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authors: [enisdenjo]
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import { Callout } from "@hive/design-system/hive-components/callout";

[Hive Router](/docs/router) now supports **federated GraphQL subscriptions** out of the box. Real-time
data across multiple subgraphs, with automatic entity resolution, full protocol coverage, and zero
special configuration required on the client side.

This is the most complete GraphQL subscriptions implementation available - covering every major
protocol, transport, and delivery model in the ecosystem. It was built by Denis, the maintainer of
[graphql-ws](https://github.com/enisdenjo/graphql-ws), [graphql-sse](https://github.com/enisdenjo/graphql-sse),
and [graphql-http](https://github.com/graphql/graphql-http) - the libraries that power subscriptions
across most of the GraphQL ecosystem today.

<Callout type="info">

This also means that the [Rust Query Planner in Hive Gateway](/docs/gateway/other-features/rust-query-planner)
now supports subscriptions as well!

</Callout>

## All Protocols, One Router

Hive Router covers the entire subscriptions protocol landscape - both for client-to-router and
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Also worth noting if you haven't seen them yet - the [Hive Router plugin system](/product-updates/2026-03-05-hive-router-plugin-system)
lets you extend and customize the router with native Rust plugins, and the [new Laboratory](/product-updates/2026-01-28-new-laboratory)
brings a redesigned, editor-driven GraphQL IDE experience.

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- [Subscriptions overview](/docs/router/subscriptions)
- [Server-Sent Events](/docs/router/subscriptions/sse)
- [Incremental Delivery over HTTP](/docs/router/subscriptions/incremental-delivery)
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