envoyproxy/gateway

Support for nested json access logs

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#5,403 opened on Mar 4, 2025

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Description: Support for nested json access logs, which I believe envoy supports with the typed_json_format https://www.envoyproxy.io/docs/envoy/v1.33.0/configuration/observability/access_log/usage#format-dictionaries, would gives us the ability to follow GCP structured logging format: https://cloud.google.com/logging/docs/structured-logging#structured_logging_special_fields

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Research direction
Investigate the access log configuration in Envoy Gateway, specifically how the current JSON format is implemented. Understand the typed json format in Envoy and how to expose it through the Gateway API. Look at the existing code in the accesslog package and the translation logic to Envoy bootstrap configuration.
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go
Domain
backendapiobservability
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Feature
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3
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1-2 days
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Active
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Mostly clear
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GoEnvoy
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50