March 15, 2023

New in Apollo Router v1.12: Improved router security, performance, and extensibility

Just over a year ago, we introduced Apollo Router, the graph router that is now at the heart of Apollo GraphOS. Unlike its predecessor Apollo Gateway, Apollo Router was designed to maximize the performance benefits of GraphQL and supergraph architecture, while being secure by default. After switching to the router, one customer reported a 93% reduction […]

February 15, 2023

Apollo Federation and GraphOS add support for entity interfaces to streamline collaboration

Apollo Federation is widely adopted as the standard specification for building distributed GraphQL APIs, called supergraphs, that run on top of one or more underlying subgraphs. Unlike a monolithic graph, a supergraph maintains clear separation of concerns — each subgraph can be owned independently by separate developers or teams — allowing it to evolve rapidly […]

January 24, 2023

New Apollo Federation spec compliance tools for GraphQL Server maintainers

Apollo Federation is supported by over 20 different subgraph libraries across 12 different programming languages. Have you ever wondered how we capture those compatibility results? In order to ensure those libraries are compatible with the specification, we have a testing repository that verifies compatibility against their reference implementations. While it is great to have a […]