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For most GraphQL developers, "federation" has meant Apollo Federation: a set of directives, a _entities field in every service, and a router that stitches it all together. Other vendors built gateways that are compatible with Apollo's design. Under the GraphQL Foundation, a working group has worked since 2022 on a vendor-neutral specification for the same job. On 21 September 2026 that specification got a new name. The Composite Schemas specification is now the GraphQL Federation specification.

You've heard the promise: "One graph to rule them all." But your organization has 47 microservices, 12 teams, and zero patience for a monolithic schema. Enter Federation - GraphQL's answer to "it's complicated."