# Astro 2.6: Middleware

DevFeed: [Astro 2.6: Middleware](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/astro-2-6-middleware-3168.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://astro.build/blog/astro-260/>)

Author: Matthew Phillips; Emanuele Stoppa; Bjorn Lu; Ben Holmes; Erika

Published: 2023-06-06T00:00:00Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [The Astro Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/the-astro-blog.md>)

Topics: [Astro](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/astro.md>), [Server-side rendering](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/server-side-rendering.md>), [API](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/api.md>), [Authentication](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/authentication.md>)

Tags: [api](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api.md>), [astro](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/astro.md>), [authentication](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/authentication.md>), [experimental](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/experimental.md>), [features](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/features.md>), [server](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/server.md>), [ssr](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ssr.md>), [upgrade](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/upgrade.md>)

## AI overview

Astro 2.6 stabilizes several experimental features, including middleware and hybrid SSR output mode, while adding experimental redirects, Markdoc improvements, and an upgraded VS Code extension.

## Source excerpt

A handful of experimental features go stable in Astro 2.6 including middleware, hybrid SSR output mode, custom client directives, and CSS inlining. Experimental support for a new redirects API is also introduced.