Apollo Federation Changelog

This article describes notable changes and additions introduced in each minor version release of Apollo Federation. Most of these changes involve additions or modifications to federation-specific directives.

For a comprehensive changelog for Apollo Federation and its associated libraries, see GitHub.

• To use a feature introduced in a particular federation version, make sure your subgraph schema's @link directive targets that version (or higher):

  GraphQL

  extend schema
    @link(url: "https://specs.apollo.dev/federation/v2.3",
          import: ["@key", "@shareable", "@interfaceObject"])

  The example above must target at least Federation v2.3, because the @interfaceObject directive was introduced in that version.

  note

  Before you increment a subgraph's federation version, update your router and build pipeline. For details, see Updating your graph safely.

• If you maintain a subgraph-compatible library, consult this article to stay current with recently added directives. All of these directive definitions are also listed in the subgraph specification.

v2.10

Federation v2.10 is a prerequisite for the Connector specification that introduces the @connect and @source directives. Learn more.

v2.9

Directive changes

@cost

Introduced. Learn more.

directive @cost(weight: Int!) on
  | ARGUMENT_DEFINITION
  | ENUM  
  | FIELD_DEFINITION   
  | INPUT_FIELD_DEFINITION  
  | OBJECT   
  | SCALAR;

@listSize

Introduced. Learn more.

directive @listSize(
  assumedSize: Int
  slicingArguments: [String!]
  sizedFields: [String!]
  requireOneSlicingArgument: Boolean = true
)
on FIELD_DEFINITION;

v2.8

Directive changes

@context

Introduced. Learn more.

directive @context(name: String!) on OBJECT | INTERFACE | UNION;

@fromContext

Introduced. Learn more.

scalar ContextFieldValue;

directive @fromContext(field: ContextFieldValue) on ARGUMENT_DEFINITION;

v2.7

Directive changes

Progressive @override

Added progressive @override. Learn more.

directive @override(from: String!, label: String) on FIELD_DEFINITION

v2.6

Directive changes

@policy

Introduced. Learn more.

directive @policy(policies: [[federation__Policy!]!]!) on
  | FIELD_DEFINITION
  | OBJECT
  | INTERFACE
  | SCALAR
  | ENUM

Subgraph changes

v2.5

Directive changes

@authenticated

Introduced. Learn more.

directive @authenticated on
    FIELD_DEFINITION
  | OBJECT
  | INTERFACE
  | SCALAR
  | ENUM

@requiresScopes

Introduced. Learn more.

directive @requiresScopes(scopes: [[federation__Scope!]!]!) on
    FIELD_DEFINITION
  | OBJECT
  | INTERFACE
  | SCALAR
  | ENUM

Subgraph changes

v2.4

Subgraph changes

v2.3

Directive changes

@interfaceObject

Introduced. Learn more.

directive @interfaceObject on OBJECT

@key

Can now be applied to interface definitions to support entity interfaces.

(Previous versions of composition threw an error if @key was applied to an interface definition.)

v2.2

Directive changes

@shareable

Added repeatable to the directive definition.

directive @shareable repeatable on OBJECT | FIELD_DEFINITION

Additionally, composition now throws an error if @shareable is applied to fields of an interface definition.

v2.1

Directive changes

@composeDirective

Introduced. Learn more.

directive @composeDirective(name: String!) repeatable on SCHEMA

@requires

The fields argument can now include fields that themselves take arguments. Learn more.

(Functionality added in v2.1.2)

type Product @key(fields: "id") {
  id: ID!
  weight(units: String): Int! @external
  shippingEstimate: Int! @requires(fields: "weight(units: \"KILOGRAMS\")")
}

v2.0

Directive changes

Subgraph schemas "opt in" to Federation 2 features by applying the @link directive to the schema type, like so:

extend schema
  @link(url: "https://specs.apollo.dev/federation/v2.0",
        import: ["@key", "@shareable"])

The import list of this definition must include each federation-specific directive that the subgraph schema uses. In the example above, the schema uses @key and @shareable.

For details on these directives as defined in Federation 2, see Federation-specific GraphQL directives.

@key

Added optional resolvable argument.

directive @key(
  fields: FieldSet!,
  resolvable: Boolean = true
) repeatable on OBJECT | INTERFACE

@shareable

Introduced.

directive @shareable on OBJECT | FIELD_DEFINITION

@inaccessible

Introduced.

directive @inaccessible on
  | FIELD_DEFINITION
  | OBJECT
  | INTERFACE
  | UNION
  | ARGUMENT_DEFINITION
  | SCALAR
  | ENUM
  | ENUM_VALUE
  | INPUT_OBJECT
  | INPUT_FIELD_DEFINITION

@override

Introduced.

directive @override(from: String!) on FIELD_DEFINITION

@link

Introduced.

directive @link(
  url: String,
  as: String,
  for: link__Purpose,
  import: [link__Import]
) repeatable on SCHEMA

@extends, @external, @provides, @requires, @tag

No changes.

Subgraph changes

v1.1

Directive changes

@tag

Introduced.

directive @tag(name: String!) repeatable on
  | FIELD_DEFINITION
  | INTERFACE
  | OBJECT
  | UNION

v1.0

Directive changes

For details on these directives as defined in Federation 1, see the Federation 1 subgraph spec.

@key

Introduced.

directive @key(fields: _FieldSet!) repeatable on OBJECT | INTERFACE

@external

Introduced.

directive @external on FIELD_DEFINITION

@requires

Introduced.

directive @requires(fields: _FieldSet!) on FIELD_DEFINITION

@provides

Introduced.

directive @provides(fields: _FieldSet!) on FIELD_DEFINITION

@extends

Introduced.

directive @extends on OBJECT | INTERFACE

Subgraph changes