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Kuma 1.4 and Kong Mesh 1.5 Released With RBAC, Windows Support, 2x Performance and 25+ New Features

Kuma 1.4 and Kong Mesh 1.5 Released With RBAC, Windows Support, 2x Performance and 25+ New Features
Product ReleasesNovember 23, 2021

We are happy to announce a new major release of Kuma, and a new major release of Kong Mesh built on Kuma! Kuma 1.4 ships with 25+ new features and countless improvements, particularly when it comes to performance. As previously announced at Kong Summit 2021, Kong Mesh ships we enterprise…

Marco Palladino

Kong Ingress Controller 2.0 Now GA! UDP Support, Prometheus Integrations, and More!

Managing APIs at Scale in a Kubernetes Environment - Part II
Product ReleasesOctober 21, 2021

Today, we're thrilled to announce the general availability of Kong Ingress Controller 2.0 (KIC) - the most robust, scalable, and extensible version of our Kubernetes Ingress Controller to date. This is a major milestone both for the KIC product as well as for the Kong community as a whole. In…

Kong

Kong Gateway 2.6 Now Generally Available!

Kong Gateway 2.6 Now Generally Available!
Product ReleasesOctober 14, 2021

**As of December 2021, Kong Gateway has now released our 2.7 version! This release of the Kong Gateway includes a number of important features that serve as a foundation for addressing API security and compliance.** Today, we are proud to announce the general availability (GA) of Kong Gateway 2.6!…

Shane Connelly

New Products at Kong Summit 2021 - Kong Istio Gateway, Kong Gateway 2.6, Kong Mesh 1.5 and More!

New Products at Kong Summit 2021 - Kong Istio Gateway, Kong Gateway 2.6, Kong Mesh 1.5 and More!
Product ReleasesSeptember 29, 2021

Today at Kong Summit , we are thrilled to announce several new products, features and capabilities across our entire service connectivity platform with the goal of making service connectivity as invisible and easily consumable as electricity. These updates include making the Kong Istio Gateway…

Kong

Kong Ingress Controller 2.0 Now in Beta!

Kong Ingress Controller 2.0 Now in Beta!
Product ReleasesSeptember 9, 2021

Just under one year ago, we launched version 1.0 of our Kong Ingress Controller (KIC). That was a huge milestone for us here at Kong, and we know it was for you - Kong Nation - as well. Since then, with the help of our community, we've merged over 300 new features and bug…

Shane Connelly

Kuma 1.3 and Kong Mesh 1.4 Released With Service Map, CA Rotation, mTLS Permissive and 10+ features.

Kuma 1.3 and Kong Mesh 1.4 Released With Service Map, CA Rotation, mTLS Permissive and 10+ features.
Product ReleasesAugust 26, 2021

We are happy to announce a new major release of Kuma, and a new major release of Kong Mesh built on Kuma! Kuma 1.3 ships with 10+ new features and countless improvements. Kong Mesh ships we enterprise capabilities for large scale service mesh deployments. We strongly suggest to upgrade, in order to…

Marco Palladino

Kong Gateway (OSS) 2.5 Released

Kong Gateway 2.5 Release
Product ReleasesJuly 13, 2021

Hello, Kong Nation 👋 ! We've fashioned a pristine version of the Kong Gateway (OSS) 2.5, which is now available on the normal channels. Read on for more release information. Imagine you're visiting a banking website to transfer funds to friends and family during the holiday season. If the wire…

Paul Fischer

Kuma 1.2 and Kong Mesh 1.3 Released

Custom Authentication and Authorization Framework With Kong
Product ReleasesJune 17, 2021

We are happy to announce a new major release of Kuma, and a new major release of Kong Mesh built on Kuma! Kuma 1.2 ships with 20 new features and countless improvements. We strongly suggest to upgrade, in order to take advantage of the latest and greatest when it comes to service mesh. For…

Jennifer Rondeau

decK 1.7.0 Released

decK 1.7.0 Released
Product ReleasesMay 27, 2021

If you've not heard of decK (our declarative configuration and drift detection tool for Kong Gateway ) before, now's a great time to get hands-on with it as we've just shipped decK v1.7.0 with a whole host of new goodies. Oh, and it's all open source as usual. v1.7.0 adds lots of Konnect -related…

Michael Heap

Kong Konnect Plus: Accessible Connectivity for All

Kong Konnect Plus: Accessible Connectivity for All
Product ReleasesMay 11, 2021

Today, we are thrilled to announce that we have expanded open access to Kong Konnect, the world's only cloud native, full lifecycle service connectivity platform, for everybody anywhere in the world, thanks to a new plan called Konnect Plus! Available today with a free 30-day trial . The era of…

Reza Shafii

Kong Mesh 1.2 Is Here With Embedded OPA Support, FIPS 140-2 Compliance and Multi-Zone Authentication

Kong Mesh 1.2 Is Here With Embedded OPA Support, FIPS 140-2 Compliance and Multi-Zone Authentication
Product ReleasesMarch 9, 2021

We are truly excited to release Kong Mesh 1.2 today and introduce three new security capabilities that make it the most secure enterprise service mesh available today. Kong Mesh is built on open source Kuma which Kong created in 2019 and has since donated it to the CNCF . Kuma is a universal…

Marco Palladino

Announcing Insomnia 2021.1

Introducing gRPC Support for Insomnia
Product ReleasesMarch 4, 2021

TL;DR Insomnia Designer and Insomnia Core are now Insomnia. Insomnia Designer users will have to migrate to the new Insomnia application and Designer will no longer receive updates. When we originally built Insomnia Designer, we didn’t want to make large changes to Insomnia without understanding…

Nijiko Yonskai

Kuma 1.0.8 Released

Kuma 1.0.1 Released
Product ReleasesFebruary 19, 2021

We are happy to announce a new release of Kuma – v1.0.8 – that ships with new health checking features and several improvements! We highly suggest to upgrade to this new version. For a complete list of features and updates, take a look at the full changelog . Join us on our community channels…

Marco Palladino

Kong Gateway Enterprise 2.3 Now Generally Available!

Kong Gateway Enterprise 2.3 Now Generally Available!
Product ReleasesFebruary 12, 2021

Today, we have really exciting news to share with you all. The Enterprise version of our Kong Gateway is now generally available, and it's like nothing we've ever released before. One standout component of version 2.3 is that it now has a "free" operating mode so that anyone can start off using the…

Kong

Kuma 1.0.7 Released with Jobs and Service-less Support

Kuma 1.0.1 Released
Product ReleasesFebruary 10, 2021

We are happy to announce a new release of Kuma – v1.0.7 – that ships with new features, performance improvements and fixes! We highly suggest to upgrade to this new version. For a complete list of features and updates, take a look at the full changelog . Join us on our community channels to…

Marco Palladino
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