h2><p>Mixer is essentially an attribute processing and routing machine. The proxy sends it <a href=https://istio.io/v1.6/docs/reference/config/policy-and-telemetry/mixer-overview/#attributes>attributes</a> as part of doing precondition checks and telemetry reports, which it turns into a series of calls into adapters. The operator supplies configuration which describes how to map incoming attributes to inputs for the adapters.</p><figure style=width:60%><div class=wrapper-with-intrinsic-ratio style=padding-b