A demonstration that xml encoding is a lot slower in returning a response than no-op encoding.
docker build -t krakend-example .docker run --rm --network host krakend-exampleAfter KrakenD is up and running you can call time curl http://localhost:8080/xml > /dev/null and see that command is a lot slower than calling time curl http://localhost:8082/no-op > /dev/null. For me, the request with xml encoding is roughly 10x slower.