Service Mesh Field Report (English) https://www.service-mesh-field-report.de/en The complete archive of the Service Mesh Field Report series: weekly field notes from running Istio and Envoy in the enterprise. Real incidents, the patterns behind them, and what they mean for decision makers. en-GB Service Mesh Field Report #12 - Four Questions, and You Can Read Any Envoy Mesh https://www.service-mesh-field-report.de/en/12-four-questions-read-any-envoy-mesh https://www.service-mesh-field-report.de/en/12-four-questions-read-any-envoy-mesh Thu, 16 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Almost every mesh runs the same engine. Today I take it apart. Don't fear the depth, there are exactly four parts. Service Mesh Field Report #11 - Almost Every Mesh Runs the Same Engine https://www.service-mesh-field-report.de/en/11-almost-every-mesh-runs-the-same-engine https://www.service-mesh-field-report.de/en/11-almost-every-mesh-runs-the-same-engine Thu, 09 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Istio, Kuma, Consul, App Mesh, Gloo. Five names, and under the hood the same proxy five times: Envoy. Service Mesh Field Report #10 - The Real Problem Was Never Istio https://www.service-mesh-field-report.de/en/10-real-problem-was-never-istio https://www.service-mesh-field-report.de/en/10-real-problem-was-never-istio Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Ten Field Reports. Almost all of them had the same root cause. And it was never in Istio. Service Mesh Field Report #9 - Observability that actually helps in an incident https://www.service-mesh-field-report.de/en/09-observability-that-helps-in-incidents https://www.service-mesh-field-report.de/en/09-observability-that-helps-in-incidents Thu, 25 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT During an incident, most people open Grafana first. Everything green. That's exactly where the team gets stuck. Service Mesh Field Report #8 - The Diagnostic Path Every Team Gets https://www.service-mesh-field-report.de/en/08-diagnostic-path-every-team-gets https://www.service-mesh-field-report.de/en/08-diagnostic-path-every-team-gets Thu, 18 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Two teams last week: one guesses for three hours, one is done in twenty minutes. The difference isn't talent. It's this one path. Service Mesh Field Report #7 - The scariest error message usually has the most mundane cause https://www.service-mesh-field-report.de/en/07-scariest-error-message-mundane-cause https://www.service-mesh-field-report.de/en/07-scariest-error-message-mundane-cause Thu, 11 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Most mesh incidents aren't hard. They just look that way. Service Mesh Field Report #6 - Allow locally, prevent mesh-wide https://www.service-mesh-field-report.de/en/06-allow-locally-prevent-mesh-wide https://www.service-mesh-field-report.de/en/06-allow-locally-prevent-mesh-wide Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Closing the gap without taking away tenant autonomy. Service Mesh Field Report #5 - When One Tenant Hijacks Everyone Else's Traffic https://www.service-mesh-field-report.de/en/05-tenant-hijacks-mesh-traffic https://www.service-mesh-field-report.de/en/05-tenant-hijacks-mesh-traffic Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT Letting tenants create their own VirtualServices opens a door to MITM inside your own mesh. Service Mesh Field Report #4 - Whoever Owns the Mesh Decides What Stays https://www.service-mesh-field-report.de/en/04-who-owns-the-mesh-decides-what-stays https://www.service-mesh-field-report.de/en/04-who-owns-the-mesh-decides-what-stays Thu, 21 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT From Soltau, live at CloudLand: who's actually responsible in the mesh? Service Mesh Field Report #3 - What Nobody Understands Anymore, but Everyone Still Uses https://www.service-mesh-field-report.de/en/03-config-nobody-understands-everyone-uses https://www.service-mesh-field-report.de/en/03-config-nobody-understands-everyone-uses Thu, 14 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT 20, 100, 500+ configuration objects - and no one dares to delete a thing. Service Mesh Field Report #2 - When the CVE Lands, It's Too Late https://www.service-mesh-field-report.de/en/02-cve-lands-too-late https://www.service-mesh-field-report.de/en/02-cve-lands-too-late Thu, 07 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT Istio ships a minor release every three months. Sounds predictable. Service Mesh Field Report #1 - When "Secure" Is Just a Gut Feeling https://www.service-mesh-field-report.de/en/01-secure-gut-feeling https://www.service-mesh-field-report.de/en/01-secure-gut-feeling Thu, 30 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT mTLS enabled everywhere, dashboards green - and nobody can say what actually runs encrypted.