Forsy - Istio multi-cluster endpoint-less mesh Service (decoy selector, not omitted)
Istio multi-cluster endpoint-less mesh Service (decoy selector, not omitted)
Software EngineeringReleased 8 Oct 2026
How to define an endpoint-less "away-cluster" Service for Istio multi-cluster
(multi-primary/multi-network) endpoint merge, so cross-cluster traffic to a
Service name routes to a REMOTE cluster's pods. Use when: (1) building a
federated mesh where a Service must exist in cluster B but have NO local
backends so the mesh routes to cluster A's endpoints (e.g. region-pinned
writes, a home/away topology); (2) the away cluster ALSO runs real pods that
share the normal app label and must NOT be selected; (3) traffic to
<svc>.<ns>.svc.cluster.local hits an empty ClusterIP / "connection refused" /
lands locally instead of crossing to the remote cluster. Key rule: use a
DECOY selec…