--- title: Amazon EKS Auto Mode now supports Kubernetes Gateway API description: Amazon EKS Auto Mode now supports the Kubernetes Gateway API for configuring application traffic routing. Customers use Gateway and HTTPRoute resources, and... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/amazon-eks-auto-mode-now-supports-kubernetes-gateway-api-v4933htuv twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Amazon EKS Auto Mode now supports Kubernetes Gateway API | daily.dev og:description: Amazon EKS Auto Mode now supports the Kubernetes Gateway API for configuring application traffic routing. Customers use Gateway and HTTPRoute resources, and... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/amazon-eks-auto-mode-now-supports-kubernetes-gateway-api-v4933htuv og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/v4933htUv.png og:image:alt: Amazon EKS Auto Mode now supports Kubernetes Gateway API og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Amazon EKS Auto Mode now supports Kubernetes Gateway API **[AWS](https://daily.dev/sources/aws)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Amazon EKS Auto Mode now supports the Kubernetes Gateway API for configuring application traffic routing. Customers use Gateway and HTTPRoute resources, and EKS Auto Mode provisions the underlying AWS infrastructure automatically, without a separate controller. Supported capabilities include HTTP and gRPC routing, cross-namespace routing, weighted traffic splitting, header-based routing, and automatic TLS certificate discovery via AWS Certificate Manager. Existing Ingress resources keep working alongside Gateway API resources, and standard charges apply for the load balancing resources provisioned. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### Does Amazon EKS Auto Mode support the Kubernetes Gateway API? Yes, EKS Auto Mode now supports the Kubernetes Gateway API, letting customers configure application load balancing using Gateway and HTTPRoute resources. EKS Auto Mode provisions and manages the underlying AWS infrastructure automatically, so no separate controller needs to be installed or configured. _Teams planning Gateway API rollouts on EKS can track infrastructure updates like this through daily.dev._ ### What traffic routing features does Gateway API support on EKS Auto Mode provide? It supports HTTP and gRPC routing, cross-namespace traffic routing for multi-team environments, weighted traffic splitting, header-based routing, and automatic TLS certificate discovery through AWS Certificate Manager. Existing Ingress resources continue to work alongside the new Gateway API resources, and standard charges apply for the load balancing resources provisioned. _Developers evaluating Gateway API routing options can follow this kind of release detail on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [AWS Load Balancer Controller Reaches GA with Kubernetes Gateway API Support](https://daily.dev/posts/aws-load-balancer-controller-reaches-ga-with-kubernetes-gateway-api-support-elzeyfvna) · InfoQ · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [AWS Drives Kubernetes Simplification With EKS Hybrid Nodes Gateway](https://daily.dev/posts/aws-drives-kubernetes-simplification-with-eks-hybrid-nodes-gateway-zd7uaprlb) · Cloud Native Now · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Kubernetes Ingress vs Gateway API](https://daily.dev/posts/kubernetes-ingress-vs-gateway-api-jwa9l6ig9) · Isovalent · 11 upvotes · 1 comments - [Amazon EKS Auto Mode Announces Enhanced Logging for its Managed Kubernetes Capabilities](https://daily.dev/posts/amazon-eks-auto-mode-announces-enhanced-logging-for-its-managed-kubernetes-capabilities-cz6yy5ebn) · AWS · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#aws](https://daily.dev/tags/aws), [#kubernetes](https://daily.dev/tags/kubernetes) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/amazon-eks-auto-mode-now-supports-kubernetes-gateway-api-v4933htuv) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Amazon EKS Auto Mode now supports Kubernetes Gateway API","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/amazon-eks-auto-mode-now-supports-kubernetes-gateway-api-v4933htuv","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/amazon-eks-auto-mode-now-supports-kubernetes-gateway-api-v4933htuv"},"datePublished":"2026-10-28T19:03:51.514Z","dateModified":"2026-10-28T19:17:44.952Z","description":"Amazon EKS Auto Mode now supports the Kubernetes Gateway API for configuring application traffic routing. 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