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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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# Introducing the New Kong Konnect Dev Portal

[Product Releases](/blog/tag/product-releases)Product ReleasesMarch 6, 2025

APIs are the fuel of modern innovation, but they have to be discoverable and easily consumable to drive the maximum possible value. Without an easy-to-use, developer-friendly discovery layer, Developers are stuck searching across disparate repositories for APIs, or — even worse — wasting time and…

Erin Choi

# Kong Insomnia 11: Elevating API Security and Collaboration

[Product Releases](/blog/tag/product-releases)Product ReleasesMarch 18, 2025

We’re excited to announce the general availability of Kong Insomnia 11! This release introduces third-party vault integrations for enhanced security, an all-new Git sync experience for more seamless collaboration, and support for multi-tabs to improve efficiency within the Insomnia application.…

Adam Jiroun

# Kong Mesh 2.10: Simplified Provisioning and Policy Management

[Product Releases](/blog/tag/product-releases)Product ReleasesMarch 24, 2025

The latest version of Kong Mesh brings an improved provisioning experience and streamlined management of policies — plus user interface enhancements to elevate your experience deploying and managing Kong Mesh. Built on top of Kuma, Kong Mesh is a service mesh designed to provide security,…

Khuslen Khosbayar

# Kong Gateway Enterprise 3.10: Advanced Kafka Support, Data Orchestration, & More

[Product Releases](/blog/tag/product-releases)Product ReleasesMarch 31, 2025

Today, we're pleased to announce Kong Gateway 3.10, our next Long-Term Support (LTS) version. This LTS version will be supported until March 2028, up to three years from the release date. Please check our documentation here for more details on Kong’s support policy. Highlights of this release…

Khuslen Khosbayar

# Kong Gateway Operator 1.5: Better Together with Konnect

[Product Releases](/blog/tag/product-releases)Product ReleasesApril 1, 2025

Kong Gateway Operator (KGO) is the most effective way to install, upgrade, scale, and manage a Kong Gateway or Kubernetes Ingress. The latest release of the Kong Gateway Operator brings several updates that streamline integration with Kong Konnect and improve configuration and reliability. Below,…

Khuslen Khosbayar

# Enhance AI Governance with Kong AI Gateway 3.10

[Product Releases](/blog/tag/product-releases)Product ReleasesApril 2, 2025

Today, we’re excited to unveil Kong AI Gateway 3.10! This release introduces new functionality to enhance AI governance, reduce LLM hallucinations, and accelerate developer productivity when working with AI. Read on to learn more. Kong AI Gateway 3.10 ships with a new AI RAG Injector plugin that…

Adam Jiroun

# New Enhancements to Konnect to Fuel API-Driven Innovation

[Product Releases](/blog/tag/product-releases)Product ReleasesApril 15, 2025

APIs are the lifeblood of disruption . . . when leveraged correctly. The best, most disruptive businesses are able to harness API growth as a strategic opportunity. But how? With an API platform that drives innovation, faster delivery, and top-tier customer experiences alongside a top-notch…

Erin Choi

# Kong AI Manager: Govern & Observe Agentic Traffic to Thousands of LLMs

[Product Releases](/blog/tag/product-releases)Product ReleasesMay 27, 2025

Today, we're excited to announce the general availability of AI Manager in Kong Konnect, the platform to manage all of your API, AI, and event connectivity across all modern digital applications and AI agents. Kong already provides the fastest and most feature rich AI Gateway technology to manage…

Marco Palladino

# Kong Gateway Operator 1.6: Improved Support for Konnect and AWS Transit Gateways

[Product Releases](/blog/tag/product-releases)Product ReleasesJune 3, 2025

We're continuing our efforts to make Kong Gateway Operator (KGO) the preferred way to install, upgrade, scale, and manage a Kong Gateway or Kubernetes Ingress — whether you’re managing from Kong Konnect or Kubernetes. With this latest release, we're: As ever, we’re continuously addressing issues…

Umair Waheed

# Kong Mesh 2.11: Reduced Privileges, Improved Support for AWS ECS

[Product Releases](/blog/tag/product-releases)Product ReleasesJune 20, 2025

We’re at it again, bringing more incremental improvements to Kong Mesh! Built on top of Kuma, Kong Mesh brings much-needed simplicity and production-grade tooling. Kong Mesh is built for smooth operations with platform teams in mind, providing security, observability, and traffic control for…

Umair Waheed

# Kong Konnect: Introducing HashiCorp Vault Support for LLMs

[Product Releases](/blog/tag/product-releases)Product ReleasesJune 26, 2025

If you're a builder, you likely keep sending your LLM credentials on every request from your agents and applications. But if you operate in an enterprise environment, you'll want to store your credentials in a secure third-party like HashiCorp Vault or IDP provider and have the infrastructure…

Marco Palladino

# Build Reuse into Your API Program with Konnect Dev Portal

[Product Releases](/blog/tag/product-releases)Product ReleasesJuly 1, 2025

In March, we announced the public beta version of our reimagined Dev Portal. We set out to fully address the needs of the modern API consumer as well as the needs of the modern enterprise in promoting API adoption and reuse throughout the organization. We are excited to announce that the GA version…

Erin Choi

# Kong Service Catalog: The Producer Side of API Discovery

[Product Releases](/blog/tag/product-releases)Product ReleasesJuly 1, 2025

In case you missed it, we recently GA’d Kong Service Catalog as part of our broader API discovery initiative . While most API management vendors focus exclusively on the consumer side of API discovery with developer portals, we recognized a massive gap on the producer side. The result? A…

Michael Field

# Address Both Sides of API Discovery with Konnect’s Holistic Experience

[Product Releases](/blog/tag/product-releases)Product ReleasesJuly 1, 2025

When we released the beta version of Service Catalog last September, it was in service of a greater API discovery vision we had for Kong Konnect as an API platform. In March of this year, we moved closer to fulfilling that vision when we announced our new, fully revamped Developer Portal designed…

Erin Choi

# Announcing Kubernetes Ingress Controller 3.5

[Product Releases](/blog/tag/product-releases)Product ReleasesJuly 17, 2025

We're happy to announce the 3.5 release of Kong Ingress Controller (KIC). This release includes the graduation of combined services to General Availability, support for connection draining, as well as the start of deprecating support for some Ingress types as we help move customers to the…

Justin Davies
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