# Kuma Kubernetes Policy API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/kuma/kuma-kubernetes-policy-api/  
**Provider:** Kuma — https://apis.io/providers/kuma/  
**Documentation:** https://kuma.io/docs/latest/policies/

Kuma Kubernetes Policy API is one of 38 APIs that [Kuma](https://apis.io/providers/kuma/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include CRD, Kubernetes, Policy, and Traffic Management. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation and an API reference.

Kuma extends the Kubernetes API server with Custom Resource Definitions (CRDs) for defining and managing service mesh policies. These resources include MeshTrafficPermission, MeshRetry, MeshTimeout, MeshCircuitBreaker, MeshHealthCheck, MeshFaultInjection, and MeshRateLimit, enabling fine-grained traffic management, security, and resilience policies for meshed workloads.

## Machine-readable artifacts (3)

- **Documentation** — https://kuma.io/docs/latest/policies/
- **Reference** — https://kuma.io/docs/latest/reference/kubernetes-annotations/
- **APIsJSON** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/kuma/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

## Other Kuma APIs (12)

- [Kuma Multizone API](https://apis.io/apis/kuma/kuma-multizone-api/)
- [Kuma Dataplane API](https://apis.io/apis/kuma/kuma-dataplane-api/)
- [Kuma GlobalInsight API](https://apis.io/apis/kuma/kuma-globalinsight-api/)
- [Kuma HostnameGenerator API](https://apis.io/apis/kuma/kuma-hostnamegenerator-api/)
- [Kuma Inspect API](https://apis.io/apis/kuma/kuma-inspect-api/)
- [Kuma KRI API](https://apis.io/apis/kuma/kuma-kri-api/)
- [Kuma Mesh API](https://apis.io/apis/kuma/kuma-mesh-api/)
- [Kuma MeshAccessLog API](https://apis.io/apis/kuma/kuma-meshaccesslog-api/)
- [Kuma MeshCircuitBreaker API](https://apis.io/apis/kuma/kuma-meshcircuitbreaker-api/)
- [Kuma Meshes API](https://apis.io/apis/kuma/kuma-meshes-api/)
- [Kuma MeshExternalService API](https://apis.io/apis/kuma/kuma-meshexternalservice-api/)
- [Kuma MeshFaultInjection API](https://apis.io/apis/kuma/kuma-meshfaultinjection-api/)

## Tags

CRD, Kubernetes, Policy, Traffic Management

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