Offline Resilience
Temporary AISIX Cloud connectivity loss does not immediately remove the managed gateway's ability to serve from its latest accepted configuration.
Once a managed gateway has valid projected configuration, it can continue serving live traffic from that configuration while Cloud connectivity is being restored.
Traffic during Connectivity Loss
During temporary AISIX Cloud connectivity loss, the managed gateway can keep serving requests from its latest projected configuration. That includes the models, keys, policies, and routing state already accepted by the gateway.
On restart, the gateway can use its persisted configuration state while it reconnects. This reduces the risk that a transient Cloud connectivity issue becomes an immediate traffic outage.
Cloud-Dependent Workflows
Offline resilience does not make AISIX Cloud optional. New configuration changes, updated resource projection, certificate rotation, usage telemetry delivery, fresh budget decisions, heartbeat, and managed health reporting all depend on restored managed connectivity.
Use offline resilience as a continuity mechanism for already-projected configuration, not as a long-term disconnected operating mode.
Recovery Checks
If existing traffic still flows but new configuration changes do not apply, the gateway may be serving from its latest accepted configuration while new projected configuration waits for Cloud connectivity to recover.
Check that the gateway can reach the AISIX Cloud manager endpoint, the certificate is valid and chains to the expected trust root, heartbeat recovers after connectivity returns, and new projected configuration reaches the gateway after recovery.
If usage appears incomplete or budget state looks stale, check telemetry delivery and budget-check connectivity. Live request success does not confirm that every Cloud-side workflow is healthy.
Next Steps
You have now seen what managed gateways can keep serving during temporary Cloud connectivity loss. Continue with Provider Key Rotation for a managed update workflow that depends on resource projection.