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Cerbos Synapse

Modular enrichment proxy that complements the open source Cerbos PDP with request enrichment pipelines and third-party API integrations.

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Field note

What it does

Synapse exposes the same Cerbos API (HTTP and gRPC) on a single port and can replace existing PDPs or deploy as a standalone gateway. Supports extension points including native components, Starlark scripts, WASM modules, and CEL expressions.

Capabilities

Available capabilities

Envoy extension Proxy extensions Route extensions Data sources

Cerbos Synapse

What it does

Available capabilities

Tags

Ways to use it

Product features

AuthZEN entity model mapping

CheckResources ( /api/check/resources )

Client SDKs

Demos

Mapping AuthZEN to Cerbos

PlanResources ( /api/plan/resources )

Query plan adapters

Request and response formats

Request and response formats (AuthZEN Authorization API)

ServerInfo ( /api/server_info )

Structure of the filter block

The Cerbos API