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November (6)

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: JWT validation with Azure Front Door Auth Policy

Azure Updates

2026-11-12

Azure Front Door Premium now supports JWT validation in public preview through the Front Door Auth Policy. It validates Microsoft Entra ID bearer tokens at the edge before traffic reaches APIs or web applications.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Front Door mutual TLS authentication

Azure Updates

2026-11-12

Azure Front Door Premium now supports mutual TLS (mTLS) in general availability. It uses X.509 client certificates for client authentication to help protect sensitive applications and APIs.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Rate limit grouping for Azure Front Door Premium WAF

Azure Updates

2026-11-11

Azure Front Door Premium WAF now supports rate limit grouping in public preview. This lets rate limit rules aggregate requests across a group instead of counting only per client IP, which helps with distributed attacks.

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Azure Front Door adds native gRPC support

Azure Updates

2026-11-10

Azure Front Door Standard and Premium now have public preview support for gRPC. The feature lets you route requests to specific services and methods and distribute traffic for gRPC applications through Front Door.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Front Door edge actions

Azure Updates

2026-11-10

Azure Front Door edge actions are now generally available. They let customers run lightweight JavaScript functions during client request and response processing at the edge for real-time request/response handling.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Front Door TLS key exchange policy with post-quantum support

Azure Updates

2026-11-05

Azure Front Door now offers configurable TLS key exchange policies, including hybrid post-quantum key exchange. This lets you balance cryptographic readiness with client compatibility requirements.

October (2)

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Azure Front Door profile and route level WAF policies

Azure Updates

2026-10-27

Azure Front Door Premium now supports generally available WAF policies at the profile and route level, instead of only at individual domains. This allows broader baseline protection across an entire Front Door profile or selected routes.

azure: [Launched] Generally Available: Service tag match condition for Azure Front Door Premium WAF

Azure Updates

2026-10-20

Service tag match conditions for Azure Front Door Premium WAF custom rules are now generally available. This lets rules match on Azure service tag IP prefix groups.

September (1)

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Azure Front Door profile and route level WAF policies

Azure Updates

2026-09-02

Azure Front Door Web Application Firewall (WAF) now supports associating WAF policies at the profile and route levels in public preview. This lets you apply baseline protection across a profile and more targeted policies on specific routes.