o provides detailed metrics for the <a href=/v1.18/docs/ops/deployment/architecture/>mesh control plane</a>.
A default set of mesh monitoring dashboards built on top of these metrics is also provided.</li><li><a href=#distributed-traces><strong>Distributed Traces</strong></a>. Istio generates distributed trace spans for each service, providing operators with a detailed understanding
of call flows and service dependencies within a mesh.</li><li><a href=#access-logs><strong>Access Logs</strong></a>. As traffi