#graphql

Directives All the Way Down

GraphQL directives can now be applied to directive definitions themselves in Hot Chocolate 16.4, so you can finally deprecate a directive and attach metadata to your schema's own extension points.

Fusion 16.5: The Gateway for Everyone

Built with C# and .NET, Fusion 16.5 is the only gateway supporting both federation standards, achieves 100% Apollo Federation compliance, and leads in real-world performance.

Introducing Federated Event Streams for Fusion 16.4

Federated Event Streams add broker-backed, resumable GraphQL subscriptions to Fusion 16.4, with stateless gateway scaling and client-owned resume cursors.

Agents, Federation, and a Community

Notes from GraphQLConf 2026 and Working Group Day at Meta: AI agents meeting GraphQL schemas, the Composite Schema federation standard, and a community building what comes next.

Newsletter May 2026

Hot Chocolate 16, Fusion 16, MCP, OpenAPI, Semantic Introspection, skillz, and more. Read the newsletter to learn about all the things we shipped in May and what comes next.

What's new in Fusion 16

Fusion 16 is a GraphQL federation gateway built on ASP.NET Core, featuring Aspire-driven composition, incremental delivery, Semantic Introspection, OpenAPI adapters, and connectors for REST and gRPC.

What's new for Hot Chocolate 16

Hot Chocolate 16 brings a new type system, better scalar contracts, safer defaults, improved batching, semantic introspection, and a new GraphQL error mode.

Semantic Introspection

The agentic age of software brings new challenges for our APIs. Semantic Introspection makes GraphQL discoverable, scalable, and precise for LLMs.

What's new for Hot Chocolate 15