As per this sample istio/samples/extauthz at release-1.9 · istio/istio · GitHub
the Ext Authz server supports authorization check request using either HTTP (port 8000) or gRPC v2/v3 (port 9000) API but the example apps (sleep and httpbin) are http based. I am looking for grpc based apps and a grpc API going through ext authz
nevermind, i tested with grpc server and client also and it works as expected. thanks