hello, dev, Now each plug-in of Apache APISIX has a priority attribute. If multiple plug-ins are configured on an API, in a certain phase (rewrite/log and other nginx phases), these will be executed in the order of priorities.
This design brings two problems: 1. Developers always need to set priority when adding new plug-ins, otherwise it will conflict with existing plug-ins. 2. When multiple plug-ins are set, it is difficult to distinguish the order in which these plug-ins are executed, which brings some troubles to debugging. It is impossible for developers to remember the priority attributes of all plugins. So, can we not use the priority, but the configuration order of the plug-ins (the earliest execution at the top of the plug-in list) to execute sequentially? In this way, developers will no longer have any doubts about the run order. Of course, there is no perfect technical solution, it will also bring a problem: if the developer configures the wrong order, it will bring some risks. For example, a developer want to run kafka plugin for send log first, then run request rewrite plugin to change http header. This is impossible. However, this risk is controllable, and we can add two judgments: 1. Make stage judgments in the Admin API, for example, it is not allowed to execute plug-ins in the rewrite stage after the plug-ins in the log stage; 2. Make obvious interactive prompts and tests on the dashboard. What do you think? Thanks, Ming Wen, Apache APISIX PMC Chair Twitter: _WenMing
