visualization.</p><p>Istio leverages <a href=https://www.envoyproxy.io/docs/envoy/latest/intro/arch_overview/observability/tracing>Envoy&rsquo;s distributed tracing</a> feature to provide tracing integration out of the box.</p><p>Most tracing backends now accept <a href=/v1.24/docs/tasks/observability/distributed-tracing/opentelemetry/>OpenTelemetry</a> protocol to receive traces, though Istio also supports legacy protocols for projects like <a href=/v1.24/docs/tasks/observability/distributed-tracing/zipkin