ributes</h3><p>Istio uses <code>attributes</code> to describe runtime activities of Istio services.
An Istio attribute carries a specific piece of information about an activity,
such as the error code of an API request, the latency of an API request, or the
original IP address of a TCP connection. The attributes are often generated
and consumed by different services. For example, a frontend service can
generate an authenticated user attribute and pass it to a backend service for
access control purpose.</p><