Runtime authorization & controls

agentgateway

Open-source proxy that carries service, LLM-provider, MCP and agent-to-agent traffic in one data plane, letting platform teams route agent tool calls through a single enforcement and audit point. Project documentation covers MCP proxying and routing configuration; tool-level RBAC and token exchange are described mainly on vendor product pages.

open_source · generally available · Research snapshot 2026-09-06

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Where it fits

Runtime authorization & controls · Observability & traceability

Useful conversation with: Platform engineering lead, CISO, API platform architect.

Ask for a demonstration

Show me an MCP server proxied through agentgateway with tool-level RBAC denying one specific tool call, and the audit record it produces.

Capabilities and evidence

Support labels reflect the supplied research. Documentation and vendor claims are not independent product tests. “Not established” means the researcher did not find support; it does not prove a capability is absent.

Documented by provider

agentgateway is an open-source HTTP/gRPC gateway that handles service traffic, LLM provider traffic, MCP tool traffic and agent-to-agent communication in one data plane.

Limit: The project page does not quantify enforcement latency or list supported policy syntaxes.

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Documented by provider

Kubernetes-based configuration is documented for proxying an MCP server through agentgateway, including an MCP-specific appProtocol, MCP path annotations and an AgentgatewayBackend resource.

Limit: The MCP quickstart documents connectivity and tool invocation only; it does not document authorization policy, guardrails or human approval.

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Vendor claim

The vendor product page states agentgateway provides native MCP OAuth 2.1, tool-level RBAC, secure token exchange and cryptographic audit trails.

Limit: These controls are asserted on a marketing product page rather than in reference documentation fetched here.

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Limitations to discuss

Sources

  1. agentgateway | Agent Connectivity Solved · Linux Foundation / agentgateway project · official product
    Access date reported by researcher: 2026-09-06
  2. MCP servers | Solo.io documentation · Solo.io · official docs
    Access date reported by researcher: 2026-09-06
  3. Agentgateway: The AI-Native Gateway · Solo.io · official product
    Access date reported by researcher: 2026-09-06

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