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title: Istio Proxy
description: Learn more about the Istio Proxy pack.
breadcrumbs: Docs > Observability Pipelines > Packs > Istio Proxy
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> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.datadoghq.com/llms.txt).

# Istio Proxy

## Overview{% #overview %}

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Istio Proxy logs capture inbound and outbound traffic handled by Envoy.

What this pack does:

- Generates key HTTP metrics for latency, errors, and traffic
- Samples routine successful requests
- Drops low-value noise (health checks, static assets, empty `200` logs)