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feat(api): add healthCheckNodePort to EnvoyProxy service spec

Status: Open (in progress).

envoyproxy/gatewaynumber 8843

#8843 In envoyproxy/gateway;

· electricjesus opened on Apr 24, 2026

feat: allow to patch multiple resources with EPP

Status: Open (in progress).

envoyproxy/gatewaynumber 8518

#8518 In envoyproxy/gateway;

· zirain opened on Mar 13, 2026

Dynamic module follow-ups

stale

triage

Status: Open.

Task

#8619 In envoyproxy/gateway;

· jukie opened on Mar 30, 2026

HTTPRoute overlap does not result in status conditions being set

kind/enhancementNew feature or requestNew feature or request

no stalebot

Status: Open.

#8101 In envoyproxy/gateway;

· lyngekpdxc opened on Jan 28, 2026

IP/Geo rules not prioritized when OAuth2 also runs on the same route (filterOrder)

help wantedExtra attention is neededExtra attention is needed

Status: Open.

#8913 In envoyproxy/gateway;

· hidalz opened on May 5, 2026

Support MergeType in ClientTrafficPolicy

help wantedExtra attention is neededExtra attention is needed

Status: Open.

#6735 In envoyproxy/gateway;

· arkodg opened on Aug 8, 2025

Support Replace mergeType field in BTP and SP

good first issueGood for newcomersGood for newcomers

help wantedExtra attention is neededExtra attention is needed

Status: Open.

#8728 In envoyproxy/gateway;

· arkodg opened on Apr 13, 2026

Support MergeType in EnvoyExtensionPolicy

area/policy

Status: Open.

#6733 In envoyproxy/gateway;

· arkodg opened on Aug 8, 2025

feat: whitelist for allowed env and paths for lua

Status: Open (in progress).

envoyproxy/gatewaynumber 9220

#9220 In envoyproxy/gateway;

· rudrakhp opened on Jun 13, 2026

feat(gatewayapi): support SDS listener certificate references

Status: Open (in progress).

envoyproxy/gatewaynumber 9525

#9525 In envoyproxy/gateway;

· Sharvash opened on Jul 19, 2026

Add a delay to the shutdown-manager before failing healthchecks

kind/featurenew featurenew feature

Status: Open.

#9210 In envoyproxy/gateway;

· mwain opened on Jun 11, 2026

feat: add healthCheckFailureDelay to shutdown config

Status: Open (in progress).

envoyproxy/gatewaynumber 9363

#9363 In envoyproxy/gateway;

· consideRatio opened on Jun 28, 2026

fix: merge SecurityPolicy authorization.rules by name across hierarchy

Status: Open (in progress).

envoyproxy/gatewaynumber 9054

#9054 In envoyproxy/gateway;

· mickaelvillershomeserve opened on May 21, 2026

feat: merge support for eep

Status: Open (in progress).

envoyproxy/gatewaynumber 9638

#9638 In envoyproxy/gateway;

· kkk777-7 opened on Aug 2, 2026

feat(BackendTrafficPolicy): Support matching on response header for response override

Status: Open (in progress).

envoyproxy/gatewaynumber 9354

#9354 In envoyproxy/gateway;

· HusseinKabbout opened on Jun 25, 2026

refactor: only include cluster-scoped traffic features in BackendCluster

Status: Open (in progress).

envoyproxy/gatewaynumber 9642

#9642 In envoyproxy/gateway;

· zhaohuabing opened on Aug 3, 2026

fix: keep orphaned OIDC PKCE cookies off every request

cherrypick/release-v1.8.4

Status: Open (in progress).

envoyproxy/gatewaynumber 9644

#9644 In envoyproxy/gateway;

· zhaohuabing opened on Aug 3, 2026

feat(translator): active healthcheck logs

Status: Open (in progress).

envoyproxy/gatewaynumber 9651

#9651 In envoyproxy/gateway;

· guydc opened on Aug 3, 2026

feat(api): add Selector to MergeBackendsConfig to restrict cluster deduplication

Status: Open (in progress).

envoyproxy/gatewaynumber 9624

#9624 In envoyproxy/gateway;

· muwaqar-cflt opened on Jul 31, 2026

fix: validate tracing provider completeness after EnvoyProxy merge instead of at admission

Status: Open (in progress).

envoyproxy/gatewaynumber 9641

#9641 In envoyproxy/gateway;

· kadircanyildirm-crypto opened on Aug 2, 2026