is sent to the
client. The time spent collecting raw telemetry for a request does not contribute
to the total time taken to complete that request. However, since the worker
is busy handling the request, the worker won&rsquo;t start handling the next request
immediately. This process adds to the queue wait time of the next request and affects
average and tail latencies. The actual tail latency depends on the traffic pattern.</p><h3 id=latency-for-istio-hahahugoshortcode-s4-hbhb>Latency for Istio 1.16.2</h3><