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# Product Releases

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

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

[Product Releases](/blog/tag/product-releases)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
[](/blog/product-releases/konnect-kong-summit-2022-updates)

# Announcing General Availability of Kong Gateway 3.0

[Product Releases](/blog/tag/product-releases)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
[](/blog/product-releases/kong-gateway-3-0)

# Kong Ingress Controller 2.7: Kubernetes Gateway APIs Go Beta

Kong Ingress Controller 2.7
[Product Releases](/blog/tag/product-releases)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
[](/blog/product-releases/kong-ingress-controller-2-6)

# Kong Konnect Adds Support for Federated Authentication

[Product Releases](/blog/tag/product-releases)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
[](/blog/product-releases/kong-konnect-supports-federated-authentication-with-oidc-and-personal-access-tokens)

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

[Product Releases](/blog/tag/product-releases)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
[](/blog/product-releases/kong-mesh-1-9-and-kuma-1-8)

# Managing Multiple Environments with Konnect and Runtime Groups

Kong Konnect Managing multiple environments
[Product Releases](/blog/tag/product-releases)Product ReleasesJuly 12, 2022

We've heard it called a million and one different things. Sometimes it's "selective synchronization", sometimes it's called "environments". What is clear though, is that there's a real need to be able to manage multiple sets of configuration for Kong Gateway through a single interface. Today, we're…

Michael Heap
[](/blog/product-releases/managing-multiple-environments-with-konnect-and-runtime-groups)

# Simplifying Production-Scale API Management With Kong Konnect

[Product Releases](/blog/tag/product-releases)Product ReleasesJuly 12, 2022

When we first launched Kong Konnect Cloud last year, we provided developers and API owners a powerful way to secure and manage their API products powered by the world’s fastest API gateway . Users flocked to Konnect to reduce their operational costs by using our hosted runtime manager, service…

Ross Kukulinski
[](/blog/product-releases/simplified-api-management-kong-konnect)

# Kuma 1.7.0 and Kong Mesh 1.8.0 Released with Builtin Gateway

Kong Mesh 1.8.0
[Product Releases](/blog/tag/product-releases)Product ReleasesJune 15, 2022

We’re excited to announce the latest release for both Kuma and Kong Mesh. This cycle, we focused on simplifying enterprise-wide mesh deployments. We strongly suggest upgrading, in order to take advantage of the latest and greatest when it comes to service mesh. For more details, reference the Kuma…

Marco Palladino
[](/blog/product-releases/kuma-1-7-0-and-kong-mesh-1-8-0-released-with-builtin-gateway-for-cross-mesh-communication-arm-support-cert-manger-and-more)

# Kong Ingress Controller 2.4: Weighted Load Balancing, Support for TCP, UDP and HTTP Routes

KIC 2.4 Product Release-banner
[Product Releases](/blog/tag/product-releases)Product ReleasesJune 9, 2022

Today, we are excited to announce the general availability of Kong Ingress Controller (KIC) 2.4! Earlier this year, we launched KIC 2.2 with initial support for Kubernetes Gateway API . In this release, we're adding weighted load balancing and support for TCP and UDP routes, as well as some much…

Sean Chow
[](/blog/product-releases/kong-ingress-controller-2-4)

# Kong Insomnia 2022.4 Adds Official GitLab Support

Gitlab and Insomnia
[Product Releases](/blog/tag/product-releases)Product ReleasesJune 9, 2022

Git Sync lets you collaborate with your team on Design Documents that you create in Kong Insomnia . In the last release , we updated the way that Git Sync works for GitHub . We now leverage the OpenID Connect protocol and OAuth2 to make it easier for you to set up Git Sync.…

Wils Dawson
[](/blog/product-releases/kong-insomnia-2022-4)

# Kuma 1.6.0 and Kong Mesh 1.7.0 Released With Kubernetes Gateway API support, AWS ACM Integration and more!

Kong Mesh 1.7.0
[Product Releases](/blog/tag/product-releases)Product ReleasesApril 12, 2022

We are happy to announce the latest release for both Kong Mesh and Kuma, which is packed with features and improvements. Kong Mesh 1.7 is focused on security and stability, as it allows to better integrate with AWS thanks to a native AWS ACM integration to store CA certificates while implementing…

Marco Palladino
[](/blog/product-releases/kuma-1-6-0-and-kong-mesh-1-7-0-released-with-kubernetes-gateway-api-support-aws-acm-integration-and-more)

# Kong Gateway 2.8: Increase Security and Simplify API Management

Kong Gateway 2.8: Increase Security and Simplify API Management
[Product Releases](/blog/tag/product-releases)Product ReleasesMarch 2, 2022

Today, we’re excited to announce the release of Kong Gateway 2.8 , which further simplifies API management and improves security for all services across any infrastructure. This announcement demonstrates Kong’s continued commitment to our customers and community by providing a next-generation…

Paul Fischer
[](/blog/product-releases/kong-gateway-2-8)

# Kong Ingress Controller 2.2 GA With Gateway API Support

Kong Ingress Controller 2.2 GA Release
[Product Releases](/blog/tag/product-releases)Product ReleasesFebruary 24, 2022

Today, Kong Ingress Controller (KIC) 2.2 is now generally available. KIC 2.2 marks a major milestone in the development of the Kong Ingress Controller, as it is the first release containing a marquee feature, Gateway API. This represents a major milestone for Kong as we continue to keep up to date…

Sean Chow
[](/blog/product-releases/kong-ingress-controller-2-2)

# Kuma 1.5.0 and Kong Mesh 1.6.0 Released

kong mesh
[Product Releases](/blog/tag/product-releases)Product ReleasesFebruary 24, 2022

We are happy to announce the first release for both Kong Mesh and Kuma in 2022, which is packed with features and improvements, including substantial performance improvements when running at scale. We strongly suggest to upgrade, in order to take advantage of the latest and greatest when it comes…

Marco Palladino
[](/blog/product-releases/kuma-1-5-0-and-kong-mesh-1-6-0-released)

# Dev Portal Accessibility (a11y) Improvements

What is online accessibility and how did we improve the Dev Portal UI to be more inclusive for our customers? That and more in this post.
[Product Releases](/blog/tag/product-releases)Product ReleasesFebruary 16, 2022

Multiple teams at Kong have been improving accessibility (also referred to as a11y) across our products. Over the past few months, our Dev Portal team has been working on accessibility improvements prompted by the needs of our customers. For example, financial services and government institutions…

Falon Darville
[](/blog/product-releases/dev-portal-accessibility)
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