Devnexus 2026 - Modern API Versioning and Enterprise Ready AI Enablement with Spring Cloud Gateway

This talk covers modern API versioning and AI enablement using Spring Cloud Gateway, presented by Spencer Gibb and Chris Sterling at Devnexus 2026. The session explores the importance of maintaining compatibility with existing clients as APIs evolve, detailing how Spring Cloud Gateway supports version negotiation and improved route matching. The speakers explain the creation of standards-compliant OpenAPI Specification documents from domain-centric models, enhancing API clarity and discoverability. They demonstrate practical patterns for various API versioning strategies and discuss their integration with the application model in Spring Boot. Attendees gain insights into designing scalable, developer-friendly API versioning strategies that facilitate innovation in microservice and edge-service architectures.