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GKE Gateway now supports frontend mTLS (client certificate validation).

GKE Gateway now supports frontend mTLS (client certificate validation). Frontend mTLS allows the Gateway to authenticate client-presented certificates. This feature is available for the following GatewayClasses:

• gke-l7-global-external-managed • gke-l7-regional-external-managed • gke-l7-rilb

For more information, see Configure frontend mTLS for a Gateway.

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