https://www.solosoft.dev/tags/istio/Recent content in Istio on SoloSoftHugoen-usFri, 01 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.solosoft.dev/post/higress-ai-gateway-2026/Fri, 01 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.solosoft.dev/post/higress-ai-gateway-2026/<p>As AI applications move from prototypes to production, the infrastructure layer for managing LLM API traffic has become critical. Organizations need to route requests to the right model, control costs with token-level rate limiting, cache responses intelligently, and monitor usage across teams and applications. <strong>Higress</strong> addresses all of these needs as a cloud-native AI gateway built on the battle-tested Istio and Envoy foundations.</p> <p>Developed by Alibaba, Higress extends the traditional API gateway concept with native AI capabilities. It understands LLM request semantics &ndash; tokens, models, streaming responses, and prompt structures &ndash; enabling intelligent traffic management that goes far beyond what generic API gateways can provide.</p>