# Blog



## [Gateway API: Introducing Service Mesh Support!]

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  :octicons-calendar-24: August 29, 2023 ·
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We are thrilled to announce the v0.8.0 release of Gateway API! With this
release, Gateway API support for service mesh has reached [Experimental
status][status], we've introduced CEL validation and a `Mesh` conformance
profile, and we've made some changes to the GEP process. We look forward to
your feedback!

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[status]:/geps/overview/#status
[Gateway API: Introducing Service Mesh Support!]:/blog/2023/0829-mesh-support

## [Gateway API Graduates to Beta]

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  :octicons-calendar-24: July 13, 2022 ·
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We are excited to announce the v0.5.0 release of Gateway API. For the first
time, several of our most important Gateway API resources are graduating to
beta. Additionally, we are starting a new initiative to explore how Gateway API
can be used for mesh and introducing new experimental concepts such as URL
rewrites.

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[Gateway API Graduates to Beta]:/blog/2022/graduating-to-beta

## [Introducing Gateway API v1alpha2]

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  :octicons-calendar-24: October 14, 2021 ·
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We’re pleased to announce the release of v1alpha2, our second alpha API version.
This release includes some major changes and improvements. This post will cover
the highlights.

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[Introducing Gateway API v1alpha2]: /blog/2021/introducing-v1alpha2
