# Clarification on outbound-transport-mode

**URL:** <https://linkerd.buoyant.io/t/clarification-on-outbound-transport-mode/768>\
**Category:** Linkerd General Discussion\
**Tags:** proxy, configuration\
**Created:** [May 28, 2025, 1:21pm UTC](https://linkerd.buoyant.io/t/clarification-on-outbound-transport-mode/768 "2025-05-28T13:21:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![Flynn](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/linkerd.buoyant.io/flynn/32/41_2.png) [@Flynn](https://linkerd.buoyant.io/u/Flynn)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2025, 8:15pm UTC](https://linkerd.buoyant.io/t/clarification-on-outbound-transport-mode/768/2 "2025-05-28T20:15:47Z")

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We changed the default transport mode mostly because it narrows the scope of what the proxy needs to understand for incoming connections. Previously the Linkerd proxy needed to be able to differentiate mTLS connections from cleartext sometimes; it doesn’t need to do that any more, which simplifies things. `transparent` mode is expected to be available for the foreseeable future as a thing you can explicitly enable.

I’m checking on the log lines – how often are you seeing those?

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