# Envoy, release history and use on real websites.

A high-performance proxy and load balancer originally from Lyft, a CNCF project. It is the foundation of service meshes such as Istio.

- **Status:** Modern. Actively developed.
- **Category:** [Servers & Hosting](https://be1st.ai/technologies/server)
- **First release:** 2016
- **License:** Apache-2.0
- **Latest version:** 1.40.2 (26 Oct 2026)
- **Official website:** https://www.envoyproxy.io
- **Documentation:** https://www.envoyproxy.io/docs
- **GitHub:** https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy
- **Page:** https://be1st.ai/technologies/server/envoy

## Envoy on audited websites

42 of the 16,845 websites audited by be1st run Envoy (<1%). That ranks it #25 of the 34 technologies in Servers & Hosting we have seen in audits.

### Websites running Envoy vs all websites

- **Web score:** 77 (all websites 72)
- **SEO:** 84 (all websites 79)
- **Security:** 64 (all websites 59)
- **Performance:** 74 (all websites 72)
- **AI Readiness:** 36 (all websites 31)

### Most used in Servers & Hosting

1. [Cloudflare](https://be1st.ai/technologies/server/cloudflare): 22% (3,772)
2. [Vercel](https://be1st.ai/technologies/server/vercel): 22% (3,635)
3. [Google CDN](https://be1st.ai/technologies/server/google-cdn): 16% (2,700)
4. [nginx](https://be1st.ai/technologies/server/nginx): 14% (2,284)
5. [OpenResty](https://be1st.ai/technologies/server/openresty): 10% (1,707)
6. [Apache HTTP Server](https://be1st.ai/technologies/server/apache-http-server): 9.3% (1,574)
7. [jsDelivr](https://be1st.ai/technologies/server/jsdelivr): 7.2% (1,221)
8. [cdnjs](https://be1st.ai/technologies/server/cdnjs): 6.0% (1,019)
9. [Netlify](https://be1st.ai/technologies/server/netlify): 5.8% (971)
10. [AWS CloudFront](https://be1st.ai/technologies/server/aws-cloudfront): 5.1% (859)

## Envoy versions and release history

41 release lines since 2016, as listed by endoflife.date. The latest version is 1.40.2, released 26 Oct 2026. Supported according to endoflife.date: 1.40 (until 13 Oct 2027), 1.39 (until 14 Jul 2027), 1.38 (until 23 Apr 2027), 1.37 (until 13 Jan 2027).

| Version | Released | Latest release | Support |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1.40 | 13 Oct 2026 | 1.40.2 (26 Oct 2026) | Supported, until 13 Oct 2027 |
| 1.39 | 14 Jul 2026 | 1.39.6 (26 Oct 2026) | Supported, until 14 Jul 2027 |
| 1.38 | 23 Apr 2026 | 1.38.9 (26 Oct 2026) | Supported, until 23 Apr 2027 |
| 1.37 | 13 Jan 2026 | 1.37.11 (26 Oct 2026) | Supported, until 13 Jan 2027 |
| 1.36 | 14 Oct 2025 | 1.36.13 (12 Oct 2026) | End of life, since 14 Oct 2026 |
| 1.35 | 23 Jul 2025 | 1.35.13 (23 Jun 2026) | End of life, since 23 Jul 2026 |
| 1.34 | 15 Apr 2025 | 1.34.14 (10 Apr 2026) | End of life, since 15 Apr 2026 |
| 1.33 | 14 Jan 2025 | 1.33.14 (10 Dec 2025) | End of life, since 14 Jan 2026 |
| 1.32 | 15 Oct 2024 | 1.32.13 (13 Oct 2025) | End of life, since 15 Oct 2025 |
| 1.31 | 19 Jul 2024 | 1.31.10 (18 Jul 2025) | End of life, since 19 Jul 2025 |
| 1.30 | 16 Apr 2024 | 1.30.11 (25 Mar 2025) | End of life, since 16 Apr 2025 |
| 1.29 | 16 Jan 2024 | 1.29.12 (18 Dec 2024) | End of life, since 16 Jan 2025 |
| 1.28 | 19 Oct 2023 | 1.28.7 (19 Sep 2024) | End of life, since 19 Oct 2024 |
| 1.27 | 27 Jul 2023 | 1.27.7 (29 Jun 2024) | End of life, since 27 Jul 2024 |
| 1.26 | 18 Apr 2023 | 1.26.8 (4 Apr 2024) | End of life, since 18 Apr 2024 |
| 1.25 | 18 Jan 2023 | 1.25.11 (17 Oct 2023) | End of life, since 18 Jan 2024 |
| 1.24 | 19 Oct 2022 | 1.24.12 (17 Oct 2023) | End of life, since 19 Oct 2023 |
| 1.23 | 15 Jul 2022 | 1.23.12 (25 Jul 2023) | End of life, since 15 Jul 2023 |
| 1.22 | 15 Apr 2022 | 1.22.11 (12 Apr 2023) | End of life, since 15 Apr 2023 |
| 1.21 | 12 Jan 2022 | 1.21.6 (28 Nov 2022) | End of life, since 12 Jan 2023 |
| 1.20 | 5 Oct 2021 | 1.20.7 (21 Jul 2022) | End of life, since 5 Oct 2022 |
| 1.19 | 13 Jul 2021 | 1.19.5 (8 Jun 2022) | End of life, since 13 Jul 2022 |
| 1.18 | 15 Apr 2021 | 1.18.6 (21 Feb 2022) | End of life, since 15 Apr 2022 |
| 1.17 | 11 Jan 2021 | 1.17.4 (24 Aug 2021) | End of life, since 11 Jan 2022 |
| 1.16 | 8 Oct 2020 | 1.16.5 (24 Aug 2021) | End of life, since 8 Oct 2021 |
| 1.15 | 7 Jul 2020 | 1.15.5 (11 May 2021) | End of life, since 7 Jul 2021 |
| 1.14 | 8 Apr 2020 | 1.14.7 (15 Apr 2021) | End of life, since 8 Apr 2021 |
| 1.13 | 20 Jan 2020 | 1.13.8 (17 Jan 2021) | End of life, since 20 Jan 2021 |
| 1.12 | 31 Oct 2019 | 1.12.7 (29 Sep 2020) | End of life, since 31 Oct 2020 |
| 1.11 | 11 Jul 2019 | 1.11.2 (8 Oct 2019) | End of life, since 31 Oct 2019 |
| 1.10 | 5 Apr 2019 | 1.10.0 (5 Apr 2019) | End of life, since 11 Jul 2019 |
| 1.9 | 20 Dec 2018 | 1.9.1 (4 Apr 2019) | End of life, since 5 Apr 2019 |
| 1.8 | 4 Oct 2018 | 1.8.0 (4 Oct 2018) | End of life, since 20 Dec 2018 |
| 1.7 | 21 Jun 2018 | 1.7.1 (3 Aug 2018) | End of life, since 4 Oct 2018 |
| 1.6 | 20 Mar 2018 | 1.6.0 (20 Mar 2018) | End of life, since 21 Jun 2018 |
| 1.5 | 4 Dec 2017 | 1.5.0 (4 Dec 2017) | End of life, since 20 Mar 2018 |
| 1.4 | 24 Aug 2017 | 1.4.0 (24 Aug 2017) | End of life, since 4 Dec 2017 |
| 1.3 | 17 May 2017 | 1.3.0 (17 May 2017) | End of life, since 24 Aug 2017 |
| 1.2 | 7 Mar 2017 | 1.2.0 (7 Mar 2017) | End of life, since 17 May 2017 |
| 1.1 | 30 Nov 2016 | 1.1.0 (30 Nov 2016) | End of life, since 7 Mar 2017 |
| 1.0 | 12 Sep 2016 | 1.0.0 (12 Sep 2016) | End of life, since 30 Nov 2016 |

Sources: [endoflife.date](https://endoflife.date/envoy), checked 8 Nov 2026.

## Other technologies in Servers & Hosting

- [unpkg](https://be1st.ai/technologies/server/unpkg): 2.8% of websites
- [Fastly](https://be1st.ai/technologies/server/fastly): 1.6% of websites
- [BunnyCDN](https://be1st.ai/technologies/server/bunnycdn): 1.2% of websites
- [Microsoft IIS](https://be1st.ai/technologies/server/microsoft-iis): 1.0% of websites
- [LiteSpeed](https://be1st.ai/technologies/server/litespeed): <1% of websites
- [Caddy](https://be1st.ai/technologies/server/caddy): <1% of websites
- [Amazon S3](https://be1st.ai/technologies/server/amazon-s3): <1% of websites
- [Google Cloud](https://be1st.ai/technologies/server/google-cloud): <1% of websites
- [Varnish](https://be1st.ai/technologies/server/varnish): <1% of websites
- [Azure](https://be1st.ai/technologies/server/azure): <1% of websites
- [Hostinger CDN](https://be1st.ai/technologies/server/hostinger-cdn): <1% of websites
- [GitHub Pages](https://be1st.ai/technologies/server/github-pages): <1% of websites

[All 35 in Servers & Hosting](https://be1st.ai/technologies/server)

## Questions about Envoy

### What is Envoy?

A high-performance proxy and load balancer originally from Lyft, a CNCF project. It is the foundation of service meshes such as Istio. The be1st catalog lists Envoy under Servers & Hosting. License of Envoy: Apache-2.0.

### What is the latest version of Envoy?

The latest version of Envoy is 1.40.2, released 26 Oct 2026 (source: endoflife.date).

### Which Envoy versions are still supported?

According to endoflife.date, these Envoy release lines are supported: 1.40 (until 13 Oct 2027), 1.39 (until 14 Jul 2027), 1.38 (until 23 Apr 2027), 1.37 (until 13 Jan 2027).

### How many websites use Envoy?

42 of the 16,845 websites audited by be1st run Envoy (<1%), as of 8 Nov 2026.

### When was Envoy first released?

Envoy was first released in 2016.

### Is Envoy still a modern choice?

Yes. Envoy counts as a modern technology. Actively developed.

Numbers: latest audit of each of 16,845 websites audited by be1st, as of 8 Nov 2026.