Netflix/zuul

This system is a high-performance, Netty-based HTTP gateway and reverse proxy framework designed for routing, filtering, and managing network traffic. It provides a comprehensive infrastructure for handling HTTP/1.1 and HTTP/2 protocols, including support for WebSockets, Server-Sent Events, and TLS/PSK authentication. The architecture emphasizes observability, security, and reliability through built-in metrics, structured error handling, and connection lifecycle management.

This period marks the comprehensive migration of the Zuul gateway from a legacy, Eclipse-based build system to a modern Gradle 8+ architecture. The core library was significantly refactored to support a new Netty-based server implementation, introducing structured error handling, typed configuration, and enhanced observability. Additionally, the codebase expanded to include push notification capabilities for WebSocket and SSE protocols.

46 changes

This period focused on significantly expanding unit test coverage across the zuul-core and zuul-discovery modules, particularly for Netty handlers, SSL, and connection pooling. It also introduced new features such as an annotation-based filter discovery processor, pluggable server resolution, and HTTP header timeout management.

27 changes

This period focused on expanding test coverage across the core and Netty integration layers, particularly for filter execution, exception handling, and SSL configuration. It also introduced TLS Pre-Shared Key authentication and implemented an event-based mechanism for graceful HTTP/1.1 and HTTP/2 connection draining.

12 changes

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