa06GGiq1LEGwhkiPP0FKIZJqdAiue-VeBonWAzAyk/edit#heading=h.ma5hboh81yw):

- New extensions are not added unless they are part of core APIs