Release Notes

Envoy AI Gateway v0.4.0 is a major release introducing Model Context Protocol (MCP) Gateway with full OAuth and server multiplexing support, OpenAI Image Generation API, first-party Anthropic provider integration, and native Anthropic Messages API support for AWS Bedrock. This release also brings guided output decoding for GCP Vertex AI/Gemini, cross-namespace resource references, enhanced authentication for AWS and Azure, and comprehensive observability improvements across all providers.

Envoy AI Gateway v0.3.0 introduces intelligent inference routing, expanded provider support (including Google Vertex AI and Anthropic), and enhanced observability with OpenInference tracing and configurable metrics. Key features include Endpoint Picker Provider with InferencePool for dynamic load balancing, model name virtualization, and seamless Gateway API Inference Extension integration.

Envoy AI Gateway v0.2.0 builds upon the solid foundation of v0.1.0 with focus on expanding provider ecosystem support, improving reliability and performance through architectural changes, and enterprise-grade authentication support for Azure OpenAI.

🎉 The inaugural release of Envoy AI Gateway! This milestone release establishes the foundation for unified AI service management with support for major LLM providers, comprehensive rate limiting, and Kubernetes-native integration.