Hive updates Hive Gateway with Rust and enhances Hive Router security

Hive has announced several technical updates to its networking and query tools. The company has integrated a Rust-powered Query Planner into Hive Gateway, providing support for Node.js, Bun, and Deno environments via a cross-platform Node addon. Benchmarks indicate this integration can deliver up to 3x faster query planning per core and a 2x reduction in latency compared to some competitors, while maintaining compatibility with the Federation-Compatibility Audit.

Additionally, Hive Router has introduced first-class support for TLS, mTLS, and HTTP/2. The router can now manage secure connections from clients through to subgraphs, supporting both inbound and outbound mutual authentication. It also features transparent HTTP/2 negotiation for TLS connections and an option to enforce HTTP/2 on plain HTTP using HTTP/2 cleartext (h2c).