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  Consul API Gateway release notes for version 0.4.x
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# Consul API Gateway 0.4.0

## Release Highlights

- **Support for Kubernetes Gateway API Version 0.5.0 and v1beta1 APIs:**
  The `v0.5.0` release of the Kubernetes Gateway API is significant because it
  marks the growth in maturity to a beta API version (v1beta1) release for some
  of the key APIs:
  - GatewayClass
  - Gateway
  - HTTPRoute

  The other APIs (e.g. TCPRoute) are still at the `v1alpha2` stage.

  Reaching `v1beta1` status has several benefits for users, including greater
  stability and backward compatibility requirements. Existing fields and allowed
  options can not be removed or renamed except in a new, major version of the
  API. Once an API reaches `v1beta1` status, future versions must comply with
  several backward compatibility requirements.

- **URL Path Prefix Rewrite** This release introduces support for rewriting a
  URL's path prefix when routing HTTP traffic. To use this functionality, add a
  `URLRewrite` filter to an `HTTPRoute` configuration. This enables the gateway
  to rewrite the URL path in a client's HTTP request before sending the request
  to a service. For example, you could configure the gateway to change the path
  from `//store/checkout` to `//cart/checkout`. Refer to the [usage
  documentation](/docs/api-gateway/usage) for additional information.  

## What has Changed

- **Reference Policy Renamed to Reference Grant** In v0.5.0 of the Kubernetes
  Gateway API, `ReferencePolicy` has been renamed to `ReferenceGrant`. This
  release supports both but `ReferencePolicy` is deprecated and will be removed
  in a future version of the standard.

  After upgrading to this version of Consul API Gateway, you should rename all
  existing `ReferencePolicy` to `ReferenceGrant`. Refer to the [Upgrades](/docs/api-gateway/upgrades)
  instructions for additional details.

## Supported Software

- Consul 1.11.2+
- HashiCorp Consul Helm chart 0.47.1+
- Kubernetes 1.21+
  - Kubernetes 1.24 is not supported at this time.
- Kubectl 1.21+
- Envoy proxy support is determined by the Consul version deployed. Refer to
  [Envoy Integration](/docs/connect/proxies/envoy) for details.

## Kubernetes Gateway API Specification

Supported version of the [Gateway API](https://gateway-api.sigs.k8s.io/) spec: v0.5.0

## Upgrading

For detailed information on upgrading, please refer to the [Upgrades page](/docs/api-gateway/upgrades)

## Known Issues
The following issues are know to exist in the v0.4.0 release

- API Gateway pods fail to start if namespace mirroring enabled and destination
  namespace doesn't exist. See GitHub Issue
  [#248](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul-api-gateway/issues/248) for
  details.

## Changelogs

The changelogs for this major release version and any maintenance versions are listed below.

~> **Note:** The following link will take you to the changelogs on the GitHub website.

- [0.4.0](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul-api-gateway/releases/tag/v0.4.0)