# Google Cloud Service Mesh

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/google-cloud-service-mesh/  
**Website:** https://cloud.google.com/service-mesh  
**APIs profiled:** 13

Google Cloud Service Mesh is Google's managed service mesh solution for GKE and supported GKE Enterprise environments, enabling secure, observable, and reliable communication between microservices. It provides a managed Istio control plane, Google Cloud-native service routing APIs, mTLS security, and built-in telemetry for distributed applications.

## Kin Score — 39.2 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 39.2).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 74.1 |
| Contract Quality | 49.0 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 36.8 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 47.6 |
| Commercial Clarity | 26.3 |
| Access Clarity | 26.3 |

## Agent readiness — 31.1 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | documented |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Freemium · Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: high).

## APIs (13)

- **Google Cloud Network Security API** — The Network Security API manages security policies for Cloud Service Mesh, including authorization policies, client TLS policies, and server TLS policies. It provides REST endpo...
- **Google Cloud Service Mesh xDS Control Plane API** — Cloud Service Mesh uses the open-source xDS v3 control plane API to distribute configuration to Envoy sidecar proxies and proxyless gRPC clients. Configurations defined via the ...
- **Google Cloud Service Mesh EndpointPolicies API** — The EndpointPolicies API from Google Cloud Service Mesh — 1 operation(s) for endpointpolicies.
- **Google Cloud Service Mesh Gateways API** — The Gateways API from Google Cloud Service Mesh — 1 operation(s) for gateways.
- **Google Cloud Service Mesh Google Cloud Network Services API (Service Mesh) API** — The Google Cloud Network Services API (Service Mesh) API from Google Cloud Service Mesh — 2 operation(s) for google cloud network services api (service mesh).
- **Google Cloud Service Mesh GrpcRoutes API** — The GrpcRoutes API from Google Cloud Service Mesh — 1 operation(s) for grpcroutes.
- **Google Cloud Service Mesh HttpRoutes API** — The HttpRoutes API from Google Cloud Service Mesh — 1 operation(s) for httproutes.
- **Google Cloud Service Mesh Locations API** — The Locations API from Google Cloud Service Mesh — 1 operation(s) for locations.
- **Google Cloud Service Mesh Meshes API** — The Meshes API from Google Cloud Service Mesh — 1 operation(s) for meshes.
- **Google Cloud Service Mesh Operations API** — The Operations API from Google Cloud Service Mesh — 1 operation(s) for operations.
- **Google Cloud Service Mesh ServiceLbPolicies API** — The ServiceLbPolicies API from Google Cloud Service Mesh — 1 operation(s) for servicelbpolicies.
- **Google Cloud Service Mesh TcpRoutes API** — The TcpRoutes API from Google Cloud Service Mesh — 1 operation(s) for tcproutes.
- **Google Cloud Service Mesh TlsRoutes API** — The TlsRoutes API from Google Cloud Service Mesh — 1 operation(s) for tlsroutes.

## Agentic access (1)

- **Google Cloud Service Mesh Agentic Access** — 22 operations · 11 acting

## Security (3)

- **Google Cloud Service Mesh Authentication** — oauth2 · 1 scheme
- **Google Cloud Service Mesh Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC
- **Google Cloud Service Mesh Vulnerability Disclosure** — security.txt · contact published

## Plans (1)

- **Google Cloud Service Mesh Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Google Cloud, Istio, Kubernetes, Microservices, Service Mesh

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/google-cloud-service-mesh/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.