🎉 Kgateway 2.0.0 – First CNCF Release 🎉
We're proud to announce kgateway v2.0.0, the first official release under the CNCF. Kgateway is a next-generation, open-source API gateway designed for secure, observable, and extensible Kubernetes-native environments.
Built on the Kubernetes Gateway API, kgateway lets you manage ingress and east-west traffic with scalable, policy-driven control—backed by CNCF governance and cloud-native best practices.
🚀 Release Highlights
- Kgateway custom resources to extend the Gateway API
- Advanced traffic management, including ExtProc and route delegation
- Enhanced security capabilities, including local rate limiting and BYO external authorization
- Open-sourced AI Gateway
- Refreshed KRT-based control plane
- Istio Ambient Waypoint integration
Coming from Gloo v1? Kgateway v2 has extensive API, CRD, and other changes.
We recommend following the kgateway quickstart to try it out.