Traefik Mesh

aid: traefik-mesh
name: Traefik Mesh
description: 'Traefik Mesh (formerly Maesh) is a lightweight, non-invasive service mesh built on top of Traefik Proxy for
  Kubernetes. It provides automatic traffic management, observability, and security for microservices without requiring sidecar
  containers. Traefik Mesh is compliant with the Service Mesh Interface (SMI) specification and supports HTTP, TCP, and UDP
  traffic modes, traffic splitting, access control via TrafficTarget, rate limiting, circuit breaking, and retries. The project
  is effectively dormant: the last released version is v1.4.8 (2022-08-19), and commit activity since then has been limited
  to CI and documentation maintenance. The GitHub repository is not formally archived as of this profile date and there is
  no official deprecation banner on the project''s README or documentation site, but the lack of feature releases for nearly
  four years and the absence of an SMI-compatible successor inside Traefik Labs'' product line (Traefik Hub is positioned
  as Kubernetes-native API management, not a service mesh) make this an unmaintained project for practical purposes.'
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/traefik-mesh.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/traefik-mesh/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-05-03'
modified: '2026-05-23'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
tags:
- Kubernetes
- Service Mesh
- Open Source
- SMI
- Traffic Management
- Dormant
- Unmaintained
apis:
- aid: traefik-mesh:traefik-mesh-configuration-api
  name: Traefik Mesh Configuration API
  description: Endpoints for retrieving the current dynamic Traefik configuration generated by the Traefik Mesh controller.
  humanURL: https://doc.traefik.io/traefik-mesh/
  baseURL: http://controller-pod-ip:9000
  tags:
  - Configuration
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/traefik-mesh-configuration-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://doc.traefik.io/traefik-mesh/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/traefik/mesh
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/traefik-mesh-pod-info-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/traefik-mesh-service-entry-schema.json
- aid: traefik-mesh:traefik-mesh-status-api
  name: Traefik Mesh Status API
  description: Endpoints for checking the readiness and status of the Traefik Mesh controller and proxy nodes.
  humanURL: https://doc.traefik.io/traefik-mesh/
  baseURL: http://controller-pod-ip:9000
  tags:
  - Status
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/traefik-mesh-status-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://doc.traefik.io/traefik-mesh/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/traefik/mesh
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/traefik-mesh-pod-info-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/traefik-mesh-service-entry-schema.json
- aid: traefik-mesh:traefik-mesh-topology-api
  name: Traefik Mesh Topology API
  description: Endpoints for inspecting the mesh topology as seen by the controller.
  humanURL: https://doc.traefik.io/traefik-mesh/
  baseURL: http://controller-pod-ip:9000
  tags:
  - Topology
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/traefik-mesh-topology-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://doc.traefik.io/traefik-mesh/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/traefik/mesh
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/traefik-mesh-pod-info-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/traefik-mesh-service-entry-schema.json
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/traefik-mesh-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/traefik-mesh-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://traefik.io/traefik-mesh
- type: Documentation
  url: https://doc.traefik.io/traefik-mesh/
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/traefik
- type: GitHubRepository
  url: https://github.com/traefik/mesh
- type: HelmChart
  url: https://github.com/traefik/mesh-helm-chart
- type: Blog
  url: https://traefik.io/blog/
- type: Community
  url: https://community.traefik.io/
- type: Slack
  url: https://slack.traefik.io/
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://traefik.io/terms/
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://traefik.io/privacy/
- type: License
  url: https://github.com/traefik/mesh/blob/master/LICENSE
- type: Spectral
  url: rules/traefik-mesh-rules.yml
- type: JSONLD
  url: json-ld/traefik-mesh-context.jsonld
- type: Vocabulary
  url: vocabulary/traefik-mesh-vocabulary.yml
- type: ReleaseNotes
  url: https://github.com/traefik/mesh/releases
- type: ChangeLog
  url: https://github.com/traefik/mesh/releases
- type: MaintenanceStatus
  data:
    status: Dormant
    formallyArchived: false
    lastRelease: v1.4.8
    lastReleaseDate: '2022-08-19'
    lastCommitDate: '2026-03-23'
    lastCommitNote: Most recent commits are CI and documentation housekeeping (chore(docs)/chore(ci)) rather than feature
      work. No code changes of substance since 2022.
    officialDeprecationNotice: false
    replacement: None announced by Traefik Labs
    relatedProducts:
    - name: Traefik Hub
      url: https://traefik.io/traefik-hub/
      relationship: Kubernetes-native API management — not a service mesh and not positioned by Traefik Labs as a Traefik
        Mesh successor.
    - name: Traefik Proxy
      url: https://traefik.io/traefik/
      relationship: The underlying ingress/edge proxy. Several Traefik Mesh capabilities (HTTP middleware, retries, rate limiting,
        circuit breaking) are available natively in Traefik Proxy without the mesh layer.
    ecosystemContext: The broader Service Mesh Interface (SMI) specification that Traefik Mesh implements has itself stalled
      (no new releases since 2021) and was archived by CNCF in 2023, weakening the SMI-based positioning of this project.
- type: Features
  data:
  - name: Non-Invasive Service Mesh
    description: No sidecar containers required; uses per-node Traefik Proxy instances.
  - name: SMI Compliance
    description: Full support for Service Mesh Interface (SMI) specification including TrafficSplit, TrafficTarget, HTTPRouteGroup,
      and TCPRoute.
  - name: HTTP Traffic Management
    description: Retry, circuit breaking, rate limiting, and traffic splitting for HTTP services.
  - name: TCP and UDP Support
    description: Transparent proxy support for TCP and UDP traffic in addition to HTTP.
  - name: Access Control List (ACL) Mode
    description: All traffic forbidden by default unless explicitly allowed via SMI TrafficTarget resources.
  - name: Traffic Splitting
    description: Route traffic subsets to different service versions using SMI TrafficSplit.
  - name: Kubernetes Annotations
    description: Configure mesh behavior per service via Kubernetes annotations.
  - name: Helm Installation
    description: Easy deployment and configuration via official Helm chart.
- type: UseCases
  data:
  - name: Canary Deployments
    description: Gradually shift traffic to new service versions using SMI TrafficSplit.
  - name: Service-to-Service Access Control
    description: Enforce zero-trust networking with SMI TrafficTarget ACL mode.
  - name: Observability
    description: Inspect live mesh configuration, topology, and node readiness via controller API.
  - name: Microservices Traffic Management
    description: Apply retries, circuit breakers, and rate limits without changing application code.
- type: Integrations
  data:
  - name: Traefik Proxy
    description: Uses Traefik Proxy as the data plane proxy on each Kubernetes node.
  - name: Kubernetes
    description: Native Kubernetes integration via Custom Resource Definitions and annotations.
  - name: SMI Spec
    description: Implements Service Mesh Interface specification for interoperability.
- type: LlmsText
  url: https://traefik.io/llms.txt
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com