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There may not be many items today, but there is a very interesting direction emerging. The key point is that Azure has started adding AI inference traffic control capabilities to the Kubernetes ingress/gateway layer. When building AI apps now, this is a useful signal that not only the model itself but also how inference requests are routed, protected, and observed is becoming an important infrastructure learning topic.
· Inference Gateway — The concept of handling LLM/inference API requests at the Kubernetes gateway layer, representing a new axis in AI app network architecture.
· Application Gateway for Containers — An Azure-native option for configuring ingress based on Gateway API in AKS/Kubernetes environments.
· Kubernetes Gateway API Inference Extension — A direction that goes beyond general HTTP ingress and provides extension points tailored to the characteristics of AI inference traffic.
· AI Gateway pattern — A useful architectural pattern to understand, where authentication, routing, load balancing, and policy enforcement sit in front of the model.
· Operating AI from a platform engineering perspective — Shows that running AI services is not just about application code, but also includes networking, security, and observability.
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What it is: Inference gateway capabilities have been added in Public Preview to Application Gateway for Containers, which is used in AKS/container-based environments, to handle AI inference requests. While traditional ingress has mainly served as the entry point for general HTTP/S applications, it is now beginning to take on the role of a gateway for AI model call traffic as well.
Why it matters: Today’s AI apps do not end with simply “deploying a model.” You also need to design which requests go to which model, how traffic is controlled, and where policies are enforced. This capability is a significant change for both platform engineers and cloud architects because it shows the Azure network layer expanding to become part of AI application operations.
Try it: First, review the structure of Application Gateway for Containers and the Kubernetes Gateway API, then read the Inference gateway-related explanation in the original update and write an architecture note based on the question, “If I were operating multiple model endpoints in AKS, what would I place in front of the gateway?”
Source: https://azure.microsoft.com/updates?id=566516
There are no retirement items in today’s published list.