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Envoy

Envoy is a high-performance, open-source edge and service proxy designed for cloud-native applications and microservice architectures. It provides advanced load balancing, observability, and traffic management features, and serves as the data plane for many service mesh implementations including Istio.

Envoy publishes 12 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Certificates API, Chat API, Clusters API, and 9 more. Tagged areas include Cloud Native, Load Balancing, Proxy, and Service Mesh.

The Envoy catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

Envoy’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, getting-started guide, engineering blog, changelog, and 12 more developer resources.

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
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15 APIs
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Composite quality — 48.9/100 · developing
Contract Quality 15.6 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 7.4 / 20
Commercial Clarity 5.8 / 20
Operational Transparency 6.8 / 13
Governance 7.0 / 12
Discoverability 6.3 / 10
Agent readiness — 38/100 · agent ready
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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APIs 15

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Envoy xDS APIs

The xDS (x Discovery Service) APIs provide dynamic configuration for Envoy proxies via a management server, including LDS, RDS, CDS, EDS, SDS, and ADS. xDS APIs are served over ...

Envoy API V3

The Envoy API v3 is the current stable protobuf-based configuration and extension API for Envoy proxy. It defines the configuration types for all Envoy subsystems including list...

Envoy Gateway API

Envoy Gateway manages Envoy Proxy as a standalone or Kubernetes-based application gateway, implementing and extending the Kubernetes Gateway API. It provides Gateway API extensi...

Envoy Certificates API

TLS certificate inspection endpoints

Envoy Chat API

Chat completions endpoints compatible with the OpenAI Chat API. Routes requests to configured AI backends based on AIGatewayRoute rules.

Envoy Clusters API

Upstream cluster inspection and status endpoints

Envoy Configuration API

Configuration dump and inspection endpoints

Envoy Health API

Health check management endpoints

Envoy Listeners API

Listener inspection and drain endpoints

Envoy Logging API

Log level management endpoints

Envoy Models API

Model listing endpoints for discovering available AI models configured in the gateway routes.

Envoy Runtime API

Runtime settings management endpoints

Envoy Server API

Server management, lifecycle, and information endpoints

Envoy Statistics API

Statistics, metrics, and Prometheus endpoints

Envoy Text Completions API

Legacy text completions endpoints compatible with the OpenAI completions API.

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Open Collections 2

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

Envoy Admin API

OPEN COLLECTION

Envoy AI Gateway API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Envoy Plans Pricing

2 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Envoy Rate Limits

3 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Envoy Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Envoy Context

0 classes · 10 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Envoy API Rules

6 rules · 5 warnings 1 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 4

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

Envoy Bootstrap Configuration

10 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Envoy Cluster

17 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Envoy Listener

14 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Envoy Route Configuration

10 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Envoy Authentication

http · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Envoy Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Envoy Agentic Access

23 operations · 9 acting · 2 human-in-the-loop

23 operations · 9 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

GettingStarted
GettingStarted

Documentation 5

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation
 JSONSchema
JSONSchema
 JSONSchema
JSONSchema
 JSONSchema
JSONSchema
 JSONSchema
JSONSchema

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess

Design & Contract 1

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

JSONLD
JSONLD

Build 2

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization
GitHubOrganization
 GitHubRepository
GitHubRepository

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity
 Authentication
Authentication

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

ChangeLog
ChangeLog
 Community
Community

Company 3

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn
LinkedIn
 Website
Website
 Blog
Blog

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: envoy
name: Envoy
description: Envoy is a high-performance, open-source edge and service proxy designed for cloud-native applications and microservice
  architectures. It provides advanced load balancing, observability, and traffic management features, and serves as the data
  plane for many service mesh implementations including Istio.
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/envoy.png
tags:
- Cloud Native
- Load Balancing
- Proxy
- Service Mesh
url: https://www.envoyproxy.io/
created: '2025-01-01'
modified: '2026-05-19'
position: Consumer
access: 3rd-Party
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: envoy:envoy-xds-api
  name: Envoy xDS APIs
  description: The xDS (x Discovery Service) APIs provide dynamic configuration for Envoy proxies via a management server,
    including LDS, RDS, CDS, EDS, SDS, and ADS. xDS APIs are served over gRPC or REST and allow management servers to push
    Listener, Route, Cluster, Endpoint, and Secret configurations to Envoy proxies at runtime without restarts.
  humanURL: https://www.envoyproxy.io/docs/envoy/latest/api-docs/xds_protocol
  tags:
  - Discovery Service
  - Dynamic Configuration
  - gRPC
  - xDS
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.envoyproxy.io/docs/envoy/latest/api-docs/xds_protocol
  - type: Reference
    url: https://www.envoyproxy.io/docs/envoy/latest/configuration/overview/xds_api
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy
- aid: envoy:envoy-api-v3
  name: Envoy API V3
  description: The Envoy API v3 is the current stable protobuf-based configuration and extension API for Envoy proxy. It defines
    the configuration types for all Envoy subsystems including listeners, clusters, routes, endpoints, HTTP filters, network
    filters, transport sockets, and access logging. The API is defined using Protocol Buffers and published in the envoy-api
    repository.
  humanURL: https://www.envoyproxy.io/docs/envoy/latest/api/api
  tags:
  - Configuration
  - Extensions
  - Filters
  - Protobuf
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.envoyproxy.io/docs/envoy/latest/api/api
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/envoy-cluster.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/envoy-listener.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/envoy-route-configuration.json
- aid: envoy:envoy-gateway-api
  name: Envoy Gateway API
  description: Envoy Gateway manages Envoy Proxy as a standalone or Kubernetes-based application gateway, implementing and
    extending the Kubernetes Gateway API. It provides Gateway API extensions including BackendTrafficPolicy, ClientTrafficPolicy,
    SecurityPolicy, and EnvoyPatchPolicy for advanced traffic management without requiring direct Envoy configuration knowledge.
  humanURL: https://gateway.envoyproxy.io/
  tags:
  - Cloud Native
  - Gateway
  - Kubernetes
  - Traffic Management
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://gateway.envoyproxy.io/docs/
  - type: Reference
    url: https://gateway.envoyproxy.io/docs/concepts/gateway-api/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://gateway.envoyproxy.io/docs/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/envoyproxy/gateway
- aid: envoy:envoy-certificates-api
  name: Envoy Certificates API
  description: TLS certificate inspection endpoints
  humanURL: https://www.envoyproxy.io/docs/envoy/latest/operations/admin
  tags:
  - Certificates
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/envoy-certificates-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.envoyproxy.io/docs/envoy/latest/operations/admin
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://aigateway.envoyproxy.io/docs/
  - type: Reference
    url: https://aigateway.envoyproxy.io/docs/api/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://aigateway.envoyproxy.io/docs/getting-started/basic-usage/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/envoyproxy/ai-gateway
  - type: ChangeLog
    url: https://aigateway.envoyproxy.io/release-notes/
- aid: envoy:envoy-chat-api
  name: Envoy Chat API
  description: Chat completions endpoints compatible with the OpenAI Chat API. Routes requests to configured AI backends based
    on AIGatewayRoute rules.
  humanURL: https://www.envoyproxy.io/docs/envoy/latest/operations/admin
  tags:
  - Chat
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/envoy-chat-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.envoyproxy.io/docs/envoy/latest/operations/admin
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://aigateway.envoyproxy.io/docs/
  - type: Reference
    url: https://aigateway.envoyproxy.io/docs/api/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://aigateway.envoyproxy.io/docs/getting-started/basic-usage/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/envoyproxy/ai-gateway
  - type: ChangeLog
    url: https://aigateway.envoyproxy.io/release-notes/
- aid: envoy:envoy-clusters-api
  name: Envoy Clusters API
  description: Upstream cluster inspection and status endpoints
  humanURL: https://www.envoyproxy.io/docs/envoy/latest/operations/admin
  tags:
  - Clusters
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/envoy-clusters-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.envoyproxy.io/docs/envoy/latest/operations/admin
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://aigateway.envoyproxy.io/docs/
  - type: Reference
    url: https://aigateway.envoyproxy.io/docs/api/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://aigateway.envoyproxy.io/docs/getting-started/basic-usage/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/envoyproxy/ai-gateway
  - type: ChangeLog
    url: https://aigateway.envoyproxy.io/release-notes/
- aid: envoy:envoy-configuration-api
  name: Envoy Configuration API
  description: Configuration dump and inspection endpoints
  humanURL: https://www.envoyproxy.io/docs/envoy/latest/operations/admin
  tags:
  - Configuration
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/envoy-configuration-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.envoyproxy.io/docs/envoy/latest/operations/admin
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://aigateway.envoyproxy.io/docs/
  - type: Reference
    url: https://aigateway.envoyproxy.io/docs/api/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://aigateway.envoyproxy.io/docs/getting-started/basic-usage/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/envoyproxy/ai-gateway
  - type: ChangeLog
    url: https://aigateway.envoyproxy.io/release-notes/
- aid: envoy:envoy-health-api
  name: Envoy Health API
  description: Health check management endpoints
  humanURL: https://www.envoyproxy.io/docs/envoy/latest/operations/admin
  tags:
  - Health
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/envoy-health-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.envoyproxy.io/docs/envoy/latest/operations/admin
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://aigateway.envoyproxy.io/docs/
  - type: Reference
    url: https://aigateway.envoyproxy.io/docs/api/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://aigateway.envoyproxy.io/docs/getting-started/basic-usage/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/envoyproxy/ai-gateway
  - type: ChangeLog
    url: https://aigateway.envoyproxy.io/release-notes/
- aid: envoy:envoy-listeners-api
  name: Envoy Listeners API
  description: Listener inspection and drain endpoints
  humanURL: https://www.envoyproxy.io/docs/envoy/latest/operations/admin
  tags:
  - Listeners
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/envoy-listeners-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.envoyproxy.io/docs/envoy/latest/operations/admin
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://aigateway.envoyproxy.io/docs/
  - type: Reference
    url: https://aigateway.envoyproxy.io/docs/api/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://aigateway.envoyproxy.io/docs/getting-started/basic-usage/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/envoyproxy/ai-gateway
  - type: ChangeLog
    url: https://aigateway.envoyproxy.io/release-notes/
- aid: envoy:envoy-logging-api
  name: Envoy Logging API
  description: Log level management endpoints
  humanURL: https://www.envoyproxy.io/docs/envoy/latest/operations/admin
  tags:
  - Logging
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/envoy-logging-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.envoyproxy.io/docs/envoy/latest/operations/admin
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://aigateway.envoyproxy.io/docs/
  - type: Reference
    url: https://aigateway.envoyproxy.io/docs/api/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://aigateway.envoyproxy.io/docs/getting-started/basic-usage/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/envoyproxy/ai-gateway
  - type: ChangeLog
    url: https://aigateway.envoyproxy.io/release-notes/
- aid: envoy:envoy-models-api
  name: Envoy Models API
  description: Model listing endpoints for discovering available AI models configured in the gateway routes.
  humanURL: https://www.envoyproxy.io/docs/envoy/latest/operations/admin
  tags:
  - Models
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/envoy-models-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.envoyproxy.io/docs/envoy/latest/operations/admin
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://aigateway.envoyproxy.io/docs/
  - type: Reference
    url: https://aigateway.envoyproxy.io/docs/api/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://aigateway.envoyproxy.io/docs/getting-started/basic-usage/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/envoyproxy/ai-gateway
  - type: ChangeLog
    url: https://aigateway.envoyproxy.io/release-notes/
- aid: envoy:envoy-runtime-api
  name: Envoy Runtime API
  description: Runtime settings management endpoints
  humanURL: https://www.envoyproxy.io/docs/envoy/latest/operations/admin
  tags:
  - Runtime
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/envoy-runtime-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.envoyproxy.io/docs/envoy/latest/operations/admin
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://aigateway.envoyproxy.io/docs/
  - type: Reference
    url: https://aigateway.envoyproxy.io/docs/api/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://aigateway.envoyproxy.io/docs/getting-started/basic-usage/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/envoyproxy/ai-gateway
  - type: ChangeLog
    url: https://aigateway.envoyproxy.io/release-notes/
- aid: envoy:envoy-server-api
  name: Envoy Server API
  description: Server management, lifecycle, and information endpoints
  humanURL: https://www.envoyproxy.io/docs/envoy/latest/operations/admin
  tags:
  - Server
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/envoy-server-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.envoyproxy.io/docs/envoy/latest/operations/admin
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://aigateway.envoyproxy.io/docs/
  - type: Reference
    url: https://aigateway.envoyproxy.io/docs/api/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://aigateway.envoyproxy.io/docs/getting-started/basic-usage/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/envoyproxy/ai-gateway
  - type: ChangeLog
    url: https://aigateway.envoyproxy.io/release-notes/
- aid: envoy:envoy-statistics-api
  name: Envoy Statistics API
  description: Statistics, metrics, and Prometheus endpoints
  humanURL: https://www.envoyproxy.io/docs/envoy/latest/operations/admin
  tags:
  - Statistics
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/envoy-statistics-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.envoyproxy.io/docs/envoy/latest/operations/admin
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://aigateway.envoyproxy.io/docs/
  - type: Reference
    url: https://aigateway.envoyproxy.io/docs/api/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://aigateway.envoyproxy.io/docs/getting-started/basic-usage/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/envoyproxy/ai-gateway
  - type: ChangeLog
    url: https://aigateway.envoyproxy.io/release-notes/
- aid: envoy:envoy-text-completions-api
  name: Envoy Text Completions API
  description: Legacy text completions endpoints compatible with the OpenAI completions API.
  humanURL: https://www.envoyproxy.io/docs/envoy/latest/operations/admin
  tags:
  - Text Completions
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/envoy-text-completions-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.envoyproxy.io/docs/envoy/latest/operations/admin
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://aigateway.envoyproxy.io/docs/
  - type: Reference
    url: https://aigateway.envoyproxy.io/docs/api/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://aigateway.envoyproxy.io/docs/getting-started/basic-usage/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/envoyproxy/ai-gateway
  - type: ChangeLog
    url: https://aigateway.envoyproxy.io/release-notes/
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/envoy-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/envoy-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/envoy-authentication.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/envoy-inc
- type: Website
  url: https://www.envoyproxy.io/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://www.envoyproxy.io/docs/envoy/latest/
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://www.envoyproxy.io/docs/envoy/latest/start/start
- type: Blog
  url: https://blog.envoyproxy.io/
- type: ChangeLog
  url: https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/releases
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/envoyproxy
- type: GitHubRepository
  url: https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy
- type: Community
  url: https://www.envoyproxy.io/community
- type: JSONSchema
  url: json-schema/envoy-bootstrap.json
- type: JSONSchema
  url: json-schema/envoy-cluster.json
- type: JSONSchema
  url: json-schema/envoy-listener.json
- type: JSONSchema
  url: json-schema/envoy-route-configuration.json
- type: JSONLD
  url: json-ld/envoy-context.jsonld
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com