WSO2 API Platform Gateway Operator v0.4.0 Released

WSO2 API Platform Gateway Operator

The WSO2 API Platform Gateway Operator enables native Kubernetes deployment using a GitOps-friendly, operator-based model. It manages the full lifecycle of API gateways and REST APIs through custom resources.

Overview

The Gateway Operator watches for two custom resource types:

CRD	Purpose
APIGateway	Deploys and configures gateway infrastructure (controller, router, policy engine)
RestApi	Defines API routes, upstreams, and policies

Documentation

For complete documentation on capabilities, see the Gateway Operator Documentation.

Known Issues

All the open issues pertaining to WSO2 API Platform are reported here.

How To Contribute

Your feedback is most welcome!

Community

You can use our Discord Channel and Stackoverflow Collective to engage with a wider audience https://wso2.com/community/

Reporting Issues

We encourage you to report issues, improvements, and feature requests regarding WSO2 API Platform Gateway through WSO2 API Platform GIT Issues.

And please be advised that security issues must be reported to [email protected], not as a GitHub issue, in order to reach the proper audience. We strongly advise following the WSO2 Security Vulnerability Reporting Guidelines when reporting security issues.

WSO2 API Platform Gateway Operator v0.3.0 Released

WSO2 API Platform Gateway Operator

The WSO2 API Platform Gateway Operator enables native Kubernetes deployment using a GitOps-friendly, operator-based model. It manages the full lifecycle of API gateways and REST APIs through custom resources.

Overview

The Gateway Operator watches for two custom resource types:

CRD	Purpose
APIGateway	Deploys and configures gateway infrastructure (controller, router, policy engine)
RestApi	Defines API routes, upstreams, and policies

Breaking Changes

CRD Renamed: Gateway → APIGateway

The Custom Resource Definition has been renamed from Gateway to APIGateway.

Migration Required:

Update all CR manifests from kind: Gateway to kind: APIGateway
The CRD file is now gateway.api-platform.wso2.com_apigateways.yaml
Delete old Gateway CRs before applying new APIGateway CRs

Before:

apiVersion: gateway.api-platform.wso2.com/v1alpha1
kind: Gateway

After:

apiVersion: gateway.api-platform.wso2.com/v1alpha1
kind: APIGateway

Removed Field: gatewayClassName

The spec.gatewayClassName field has been removed from the APIGateway(old Gateway) spec.

Migration Required:

Remove gatewayClassName from all APIGateway(old Gateway) manifests

Before:

spec:
  gatewayClassName: "production"
  apiSelector:
    scope: Cluster

After:

spec:
  apiSelector:
    scope: Cluster

Documentation

For complete documentation on capabilities, see the Gateway Operator Documentation.

Known Issues

All the open issues pertaining to WSO2 API Platform are reported here.

How To Contribute

Your feedback is most welcome!

Community

You can use our Discord Channel and Stackoverflow Collective to engage with a wider audience https://wso2.com/community/

Reporting Issues

We encourage you to report issues, improvements, and feature requests regarding WSO2 API Platform Gateway through WSO2 API Platform GIT Issues.

And please be advised that security issues must be reported to [email protected], not as a GitHub issue, in order to reach the proper audience. We strongly advise following the WSO2 Security Vulnerability Reporting Guidelines when reporting security issues.

WSO2 API Platform Gateway Helm v0.4.0 Released

Gateway Helm Chart Release 0.4.0

App Version: 0.4.0

Installation

helm install my-gateway oci://ghcr.io/wso2/api-platform/helm-charts/gateway --version 0.4.0

OCI Registry

oci://ghcr.io/wso2/api-platform/helm-charts/gateway:0.4.0

WSO2 API Platform Gateway Helm v0.3.0 Released

Gateway Helm Chart Release 0.3.0

App Version: 0.3.0

Installation

helm install my-gateway oci://ghcr.io/wso2/api-platform/helm-charts/gateway --version 0.3.0

OCI Registry

oci://ghcr.io/wso2/api-platform/helm-charts/gateway:0.3.0

WSO2 API Platform Gateway 0.4.0 Released

Overview

The WSO2 API Platform Gateway is a modern, Envoy-based gateway designed to provide high-performance API traffic management with a unified, policy-driven model. The gateway consists of the following core components:

• Envoy-based Router
  Handles all inbound and outbound API traffic, routing requests to the appropriate backend services.

• Policy Engine
  A centralized execution engine that applies gateway policies such as authentication, authorization, rate limiting, and other runtime behaviors.

• Gateway Controller
  A control-plane component responsible for configuring Envoy routes, managing policy attachments, and reconciling API-related resources.

Quick Start

Get started with the Quick Start Guide to deploy and configure your first API proxy.

Documentation

For complete documentation on all features and capabilities, see the Gateway Documentation.

What’s New in This Release

• XML to JSON policy
• Log message policy
• Support first class AI Providers
• Support fine-grained authorization for MCP

See details of all the changes including features, improvements, and bug fixes

Known Issues

All the open issues pertaining to WSO2 API Platform are reported here.

How To Contribute

Your feedback is most welcome!

Community

You can use our Discord Channel and Stackoverflow Collective to engage with a wider audience https://wso2.com/community/

Reporting Issues

We encourage you to report issues, improvements, and feature requests regarding WSO2 API Platform Gateway through WSO2 API Platform GIT Issues.

And please be advised that security issues must be reported to [email protected], not as a GitHub issue, in order to reach the proper audience. We strongly advise following the WSO2 Security Vulnerability Reporting Guidelines when reporting security issues.

WSO2 API Platform Controller (ap) v0.4.0 is Released!

Overview

The WSO2 API Platform CLI (ap) is a command-line tool for managing and interacting with the WSO2 API Platform. It provides capabilities to deploy API configurations, customize gateway policies, and manage platform resources.

Quick Start

Get started with the Quick Start Guide to install and configure the CLI.

Documentation

For complete documentation on all features and capabilities, see the CLI Documentation.

• CLI Reference
• Customizing Gateway Policies

Known Issues

All the open issues pertaining to WSO2 API Platform CLI are reported here.

How To Contribute

Your feedback is most welcome!

Community

You can use our Discord Channel and Stackoverflow Collective to engage with a wider audience https://wso2.com/community/

Reporting Issues

We encourage you to report issues, improvements, and feature requests regarding WSO2 API Platform CLI through WSO2 API Platform GIT Issues.

And please be advised that security issues must be reported to [email protected], not as a GitHub issue, in order to reach the proper audience. We strongly advise following the WSO2 Security Vulnerability Reporting Guidelines when reporting security issues.

WSO2 API Platform AI Gateway 0.4.0 Released

Overview

The WSO2 API Platform AI Gateway is an AI-native gateway designed to securely manage and optimize AI traffic. It provides two core capabilities:

• LLM Gateway - Proxy and secure traffic to Large Language Model (LLM) providers with built-in guardrails, prompt management, and cost optimization capabilities
• MCP Gateway - Proxy and secure Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers with authentication support per the MCP specification

Quick Start

Choose the quick start guide based on your use case:

• LLM Gateway - Proxy and route traffic to LLM providers like OpenAI
• MCP Gateway - Proxy and expose your MCP servers

Documentation

For complete documentation on all features and capabilities, see the AI Gateway Documentation.

What’s New in This Release

Features

• Support first class AI Providers
• Support fine-grained authorization for MCP

See details of all the changes including features, improvements, and bug fixes

Known Issues

All the open issues pertaining to WSO2 API Platform are reported here.

How To Contribute

Your feedback is most welcome!

Community

You can use our Discord Channel and Stackoverflow Collective to engage with a wider audience https://wso2.com/community/

Reporting Issues

We encourage you to report issues, improvements, and feature requests regarding WSO2 API Platform Gateway through WSO2 API Platform GIT Issues.

And please be advised that security issues must be reported to [email protected], not as a GitHub issue, in order to reach the proper audience. We strongly advise following the WSO2 Security Vulnerability Reporting Guidelines when reporting security issues.

WSO2 API Platform Gateway 0.3.0 Released

Overview

The WSO2 API Platform Gateway is a modern, Envoy-based gateway designed to provide high-performance API traffic management with a unified, policy-driven model. The gateway consists of the following core components:

• Envoy-based Router
  Handles all inbound and outbound API traffic, routing requests to the appropriate backend services.

• Policy Engine
  A centralized execution engine that applies gateway policies such as authentication, authorization, rate limiting, and other runtime behaviors.

• Gateway Controller
  A control-plane component responsible for configuring Envoy routes, managing policy attachments, and reconciling API-related resources.

Quick Start

Get started with the Quick Start Guide to deploy and configure your first API proxy.

Documentation

For complete documentation on all features and capabilities, see the Gateway Documentation.

What’s New in This Release

• CORS support
• Metrics support
• AI Analytics support
• AI Model based routing policy
• AI Model based weighted routing policy

See details of all the changes including features, improvements, and bug fixes

Known Issues

All the open issues pertaining to WSO2 API Platform are reported here.

How To Contribute

Your feedback is most welcome!

Community

You can use our Discord Channel and Stackoverflow Collective to engage with a wider audience https://wso2.com/community/

Reporting Issues

We encourage you to report issues, improvements, and feature requests regarding WSO2 API Platform Gateway through WSO2 API Platform GIT Issues.

And please be advised that security issues must be reported to [email protected], not as a GitHub issue, in order to reach the proper audience. We strongly advise following the WSO2 Security Vulnerability Reporting Guidelines when reporting security issues.

WSO2 API Platform AI Gateway 0.3.0 Released

Overview

The WSO2 API Platform AI Gateway is an AI-native gateway designed to securely manage and optimize AI traffic. It provides two core capabilities:

• LLM Gateway - Proxy and secure traffic to Large Language Model (LLM) providers with built-in guardrails, prompt management, and cost optimization capabilities
• MCP Gateway - Proxy and secure Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers with authentication support per the MCP specification

Quick Start

Choose the quick start guide based on your use case:

• LLM Gateway - Proxy and route traffic to LLM providers like OpenAI
• MCP Gateway - Proxy and expose your MCP servers

Documentation

For complete documentation on all features and capabilities, see the AI Gateway Documentation.

What’s New in This Release

Features

• AI Analytics Support
• AI Model based routing policy
• AI Model based weighted routing policy

See details of all the changes including features, improvements, and bug fixes

Known Issues

All the open issues pertaining to WSO2 API Platform are reported here.

How To Contribute

Your feedback is most welcome!

Community

You can use our Discord Channel and Stackoverflow Collective to engage with a wider audience https://wso2.com/community/

Reporting Issues

We encourage you to report issues, improvements, and feature requests regarding WSO2 API Platform Gateway through WSO2 API Platform GIT Issues.

And please be advised that security issues must be reported to [email protected], not as a GitHub issue, in order to reach the proper audience. We strongly advise following the WSO2 Security Vulnerability Reporting Guidelines when reporting security issues.

WSO2 API Platform Gateway Helm v0.2.0 Released

WSO2 API Platform Gateway Helm 0.2.0 Released

App Version: 0.2.0

Installation

helm install my-gateway oci://ghcr.io/wso2/api-platform/helm-charts/gateway --version 0.2.0

OCI Registry

oci://ghcr.io/wso2/api-platform/helm-charts/gateway:0.2.0