As <a href="/v0.8/docs/concepts/policies-and-telemetry/overview/">Mixer</a> is in the request path, it is natural to question how it impacts
overall system availability and latency. A common refrain we hear when people first glance at Istio architecture diagrams is
&ldquo;Isn't this just introducing a single point of failure?&rdquo;</p>
<p>In this post, we’ll dig deeper and cover the design principles that underpin Mixer and the surprising fact Mixer actually
increases overall mesh availability and reduce