This article explains how Envoy proxy addresses the networking and policy enforcement challenges unique to agentic AI systems.
- •Agentic protocols like MCP and A2A embed policy signals inside JSON-RPC/gRPC payloads rather than HTTP headers, requiring proxy-level body parsing
- •Envoy deframes protocol messages and exposes structured metadata so extensions like RBAC and ext_authz can enforce protocol-specific policies without per-extension JSON parsing
- •Per-request buffer limits and overload manager integration guard against memory exhaustion when buffering large agentic payloads
- •Envoy enables zero-trust enforcement by decoupling agent development from policy via mTLS, SPIFFE identities, and user delegation token injection
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