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Read up on what’s new and what's next in Kong’s latest product releases.

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Kong Mesh & Kuma 2.1 released with full suite of next-gen policies

Product ReleasesFebruary 1, 2023

We’re excited to announce the release of Kong Mesh and Kuma 2.1! In this release, we’re shipping the full suite of new and improved policies announced (and started) in 2.0. Additionally, we’re launching some more great UX improvements in the UI and a host of smaller fixes. In order to take…

John Harris

Kong Certifications and Training: Level Up Your API IQ

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Product ReleasesJanuary 27, 2023

The joy (and sometimes woe) of working in technology is that we're forever learning. The software stack is constantly changing, so innovators come to embrace a lifetime of learning. In this ever-evolving IT landscape, measurable skills have become the global currency for IT professionals. In this…

Jimmy Maher

Kong Konnect Adds Secrets Management, Improved Analytics

Product ReleasesJanuary 10, 2023

Hayden Lam also contributed to this post. Today we’re thrilled to announce new features in Kong Konnect , including secrets management, support for Kong Gateway 3.1, Analytics updates, runtime group APIs, system accounts, and an intuitive overview page and service wizard. In this blog, we'll…

Ishwari Lokare

Kong Insomnia 2022.7 Adds OpenAPI 3.1 Support, Custom Linting Rules

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Product ReleasesDecember 15, 2022

We're excited to announce the general availability of Kong Insomnia 2022.7. This update brings several new capabilities into the fold with a focus on improving API quality and driving productivity. Read on to learn more about what's new in Kong Insomnia. Providing a streamlined, developer-friendly…

Adam Jiroun

Kong Konnect Supports Dynamic Client Registration, New Team Roles

Product ReleasesDecember 7, 2022

We're excited to announce new features in Kong Konnect that are designed to increase security and streamline API management. Read on to learn more about what's new in Kong Konnect. Now you can give your users secure and fine-grained access to track analytics and monitoring information in Kong…

Ishwari Lokare

What’s New In Kong Enterprise 3.1?

Kong Enterprise 3.1
Product ReleasesDecember 7, 2022

We're excited to announce the general availability of Kong Enterprise 3.1. In Kong Enterprise 3.1, we build on the foundation of our plugin ecosystem by introducing five new plugins and enhancing the functionality of existing ones. These include: We'll explore the ins and outs of each of these…

Syed Mahmood

Kong Mesh and Kuma 2.0 Released with eBPF Support, Next-Gen Policies

Product ReleasesNovember 4, 2022

Today we’re excited to announce the release of Kong Mesh and Kuma 2.0. With this new major release, we’re announcing the first availability of our next-generation policies, in addition to new eBPF capabilities. 2.0 is also significant as we have unified the version scheme between Kong Mesh and…

John Harris

Kong Konnect Increases Security, Streamlines API Management

Product ReleasesNovember 1, 2022

We’re excited to announce new features in Kong Konnect , including the ability to take advantage of identity management APIs, streamlined certificate management, and latency metrics as part of Analytics . Read on to learn about these features and how kong helps future-proof API security . Now you…

Ishwari Lokare

Secrets Management in Kong is Now GA!

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Product ReleasesOctober 10, 2022

We introduced the concept of Secrets Management in the Kong Gateway 2.8 release, and we’re happy to share that as of the recent Kong Gateway 3.0 release we’re giving it the Kong seal of approval! That means that you can rely on Secrets Management in production to manage all of your sensitive…

Michael Heap

Kong Insomnia 2022.6 Supports WebSockets

Product ReleasesOctober 5, 2022

Kong Insomnia now supports WebSocket APIs. This update marks an important expansion to our API platform — and it’s currently available in Kong Insomnia versions 2022.6.0 and above. Insomnia support for WebSockets APIs was just one of the updates announced at Kong Summit 2022 . And it’s a big one…

Marco Palladino

Kong Konnect Adds Support for Multi-Geo, Dynamic Client Registration

Product ReleasesSeptember 28, 2022

Christian Heidenreich and Sunny Xia also contributed to this post. We're excited to announce a new release of Kong Konnect , the end-to-end SaaS API lifecycle management platform. This release introduces a number of brand new features as well as improve existing features that empower you to…

Smriti Jaggi

Announcing General Availability of Kong Gateway 3.0

Product ReleasesSeptember 28, 2022

Kong Gateway 3.0 is an important milestone that introduces the next evolution of our cloud-native API platform . Both the enterprise and open source editions of Kong Gateway 3.0 are available now from your favorite distribution channels . With Kong Gateway 3.0, we are introducing many powerful…

Michael Heap

Kong Ingress Controller 2.7: Kubernetes Gateway APIs Go Beta

Kong Ingress Controller 2.7
Product ReleasesSeptember 28, 2022

At Kong Summit this year, we announced the general availability of Kong Ingress Controller (KIC) 2.6. Today we are excited to announce the release of KIC 2.7 with even more features and improvements. Earlier this year, we launched KIC 2.2 with initial support for Kubernetes Gateway API . Since…

Sean Chow

Kong Konnect Adds Support for Federated Authentication

Product ReleasesSeptember 1, 2022

Our latest release of Kong Konnect augments the security and compliance of the offering through enhanced authentication capabilities. Through the rest of this post, we’ll walk you through each of these features and explore what’s new in this Kong Konnect release. Figure 1: Kong Konnect Personal…

Hayden Lam

Kong Mesh 1.9 and Kuma 1.8 Released with Gateway GA, New CNI

Product ReleasesAugust 24, 2022

We are happy to announce the release of Kong Mesh 1.9 and Kuma 1.8! This release is packed with features and improvements such as observability for builtin Gateway, a complete rewrite of the CNI and projected service account tokens support. In order to take advantage of the latest and greatest in…

Charly Molter
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