apollographql/federation

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🌐 Build and scale a single data graph across multiple services with Apollo's federation gateway.

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Dominant language: TypeScript
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Last GitHub push: Aug 18, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 14, 2026
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'LocalCompose' incorrectly emits 'localServiceList' deprecation warning Open

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apollographql/federation#3470 · Opened Aug 23, 2026
Clarify behaviour of HTTP status codes in federation Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 45/100

apollographql/federation#3453 · Opened Jul 10, 2026
Unknown directive "@oneOf". Open

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apollographql/federation#3437 · 1 comment · 3 reactions · Opened May 18, 2026
Composition silently auto-upgrades Fed 1 subgraphs to Fed 2 with implicit @shareable and emits no hint Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 52/100

apollographql/federation#3428 · 2 comments · Opened Apr 23, 2026
Suggestion: provide examples in docs for how to push changes to enums across subgraphs (and avoid composition errors) Open

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apollographql/federation#3418 · 1 comment · Opened Mar 19, 2026
Bug: Query Planner Doesn't Properly Account for Conditional `@requires` Open

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apollographql/federation#3317 · 2 comments · Opened Oct 23, 2025
Docs link is missing Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 35/100

apollographql/federation#3279 · Opened Jun 23, 2025
Unable to upgrade to @apollo/gateway 2.x while keeping Federation 1 Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

apollographql/federation#3272 · Opened Jun 9, 2025
loadSupergraphSdlFromStorage throws TS2869 Open

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apollographql/federation#3229 · Opened Mar 14, 2025
Caching on gateway LocalGraphQLDataSource level does not seem to work Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

apollographql/federation#3225 · Opened Mar 7, 2025
gateway looses oneOf directive: Cannot query field "isOneOf" on type "__Type" Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

apollographql/federation#3204 · 4 comments · 13 reactions · Opened Jan 24, 2025
Federation subgraphs skipping interface's resolveType on graphql-js schemas Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

apollographql/federation#3201 · 2 comments · 3 reactions · Opened Jan 15, 2025
INTERFACE_OBJECT_USAGE_ERROR when using @interfaceObject and contributing fields to an implementing type Open

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apollographql/federation#3185 · 2 reactions · Opened Nov 13, 2024
How to @override a field from another subgraph using original value from that subgraph Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 20/100

apollographql/federation#3147 · 3 comments · Opened Sep 18, 2024
Allow hoisted+parallelized execution of a subgraph's contributed entity fields Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 30/100

apollographql/federation#3141 · 2 comments · Opened Sep 10, 2024
Gateways hangs or returns an error when using multiple shareable levels Open

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apollographql/federation#3116 · Opened Aug 14, 2024
Undici removeEventListener issue during outage Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 28/100

apollographql/federation#3099 · 10 comments · Opened Jul 25, 2024
Control the field ordering in graphql schema Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

apollographql/federation#3080 · 2 comments · Opened Jul 12, 2024
Using `extend type Query` without `type Query` leads to Linter violation error being reported via Apollo Service Check when using schema file option. Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

apollographql/federation#3040 · 3 comments · Opened Jun 18, 2024
Query returns incorrect data when there is a conflict between query field alias and entity key field Open

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apollographql/federation#3036 · Opened Jun 16, 2024
owned types are marked as extension Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

apollographql/federation#3023 · 1 comment · Opened Jun 2, 2024
Feature Request: Add Operation Name to GatewayGraphQLRequest Interface Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

apollographql/federation#3019 · Opened May 28, 2024
Multiple @Keys are not allowing their partner keys from being returned Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

apollographql/federation#2994 · Opened May 2, 2024
Disable _service field in Apollo Server for @apollo/subgraph Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

apollographql/federation#2991 · Opened May 1, 2024
Allow @external partial references without redefining entire type Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

apollographql/federation#2990 · 1 comment · 6 reactions · Opened Apr 26, 2024
duplicate / identical types across subgraphs returns null results Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

apollographql/federation#2989 · Opened Apr 23, 2024
Adding a field changes the returned value of another (@requires directive with arguments involved) Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

apollographql/federation#2996 · 4 comments · Opened Apr 22, 2024
@override not work with `label` for progressive overriding Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

apollographql/federation#2979 · 2 comments · Opened Apr 11, 2024
Dependency Dashboard Open

apollographql/federation#2974 · 1 assignee · Opened Apr 5, 2024
Allow reference to field without optional arguments in @external definition Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

apollographql/federation#2964 · 1 comment · Opened Mar 20, 2024
Enable `@requires` on root Query types or error on using on root query types Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

apollographql/federation#2937 · Opened Feb 15, 2024
Unable to add an interface extending an entity interface without breaking dependent subgraphs Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

apollographql/federation#2936 · Opened Feb 14, 2024
@interfaceObject example doesn't work Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 30/100

apollographql/federation#2934 · 2 comments · Opened Feb 9, 2024
Interface type explosion causes error on query Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

apollographql/federation#2935 · 10 comments · Opened Feb 8, 2024
Odd composition behavior with shareable + override Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

apollographql/federation#2901 · Opened Jan 2, 2024
ComposeDirective should be added to the apiSchema as well as the supergraph schema. Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

apollographql/federation#2895 · 2 comments · 3 reactions · Opened Dec 20, 2023
Support for referencing @interfaceObject without contributing a field Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

apollographql/federation#2884 · 1 comment · Opened Dec 8, 2023
subgraph-js: directive can't be used on custom scalar definition Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 52/100

apollographql/federation#2882 · 1 reaction · Opened Dec 7, 2023
printSubgraphSchema fails if using a schema transformer and extending an external type Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 42/100

apollographql/federation#2865 · Opened Nov 22, 2023
join__field not added to query fields when composeServices is called for one service Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

apollographql/federation#2845 · Opened Nov 3, 2023
Unexpected query planner error with union, fragments and @include Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

apollographql/federation#2836 · Opened Oct 25, 2023
Maximum call stack error on recursive `@requires` directives Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 52/100

apollographql/federation#2830 · 5 reactions · Opened Oct 19, 2023
Conditional directive application based on `@tag` names Open

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Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

apollographql/federation#2820 · 1 comment · Opened Oct 12, 2023
@requires field always resolved from same subgraph Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

apollographql/federation#2801 · 5 comments · 8 reactions · Opened Oct 4, 2023
@override is too restrictive when existing field has @requires or @provides Open

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apollographql/federation#2793 · 1 comment · 1 assignee · Opened Sep 27, 2023
Warn against poorly configured `APOLLO_SCHEMA_CONFIG_DELIVERY_ENDPOINT` Open

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Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

apollographql/federation#2788 · Opened Sep 21, 2023
Composition Failure due to INCONSISTENT_INPUT_OBJECT_FIELD lists unrelated subgraphs in message Open

P3

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apollographql/federation#2787 · 2 comments · Opened Sep 19, 2023
Support multiple subgraph files for composition Open

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Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

apollographql/federation#2783 · 2 reactions · Opened Sep 15, 2023
subgraph-js: incorrect handling of enum defaultValues on input object types Open

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Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

apollographql/federation#2782 · Opened Sep 15, 2023
Composition performance Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

apollographql/federation#2774 · 2 comments · Opened Sep 6, 2023

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