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WP-18 Service Mesh
Summary
Deliver a production-ready multi-cluster service mesh capability with a sidecar baseline and explicit guardrails for ambient mode adoption.
Scope
- Mesh control-plane and data-plane baseline implementation.
- mTLS and authorization baseline for in-scope platform services.
- Operational guardrails for mode and feature adoption.
Architecture Context
- Runtime architecture: Platform Architecture
- Deep dive: topic-openshift-service-mesh-architecture
- TOGAF mapping: service-mesh and openshift-service-mesh
Decision Context
Dependencies
Acceptance Criteria
- Sidecar-mode baseline meets agreed security and traffic-policy controls.
- Operational runbooks exist for onboarding, upgrades, and incident handling.
- Ambient mode use is gated by documented supportability and architecture approval.