ref=/v1.26/blog/2022/merbridge/3.png title="Processing Inbound Traffic"><img class=element-to-stretch src=/v1.26/blog/2022/merbridge/3.png alt="Processing Inbound Traffic"></a></div><figcaption>Processing Inbound Traffic</figcaption></figure><h3 id=same-node-acceleration>Same-node acceleration</h3><p>Theoretically, acceleration between Envoy sidecars on the same node can be achieved directly through inbound traffic processing. However, Envoy will raise an error when accessing the application of the current 