{"id":2487,"date":"2026-06-25T10:49:28","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T10:49:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imesh.ai\/blog\/?p=2487"},"modified":"2026-06-26T06:05:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T06:05:12","slug":"provider-fallback-in-envoy-ai-gateway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imesh.ai\/blog\/provider-fallback-in-envoy-ai-gateway\/","title":{"rendered":"Provider Fallback in Envoy AI Gateway"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2487\" class=\"elementor elementor-2487\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-49ce25c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"49ce25c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b9fe31d\" data-id=\"b9fe31d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f006e98 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f006e98\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Over the last year, AI-powered applications have rapidly moved from experimentation to production. 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