What's New in gRPC - Kevin Nilson, Google
Kevin Nilson, Google
KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2025 · Session
This talk, presented by gRPC maintainers Kevin Nilson, Gina, and Richard from Google at KubeCon EU, provides a comprehensive update on the latest developments, features, and community initiatives within the gRPC ecosystem. It highlights gRPC's substantial growth and widespread adoption, evidenced by millions of weekly downloads across major languages like Java, Python, and Node. The core of the presentation focuses on significant technical advancements aimed at enhancing gRPC's capabilities in cloud-native environments, particularly around service mesh integration, observability, resilience, and API evolution.
AI review
This update from the gRPC maintainers isn't just a roadmap; it's a critical briefing on the future of cloud-native communication. The team delivered substantive technical advancements, including groundbreaking XDS Global Rate Limiting with the new RLQS protocol and significant service mesh integrations. This isn't marketing fluff; it's essential intelligence for anyone building or securing distributed systems with gRPC, offering actionable insights and genuinely novel defensive capabilities that will directly impact operational resilience and security posture.