}},
			},
		}

		// only label if the user has provided their own value, otherwise we let istiod choose a default at runtime (service)
		// this will allow for gateway class to provide a default for that class rather than always forcing service or requiring users to configure correctly
		if trafficType != "" {
			if !validTrafficTypes.Contains(trafficType) {

* Ensure traffic between mesh workloads is securely encrypted with an Istio identity.
* Be lightweight enough to not limit adoption.
  * This puts a much tighter budget on CPU, memory, latency, and throughput requirements than traditional Istio sidecars.

Ztunnel was not designed to be a feature-rich data plane.
Quite the opposite - an *aggressively* small feature set is the key feature that makes ztunnel viable.