The future of GraphQL routing
summary
Apollo Router 1.0 is written in Rust and ships as a single binary audited by Doyensec, claimed secure by default and already running in enterprise production. It uses YAML or the Rye scripting layer for config and a plugin API for extensions, supports router-based deferred execution, and integrates with Apollo Studio and OpenTelemetry. Benchmarks show a single process saturating hardware and delivering 40× throughput versus the JavaScript gateway with no GC pauses, plus an optional serverless Graph OS hosting.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Start
- 0:53Why Develop the Router?
- 4:29Operational simplicity
- 4:40Performance (Gateway)
- 4:57Performance (Router)
- 5:15Apollo Studio
- 5:39Observability
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