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Learn how ngrok's endpoints and Traffic Policy make exposing, routing to, securing, and scaling APIs a cinch.</div><div class="w-layout-grid grid margin-bottom margin-xxsmall"><div id="w-node-dda70c65-bda2-7e15-3ae5-275525e1d935-89e6d235" class="blog31_date-wrapper"><div class="text-size-small">March 6, 2025</div><div class="blog31_text-divider">•</div><div class="text-size-small blog31_text-spacing">8</div><div class="text-size-small"> min read</div></div><div class="blogpost3_tag-list-wrapper w-dyn-list"><div role="list" class="blogpost3_tag-list w-dyn-items"><div role="listitem" class="w-dyn-item"><a href="/blog-tag/api-gateway" class="blogpost3_tag-item w-inline-block"><div class="text-block">API gateway</div></a></div></div></div></div></div></div><div role="listitem" class="blog1_item w-dyn-item"><div><a href="/blog-author/nijiko-yonskai" class="w-inline-block"><div class="blog31_author-wrapper padding-bottom padding-tiny"><div class="blog31_author-image-wrapper"><img loading="lazy" alt="Nijiko Yonskai" src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/63ed707844acb1ccf1ccb700/641485930bfeeb275f1ef55c_nijiko-yonskai_min.png" class="blog31_author-image"/></div><div class="blog31_author-text"><div class="text-size-medium">Nijiko Yonskai</div></div></div></a><a href="/blog-post/introducing-cloud-endpoints" class="blog31_title-link w-inline-block"><h2 class="heading-style-h5">Introducing Cloud Endpoints</h2></a><div class="text-size-regular padding-bottom padding-xsmall">Have you ever wanted an ngrok endpoint that doesn’t go offline when you get disconnected from the internet? Now possible with always-on cloud endpoints.</div><div class="w-layout-grid grid margin-bottom margin-xxsmall"><div id="w-node-dda70c65-bda2-7e15-3ae5-275525e1d935-89e6d235" class="blog31_date-wrapper"><div class="text-size-small">February 24, 2025</div><div class="blog31_text-divider">•</div><div class="text-size-small blog31_text-spacing">6</div><div class="text-size-small"> min read</div></div><div class="blogpost3_tag-list-wrapper w-dyn-list"><div role="list" class="blogpost3_tag-list w-dyn-items"><div role="listitem" class="w-dyn-item"><a href="/blog-tag/api-gateway" class="blogpost3_tag-item w-inline-block"><div class="text-block">API gateway</div></a></div><div role="listitem" class="w-dyn-item"><a href="/blog-tag/cloud-edge" class="blogpost3_tag-item w-inline-block"><div class="text-block">Cloud edge</div></a></div><div role="listitem" class="w-dyn-item"><a href="/blog-tag/networking" class="blogpost3_tag-item w-inline-block"><div class="text-block">Networking</div></a></div></div></div></div></div></div><div role="listitem" class="blog1_item w-dyn-item"><div><a href="/blog-author/team-ngrok" class="w-inline-block"><div class="blog31_author-wrapper padding-bottom padding-tiny"><div class="blog31_author-image-wrapper"><img loading="lazy" alt="Team ngrok" src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/63ed707844acb1ccf1ccb700/6580aa01ff30ecc7873d650d_ngrok-author-bio-54px.png" class="blog31_author-image"/></div><div class="blog31_author-text"><div class="text-size-medium">Team ngrok</div></div></div></a><a href="/blog-post/sam-develop-test-llm-rag" class="blog31_title-link w-inline-block"><h2 class="heading-style-h5">How ngrok helps Sam develop and test LLM-powered RAG applications</h2></a><div class="text-size-regular padding-bottom padding-xsmall">Building LLM-fueled apps? See how one AI startup uses ngrok to develop locally against remote services and safely test LLM prompt changes without breaking prod.</div><div class="w-layout-grid grid margin-bottom margin-xxsmall"><div id="w-node-dda70c65-bda2-7e15-3ae5-275525e1d935-89e6d235" class="blog31_date-wrapper"><div class="text-size-small">February 6, 2025</div><div class="blog31_text-divider">•</div><div class="text-size-small blog31_text-spacing">3</div><div class="text-size-small"> min read</div></div><div class="blogpost3_tag-list-wrapper w-dyn-list"><div role="list" class="blogpost3_tag-list w-dyn-items"><div role="listitem" class="w-dyn-item"><a href="/blog-tag/python" class="blogpost3_tag-item w-inline-block"><div class="text-block">Python</div></a></div></div></div></div></div></div><div role="listitem" class="blog1_item w-dyn-item"><div><a href="/blog-author/joel-hans" class="w-inline-block"><div class="blog31_author-wrapper padding-bottom padding-tiny"><div class="blog31_author-image-wrapper"><img loading="lazy" alt="Joel Hans" src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/63ed707844acb1ccf1ccb700/66c78117e87215b0390f0a73_jhans-thumb.jpg" class="blog31_author-image"/></div><div class="blog31_author-text"><div class="text-size-medium">Joel Hans</div></div></div></a><a href="/blog-post/unlock-remote-ai-power-with-ngrok-a-game-changer-for-developers" class="blog31_title-link w-inline-block"><h2 class="heading-style-h5">Fast and secure ingress to remote AIs with ngrok, Deepseek, and Ollama</h2></a><div class="text-size-regular padding-bottom padding-xsmall">Your simplest path to AI collaboration or development using ngrok and Deepseek with an assist from Ollama and a GPU-accelerated virtual machine.</div><div class="w-layout-grid grid margin-bottom margin-xxsmall"><div id="w-node-dda70c65-bda2-7e15-3ae5-275525e1d935-89e6d235" class="blog31_date-wrapper"><div class="text-size-small">January 27, 2025</div><div class="blog31_text-divider">•</div><div class="text-size-small blog31_text-spacing">8</div><div class="text-size-small"> min read</div></div><div class="blogpost3_tag-list-wrapper w-dyn-list"><div role="list" class="blogpost3_tag-list w-dyn-items"><div role="listitem" class="w-dyn-item"><a href="/blog-tag/ai" class="blogpost3_tag-item w-inline-block"><div class="text-block">AI</div></a></div></div></div></div></div></div><div role="listitem" class="blog1_item w-dyn-item"><div><a href="/blog-author/russ" class="w-inline-block"><div class="blog31_author-wrapper padding-bottom padding-tiny"><div class="blog31_author-image-wrapper"><img loading="lazy" alt="Russ Savage" src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/63ed707844acb1ccf1ccb700/63f7a2dfbc703dbc33b197ca_russ.png" class="blog31_author-image"/></div><div class="blog31_author-text"><div class="text-size-medium">Russ Savage</div></div></div></a><a href="/blog-post/introducing-ip-intelligence" class="blog31_title-link w-inline-block"><h2 class="heading-style-h5">Introducing IP Intelligence to control unwanted traffic</h2></a><div class="text-size-regular padding-bottom padding-xsmall">Learn how ngrok's IP Intelligence gives you powerful tools to identify and block bots, scrapers, and malicious traffic at your API gateway.</div><div class="w-layout-grid grid margin-bottom margin-xxsmall"><div id="w-node-dda70c65-bda2-7e15-3ae5-275525e1d935-89e6d235" class="blog31_date-wrapper"><div class="text-size-small">January 15, 2025</div><div class="blog31_text-divider">•</div><div class="text-size-small blog31_text-spacing">7</div><div class="text-size-small"> min read</div></div><div class="blogpost3_tag-list-wrapper w-dyn-list"><div role="list" class="blogpost3_tag-list w-dyn-items"><div role="listitem" class="w-dyn-item"><a href="/blog-tag/api-gateway" class="blogpost3_tag-item w-inline-block"><div class="text-block">API gateway</div></a></div><div role="listitem" class="w-dyn-item"><a href="/blog-tag/networking" class="blogpost3_tag-item w-inline-block"><div class="text-block">Networking</div></a></div><div role="listitem" class="w-dyn-item"><a href="/blog-tag/traffic-inspector" class="blogpost3_tag-item w-inline-block"><div class="text-block">Traffic Inspector</div></a></div></div></div></div></div></div><div role="listitem" class="blog1_item w-dyn-item"><div><a href="/blog-author/joel-hans" class="w-inline-block"><div class="blog31_author-wrapper padding-bottom padding-tiny"><div class="blog31_author-image-wrapper"><img loading="lazy" alt="Joel Hans" src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/63ed707844acb1ccf1ccb700/66c78117e87215b0390f0a73_jhans-thumb.jpg" class="blog31_author-image"/></div><div class="blog31_author-text"><div class="text-size-medium">Joel Hans</div></div></div></a><a href="/blog-post/circuit-breaker-api-gateway" class="blog31_title-link w-inline-block"><h2 class="heading-style-h5">Protect services with a circuit breaker at your API gateway</h2></a><div class="text-size-regular padding-bottom padding-xsmall">Implement circuit breaking at your API gateway to prevent cascading failures and protect services, and without having to add more complexity to your APIs.</div><div class="w-layout-grid grid margin-bottom margin-xxsmall"><div id="w-node-dda70c65-bda2-7e15-3ae5-275525e1d935-89e6d235" class="blog31_date-wrapper"><div class="text-size-small">January 6, 2025</div><div class="blog31_text-divider">•</div><div class="text-size-small blog31_text-spacing">8</div><div class="text-size-small"> min read</div></div><div class="blogpost3_tag-list-wrapper w-dyn-list"><div role="list" class="blogpost3_tag-list w-dyn-items"><div role="listitem" class="w-dyn-item"><a href="/blog-tag/api-gateway" class="blogpost3_tag-item w-inline-block"><div class="text-block">API gateway</div></a></div><div role="listitem" class="w-dyn-item"><a href="/blog-tag/traffic-inspector" class="blogpost3_tag-item w-inline-block"><div class="text-block">Traffic Inspector</div></a></div><div role="listitem" class="w-dyn-item"><a href="/blog-tag/traffic-policy" class="blogpost3_tag-item w-inline-block"><div class="text-block">Traffic Policy</div></a></div></div></div></div></div></div><div role="listitem" class="blog1_item w-dyn-item"><div><a href="/blog-author/mandy-hubbard" class="w-inline-block"><div class="blog31_author-wrapper padding-bottom padding-tiny"><div class="blog31_author-image-wrapper"><img loading="lazy" alt="Mandy Hubbard" src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/63ed707844acb1ccf1ccb700/657b9fdc333718149bba6ff7_mhubbard-thumb.jpg" class="blog31_author-image"/></div><div class="blog31_author-text"><div class="text-size-medium">Mandy Hubbard</div></div></div></a><a href="/blog-post/basic-auth-traffic-policy-action" class="blog31_title-link w-inline-block"><h2 class="heading-style-h5">Introducing the Basic Auth Traffic Policy action</h2></a><div class="text-size-regular padding-bottom padding-xsmall">Secure your endpoints with ngrok’s Basic Auth Traffic Policy, compatible with both interactive and programmatic access to your APIs or apps, in a few minutes.</div><div class="w-layout-grid grid margin-bottom margin-xxsmall"><div id="w-node-dda70c65-bda2-7e15-3ae5-275525e1d935-89e6d235" class="blog31_date-wrapper"><div class="text-size-small">January 2, 2025</div><div class="blog31_text-divider">•</div><div class="text-size-small blog31_text-spacing">5</div><div class="text-size-small"> min read</div></div><div class="blogpost3_tag-list-wrapper w-dyn-list"><div role="list" class="blogpost3_tag-list w-dyn-items"><div role="listitem" class="w-dyn-item"><a href="/blog-tag/api-gateway" class="blogpost3_tag-item w-inline-block"><div class="text-block">API gateway</div></a></div><div role="listitem" class="w-dyn-item"><a href="/blog-tag/authentication" class="blogpost3_tag-item w-inline-block"><div class="text-block">Authentication</div></a></div><div role="listitem" class="w-dyn-item"><a href="/blog-tag/secure-tunnels" class="blogpost3_tag-item w-inline-block"><div class="text-block">Secure tunnels</div></a></div></div></div></div></div></div><div role="listitem" class="blog1_item w-dyn-item"><div><a href="/blog-author/karthik-krishnaswamy" class="w-inline-block"><div class="blog31_author-wrapper padding-bottom padding-tiny"><div class="blog31_author-image-wrapper"><img loading="lazy" alt="Karthik Krishnaswamy" src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/63ed707844acb1ccf1ccb700/652835319f7fddc04a9d795a_karthik-54.jpg" class="blog31_author-image"/></div><div class="blog31_author-text"><div class="text-size-medium">Karthik Krishnaswamy</div></div></div></a><a href="/blog-post/dynamic-routing-cel" class="blog31_title-link w-inline-block"><h2 class="heading-style-h5">Dynamic routing with CEL interpolation and the forward-internal action</h2></a><div class="text-size-regular padding-bottom padding-xsmall">Simplify and scale complex traffic routing topologies by dynamically routing requests based on subdomains, headers, and other request attributes.</div><div class="w-layout-grid grid margin-bottom margin-xxsmall"><div id="w-node-dda70c65-bda2-7e15-3ae5-275525e1d935-89e6d235" class="blog31_date-wrapper"><div class="text-size-small">December 19, 2024</div><div class="blog31_text-divider">•</div><div class="text-size-small blog31_text-spacing">4</div><div class="text-size-small"> min read</div></div><div class="blogpost3_tag-list-wrapper w-dyn-list"><div role="list" class="blogpost3_tag-list w-dyn-items"><div role="listitem" class="w-dyn-item"><a href="/blog-tag/api-gateway" class="blogpost3_tag-item w-inline-block"><div class="text-block">API gateway</div></a></div><div role="listitem" class="w-dyn-item"><a href="/blog-tag/traffic-policy" class="blogpost3_tag-item w-inline-block"><div class="text-block">Traffic Policy</div></a></div></div></div></div></div></div><div role="listitem" class="blog1_item w-dyn-item"><div><a href="/blog-author/joel-hans" class="w-inline-block"><div class="blog31_author-wrapper padding-bottom padding-tiny"><div class="blog31_author-image-wrapper"><img loading="lazy" alt="Joel Hans" src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/63ed707844acb1ccf1ccb700/66c78117e87215b0390f0a73_jhans-thumb.jpg" class="blog31_author-image"/></div><div class="blog31_author-text"><div class="text-size-medium">Joel Hans</div></div></div></a><a href="/blog-post/3-problems-api-gateway-observability" class="blog31_title-link w-inline-block"><h2 class="heading-style-h5">The 3 big problems holding back API gateway observability</h2></a><div class="text-size-regular padding-bottom padding-xsmall">Deployment complexity, environment constraints, and poor debugging tools create more barriers to API gateway maturity than they do benefits.</div><div class="w-layout-grid grid margin-bottom margin-xxsmall"><div id="w-node-dda70c65-bda2-7e15-3ae5-275525e1d935-89e6d235" class="blog31_date-wrapper"><div class="text-size-small">December 18, 2024</div><div class="blog31_text-divider">•</div><div class="text-size-small 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class="text-size-medium">Ryan Grant</div></div></div></a><a href="/blog-post/traffic-policy-string" class="blog31_title-link w-inline-block"><h2 class="heading-style-h5">Why and how we ‘stringified’ your API gateway policies</h2></a><div class="text-size-regular padding-bottom padding-xsmall">By replacing highly typed configs with raw YAML/JSON, we’ve eliminated a major UX papercut and given you feature updates “for free.” Let’s see what’s changed.</div><div class="w-layout-grid grid margin-bottom margin-xxsmall"><div id="w-node-dda70c65-bda2-7e15-3ae5-275525e1d935-89e6d235" class="blog31_date-wrapper"><div class="text-size-small">December 12, 2024</div><div class="blog31_text-divider">•</div><div class="text-size-small blog31_text-spacing">5</div><div class="text-size-small"> min read</div></div><div class="blogpost3_tag-list-wrapper w-dyn-list"><div role="list" class="blogpost3_tag-list w-dyn-items"><div role="listitem" class="w-dyn-item"><a href="/blog-tag/api-gateway" class="blogpost3_tag-item w-inline-block"><div class="text-block">API gateway</div></a></div><div role="listitem" class="w-dyn-item"><a href="/blog-tag/traffic-policy" class="blogpost3_tag-item w-inline-block"><div class="text-block">Traffic Policy</div></a></div><div role="listitem" class="w-dyn-item"><a href="/blog-tag/product-updates" class="blogpost3_tag-item w-inline-block"><div class="text-block">Product updates</div></a></div></div></div></div></div></div><div role="listitem" class="blog1_item w-dyn-item"><div><a href="/blog-author/joel-hans" class="w-inline-block"><div class="blog31_author-wrapper padding-bottom padding-tiny"><div class="blog31_author-image-wrapper"><img loading="lazy" alt="Joel Hans" src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/63ed707844acb1ccf1ccb700/66c78117e87215b0390f0a73_jhans-thumb.jpg" class="blog31_author-image"/></div><div class="blog31_author-text"><div class="text-size-medium">Joel Hans</div></div></div></a><a href="/blog-post/developer-self-service-composability" class="blog31_title-link w-inline-block"><h2 class="heading-style-h5"> Create a self-service app and API delivery platform with composable Traffic Policy</h2></a><div class="text-size-regular padding-bottom padding-xsmall">ngrok lets you manipulate traffic at multiple moments in the request lifecycle, allowing API developers to compose, not compromise, powerful API gateway rules.</div><div class="w-layout-grid grid margin-bottom margin-xxsmall"><div id="w-node-dda70c65-bda2-7e15-3ae5-275525e1d935-89e6d235" class="blog31_date-wrapper"><div class="text-size-small">December 10, 2024</div><div class="blog31_text-divider">•</div><div class="text-size-small blog31_text-spacing">12</div><div class="text-size-small"> min read</div></div><div class="blogpost3_tag-list-wrapper w-dyn-list"><div role="list" class="blogpost3_tag-list w-dyn-items"><div role="listitem" class="w-dyn-item"><a href="/blog-tag/api-gateway" class="blogpost3_tag-item w-inline-block"><div class="text-block">API gateway</div></a></div><div role="listitem" class="w-dyn-item"><a href="/blog-tag/traffic-policy" class="blogpost3_tag-item w-inline-block"><div class="text-block">Traffic Policy</div></a></div></div></div></div></div></div><div role="listitem" class="blog1_item w-dyn-item"><div><a href="/blog-author/joel-hans" class="w-inline-block"><div class="blog31_author-wrapper padding-bottom padding-tiny"><div class="blog31_author-image-wrapper"><img loading="lazy" alt="Joel Hans" src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/63ed707844acb1ccf1ccb700/66c78117e87215b0390f0a73_jhans-thumb.jpg" class="blog31_author-image"/></div><div class="blog31_author-text"><div class="text-size-medium">Joel Hans</div></div></div></a><a href="/blog-post/api-traffic-management-region" class="blog31_title-link w-inline-block"><h2 class="heading-style-h5">Manage traffic on a region-aware API gateway—without the networking</h2></a><div class="text-size-regular padding-bottom padding-xsmall">Build a region-aware API gateway with ngrok's Traffic Policy. Route requests, manage failover, and enforce regional compliance with simple YAML configs.</div><div class="w-layout-grid grid margin-bottom margin-xxsmall"><div id="w-node-dda70c65-bda2-7e15-3ae5-275525e1d935-89e6d235" class="blog31_date-wrapper"><div class="text-size-small">December 4, 2024</div><div class="blog31_text-divider">•</div><div class="text-size-small blog31_text-spacing">10</div><div class="text-size-small"> min read</div></div><div class="blogpost3_tag-list-wrapper w-dyn-list"><div role="list" class="blogpost3_tag-list w-dyn-items"><div role="listitem" class="w-dyn-item"><a href="/blog-tag/api-gateway" class="blogpost3_tag-item w-inline-block"><div class="text-block">API gateway</div></a></div><div role="listitem" class="w-dyn-item"><a href="/blog-tag/traffic-policy" class="blogpost3_tag-item w-inline-block"><div class="text-block">Traffic Policy</div></a></div><div role="listitem" class="w-dyn-item"><a href="/blog-tag/networking" class="blogpost3_tag-item w-inline-block"><div class="text-block">Networking</div></a></div></div></div></div></div></div><div role="listitem" class="blog1_item w-dyn-item"><div><a href="/blog-author/mandy-hubbard" class="w-inline-block"><div class="blog31_author-wrapper padding-bottom padding-tiny"><div class="blog31_author-image-wrapper"><img loading="lazy" alt="Mandy Hubbard" src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/63ed707844acb1ccf1ccb700/657b9fdc333718149bba6ff7_mhubbard-thumb.jpg" class="blog31_author-image"/></div><div class="blog31_author-text"><div class="text-size-medium">Mandy Hubbard</div></div></div></a><a href="/blog-post/verify-webhooks-with-ngroks-new-traffic-policy-action" class="blog31_title-link w-inline-block"><h2 class="heading-style-h5">Verify webhooks with ngrok’s new Traffic Policy action</h2></a><div class="text-size-regular padding-bottom padding-xsmall">Ensure secure, verified webhook interactions with ngrok’s Traffic Policy Action, enhancing protection and reliability for your endpoints.</div><div class="w-layout-grid grid margin-bottom margin-xxsmall"><div id="w-node-dda70c65-bda2-7e15-3ae5-275525e1d935-89e6d235" class="blog31_date-wrapper"><div class="text-size-small">December 3, 2024</div><div class="blog31_text-divider">•</div><div class="text-size-small blog31_text-spacing">5</div><div class="text-size-small"> min read</div></div><div class="blogpost3_tag-list-wrapper w-dyn-list"><div role="list" class="blogpost3_tag-list w-dyn-items"><div role="listitem" class="w-dyn-item"><a href="/blog-tag/product-updates" class="blogpost3_tag-item w-inline-block"><div class="text-block">Product updates</div></a></div><div role="listitem" class="w-dyn-item"><a href="/blog-tag/secure-tunnels" class="blogpost3_tag-item w-inline-block"><div class="text-block">Secure tunnels</div></a></div><div role="listitem" class="w-dyn-item"><a href="/blog-tag/news" class="blogpost3_tag-item w-inline-block"><div 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class="blog31_author-image-wrapper"><img loading="lazy" alt="Nijiko Yonskai" src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/63ed707844acb1ccf1ccb700/641485930bfeeb275f1ef55c_nijiko-yonskai_min.png" class="blog31_author-image"/></div><div class="blog31_author-text"><div class="text-size-medium">Nijiko Yonskai</div></div></div></a><a href="/blog-post/manage-traffic-traffic-policy-phases" class="blog31_title-link w-inline-block"><h2 class="heading-style-h5">Manage traffic at critical connection points with Traffic Policy phases</h2></a><div class="text-size-regular padding-bottom padding-xsmall">Learn how ngrok's phase-based Traffic Policy gives you granular traffic control in more places, from TCP connect through HTTP response, to take decisive action.</div><div class="w-layout-grid grid margin-bottom margin-xxsmall"><div id="w-node-dda70c65-bda2-7e15-3ae5-275525e1d935-89e6d235" class="blog31_date-wrapper"><div class="text-size-small">November 21, 2024</div><div 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class="blog31_author-image-wrapper"><img loading="lazy" alt="Tammy Bailey" src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/63ed707844acb1ccf1ccb700/66d887c9fe99bf4931c144e2_tbailey-thumb.jpg" class="blog31_author-image"/></div><div class="blog31_author-text"><div class="text-size-medium">Tammy Bailey</div></div></div></a><a href="/blog-post/agent-endpoints" class="blog31_title-link w-inline-block"><h2 class="heading-style-h5">Goodbye tunnels, hello agent endpoints</h2></a><div class="text-size-regular padding-bottom padding-xsmall">We've collapsed many flags into one for simplicity and unified naming conventions to flatten the learning curve. Join us in saying bye by updating your configs!</div><div class="w-layout-grid grid margin-bottom margin-xxsmall"><div id="w-node-dda70c65-bda2-7e15-3ae5-275525e1d935-89e6d235" class="blog31_date-wrapper"><div class="text-size-small">November 13, 2024</div><div class="blog31_text-divider">•</div><div class="text-size-small blog31_text-spacing">8</div><div class="text-size-small"> min read</div></div><div class="blogpost3_tag-list-wrapper w-dyn-list"><div role="list" class="blogpost3_tag-list w-dyn-items"><div role="listitem" class="w-dyn-item"><a href="/blog-tag/ngrok-agent" class="blogpost3_tag-item w-inline-block"><div class="text-block">ngrok agent</div></a></div><div role="listitem" class="w-dyn-item"><a href="/blog-tag/product-updates" class="blogpost3_tag-item w-inline-block"><div class="text-block">Product updates</div></a></div><div role="listitem" class="w-dyn-item"><a href="/blog-tag/secure-tunnels" class="blogpost3_tag-item w-inline-block"><div class="text-block">Secure tunnels</div></a></div></div></div></div></div></div><div role="listitem" class="blog1_item w-dyn-item"><div><a href="/blog-author/joel-hans" class="w-inline-block"><div class="blog31_author-wrapper padding-bottom padding-tiny"><div class="blog31_author-image-wrapper"><img loading="lazy" alt="Joel Hans" src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/63ed707844acb1ccf1ccb700/66c78117e87215b0390f0a73_jhans-thumb.jpg" class="blog31_author-image"/></div><div class="blog31_author-text"><div class="text-size-medium">Joel Hans</div></div></div></a><a href="/blog-post/traffic-policy-devenv" class="blog31_title-link w-inline-block"><h2 class="heading-style-h5">Debug traffic flows with cloud endpoints and custom responses</h2></a><div class="text-size-regular padding-bottom padding-xsmall">By using the custom-response Traffic Policy action and a public endpoint, you can quickly develop new policy rules without standing up a whole infrastructure.</div><div class="w-layout-grid grid margin-bottom margin-xxsmall"><div id="w-node-dda70c65-bda2-7e15-3ae5-275525e1d935-89e6d235" class="blog31_date-wrapper"><div class="text-size-small">November 12, 2024</div><div class="blog31_text-divider">•</div><div class="text-size-small blog31_text-spacing">5</div><div class="text-size-small"> min read</div></div><div class="blogpost3_tag-list-wrapper w-dyn-list"><div role="list" class="blogpost3_tag-list w-dyn-items"><div role="listitem" class="w-dyn-item"><a href="/blog-tag/api-gateway" class="blogpost3_tag-item w-inline-block"><div class="text-block">API gateway</div></a></div><div role="listitem" class="w-dyn-item"><a href="/blog-tag/traffic-policy" class="blogpost3_tag-item w-inline-block"><div class="text-block">Traffic Policy</div></a></div></div></div></div></div></div><div role="listitem" class="blog1_item w-dyn-item"><div><a href="/blog-author/nijiko-yonskai" class="w-inline-block"><div class="blog31_author-wrapper padding-bottom padding-tiny"><div class="blog31_author-image-wrapper"><img loading="lazy" alt="Nijiko Yonskai" src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/63ed707844acb1ccf1ccb700/641485930bfeeb275f1ef55c_nijiko-yonskai_min.png" class="blog31_author-image"/></div><div class="blog31_author-text"><div class="text-size-medium">Nijiko Yonskai</div></div></div></a><a href="/blog-post/introducing-internal-endpoints" class="blog31_title-link w-inline-block"><h2 class="heading-style-h5">Flexible and expressive traffic orchestration: introducing internal endpoints</h2></a><div class="text-size-regular padding-bottom padding-xsmall">Internal endpoints are secure, non-public endpoints that end with .internal, allowing you to route traffic based on headers, paths, subdomains, and more.</div><div class="w-layout-grid grid margin-bottom margin-xxsmall"><div id="w-node-dda70c65-bda2-7e15-3ae5-275525e1d935-89e6d235" class="blog31_date-wrapper"><div class="text-size-small">October 29, 2024</div><div class="blog31_text-divider">•</div><div class="text-size-small blog31_text-spacing">8</div><div class="text-size-small"> min read</div></div><div class="blogpost3_tag-list-wrapper w-dyn-list"><div role="list" class="blogpost3_tag-list w-dyn-items"><div role="listitem" class="w-dyn-item"><a href="/blog-tag/product-updates" class="blogpost3_tag-item w-inline-block"><div class="text-block">Product updates</div></a></div><div role="listitem" class="w-dyn-item"><a href="/blog-tag/api-gateway" class="blogpost3_tag-item w-inline-block"><div class="text-block">API gateway</div></a></div><div role="listitem" class="w-dyn-item"><a href="/blog-tag/networking" class="blogpost3_tag-item w-inline-block"><div class="text-block">Networking</div></a></div></div></div></div></div></div><div role="listitem" class="blog1_item w-dyn-item"><div><a href="/blog-author/rachel-kolavo" class="w-inline-block"><div class="blog31_author-wrapper padding-bottom padding-tiny"><div class="blog31_author-image-wrapper"><img loading="lazy" alt="Rachel Kolavo" src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/63ed707844acb1ccf1ccb700/65cd3cf8f95774d081cbe917_rkolavo-thumb.jpg" class="blog31_author-image"/></div><div class="blog31_author-text"><div class="text-size-medium">Rachel Kolavo</div></div></div></a><a href="/blog-post/engineering-traffic-policy" class="blog31_title-link w-inline-block"><h2 class="heading-style-h5">How we built the Traffic Policy module and its actions</h2></a><div class="text-size-regular padding-bottom padding-xsmall">Traffic Policy is now the one true (and final!) way to shape your requests and responses. Let’s explore why we built it, how, and what it means for you.</div><div class="w-layout-grid grid margin-bottom margin-xxsmall"><div id="w-node-dda70c65-bda2-7e15-3ae5-275525e1d935-89e6d235" class="blog31_date-wrapper"><div class="text-size-small">October 23, 2024</div><div class="blog31_text-divider">•</div><div class="text-size-small blog31_text-spacing">15</div><div class="text-size-small"> min read</div></div><div class="blogpost3_tag-list-wrapper w-dyn-list"><div role="list" class="blogpost3_tag-list w-dyn-items"><div role="listitem" class="w-dyn-item"><a href="/blog-tag/api-gateway" class="blogpost3_tag-item w-inline-block"><div class="text-block">API gateway</div></a></div><div role="listitem" class="w-dyn-item"><a href="/blog-tag/traffic-policy" class="blogpost3_tag-item w-inline-block"><div class="text-block">Traffic Policy</div></a></div><div role="listitem" class="w-dyn-item"><a href="/blog-tag/product-updates" class="blogpost3_tag-item w-inline-block"><div 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grid margin-bottom margin-xxsmall"><div id="w-node-dda70c65-bda2-7e15-3ae5-275525e1d935-89e6d235" class="blog31_date-wrapper"><div class="text-size-small">October 17, 2024</div><div class="blog31_text-divider">•</div><div class="text-size-small blog31_text-spacing">8</div><div class="text-size-small"> min read</div></div><div class="blogpost3_tag-list-wrapper w-dyn-list"><div role="list" class="blogpost3_tag-list w-dyn-items"><div role="listitem" class="w-dyn-item"><a href="/blog-tag/api-gateway" class="blogpost3_tag-item w-inline-block"><div class="text-block">API gateway</div></a></div><div role="listitem" class="w-dyn-item"><a href="/blog-tag/traffic-policy" class="blogpost3_tag-item w-inline-block"><div class="text-block">Traffic Policy</div></a></div></div></div></div></div></div><div role="listitem" class="blog1_item w-dyn-item"><div><a href="/blog-author/joel-hans" class="w-inline-block"><div class="blog31_author-wrapper padding-bottom padding-tiny"><div 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read</div></div><div class="blogpost3_tag-list-wrapper w-dyn-list"><div role="list" class="blogpost3_tag-list w-dyn-items"><div role="listitem" class="w-dyn-item"><a href="/blog-tag/javascript" class="blogpost3_tag-item w-inline-block"><div class="text-block">JavaScript</div></a></div><div role="listitem" class="w-dyn-item"><a href="/blog-tag/secure-tunnels" class="blogpost3_tag-item w-inline-block"><div class="text-block">Secure tunnels</div></a></div><div role="listitem" class="w-dyn-item"><a href="/blog-tag/office-hours" class="blogpost3_tag-item w-inline-block"><div class="text-block">Office Hours</div></a></div></div></div></div></div></div><div role="listitem" class="blog1_item w-dyn-item"><div><a href="/blog-author/christian-hollinger" class="w-inline-block"><div class="blog31_author-wrapper padding-bottom padding-tiny"><div class="blog31_author-image-wrapper"><img loading="lazy" alt="Christian Hollinger" 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Here's a look at how we built it and what unique challenges we solved.</div><div class="w-layout-grid grid margin-bottom margin-xxsmall"><div id="w-node-dda70c65-bda2-7e15-3ae5-275525e1d935-89e6d235" class="blog31_date-wrapper"><div class="text-size-small">September 26, 2024</div><div class="blog31_text-divider">•</div><div class="text-size-small blog31_text-spacing">15</div><div class="text-size-small"> min read</div></div><div class="blogpost3_tag-list-wrapper w-dyn-list"><div role="list" class="blogpost3_tag-list w-dyn-items"><div role="listitem" class="w-dyn-item"><a href="/blog-tag/python" class="blogpost3_tag-item w-inline-block"><div class="text-block">Python</div></a></div></div></div></div></div></div><div role="listitem" class="blog1_item w-dyn-item"><div><a href="/blog-author/scott-m-fulton-iii" class="w-inline-block"><div class="blog31_author-wrapper padding-bottom padding-tiny"><div class="blog31_author-image-wrapper"><img loading="lazy" alt="Scott M. Fulton III" src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/63ed707844acb1ccf1ccb700/66eb4dbe84bc2bd5f27d7379_scott-fulton-thumb.jpg" class="blog31_author-image"/></div><div class="blog31_author-text"><div class="text-size-medium">Scott M. 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