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Part 4 of the client-side ext_authz filter. Sits on top of the client interceptor PR.

Adds ExtAuthzFilter, the Filter / Filter.Provider
implementation for type URL
envoy.extensions.filters.http.ext_authz.v3.ExtAuthz. It parses top-level and per-route (ExtAuthzPerRoute) configurations, manages cached gRPC channels to the authz server via CachedChannelManager, and builds ExtAuthzClientInterceptor instances in
buildClientInterceptor().

Registers the provider in FilterRegistry so the xDS client can automatically instantiate it when parsing HttpConnectionManager configurations.

Guarded behind GRPC_EXPERIMENTAL_XDS_EXT_AUTHZ_ON_CLIENT.

Part 4 of the client-side ext_authz filter. Sits on top of the client
interceptor PR.

Adds ExtAuthzFilter, the Filter / Filter.Provider
implementation for type URL
envoy.extensions.filters.http.ext_authz.v3.ExtAuthz. It parses
top-level and per-route (ExtAuthzPerRoute) configurations, manages
cached gRPC channels to the authz server via CachedChannelManager,
and builds ExtAuthzClientInterceptor instances in
buildClientInterceptor().

Registers the provider in FilterRegistry so the xDS client can
automatically instantiate it when parsing HttpConnectionManager
configurations.

Guarded behind GRPC_EXPERIMENTAL_XDS_EXT_AUTHZ_ON_CLIENT.

test: authz-client-filter build

improve: client-side test improvements
@sauravzg sauravzg changed the title xds: Add ExtAuthzFilter client provider xds: Add Client ExtAuthzFilter Jul 7, 2026
@sauravzg sauravzg requested a review from kannanjgithub July 7, 2026 13:03
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