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Document Ambient Egress Gateways

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#17114 opened on Jan 28, 2026

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good first issue

Description

Solo has a good blog post and @howardjohn discusses it in his personal blog, but we don't actually have any official istio docs showing how to do egress gateways with waypoints in ambient. This is a missed opportunity to show how much simpler ambient is in our official documentation

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Tech stack
htmlcsskubernetes
Domain
documentation
Issue type
documentation
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
2
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
half day
Activity statusHow available the issue appears right now: fresh, active, stale, blocked, or waiting on maintainer input.
blocked
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
clear
Prerequisites
basic understanding of Istiofamiliarity with ambient meshHugo/istio.io site structure
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
60
Research direction
Review the two blog posts referenced (Solo.io and howardjohn.info) for content and examples. Examine the existing egress gateway documentation in the istio.io repository to identify where ambient specific documentation should be added. Consider creating a new page or adding a section to an existing page. Engage with the assignee and maintainers in the issue comments to clarify the desired structure and scope.