Technologies/Istio/istio_mesh_agent_process_cpu_seconds
IstioIstioMetric

istio_mesh_agent_process_cpu_seconds

[OpenMetrics V1 and V2] Total user and system CPU time spent in seconds.
Dimensions:None
Available on:DatadogDatadog (1)
Interface Metrics (1)
DatadogDatadog
[OpenMetrics V1 and V2] Total user and system CPU time spent in seconds.
Dimensions:None
Sources
istio.mesh.agent.process.cpu_seconds.countgithub.com
Related Insights (1)
Service Mesh CPU Tax Under Loadwarning

Istio proxy CPU overhead reaches 40%+ of total cluster CPU during high traffic periods, causing throttling and increased latency. Each request going through Envoy routing logic adds 50-60ms p95 latency.

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