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# Kong Gateway

The latest news and announcements about Kong, our products, and our ecosystem, as well as voices from across our community.

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# Announcing Kong Gateway 3.8

[Kong Gateway](/blog)Kong GatewaySeptember 11, 2024

We're excited to announce the release of Kong Gateway 3.8 , a significant update that marks a major milestone in the evolution of our API management platform. This release is packed with enhancements designed to boost performance, fortify security, and provide greater flexibility and ease of use…

Silvano Luciani
[](/blog/product-releases/kong-gateway-3-8)

# Managing Kong with Terraform

[Kong Gateway](/blog)Kong GatewaySeptember 11, 2024

One of the superpowers of Kong Gateway that its users most appreciate is its declarative configuration management capabilities, facilitated by the decK command line tool. Declarative configuration enables you to manage your Kong Gateway configuration using GitOps practices, including federated…

Michael Heap
[](/blog/product-releases/managing-kong-with-terraform)

# Introducing the Insomnia AI Runner: Accelerate and secure GenAI traffic to one or more LLMs

[AI](/blog)AISeptember 11, 2024

Today with the release of Insomnia 10 , we are quite stoked to also announce a brand new offering in Insomnia, the AI Runner, a managed SaaS service that provides developers with the ability to accelerate and secure LLM traffic for their applications. This capability is the first of a new class of…

Marco Palladino
[](/blog/product-releases/introducing-the-insomnia-ai-runner)

# Deep Dive into Kong Gateway's New Rust-Based Router

[Kong Gateway](/blog)Kong GatewayJuly 18, 2024

The router component in the Kong Gateway is a crucial element for traffic handling, allowing the definition of specific matching rules to identify and process client requests. As a core component of the gateway, the router plays a vital role in ensuring the functionality, flexibility, security as…

Guanlan Dai
[](/blog/engineering/rust-based-router-kong-gateway)

# Kong AI Gateway Goes GA, New Enterprise Capabilities Added

[Kong Gateway](/blog)Kong GatewayMay 29, 2024

We're introducing several new Kong AI Gateway capabilities in Kong Gateway 3.7 and Kong Gateway Enterprise 3.7, including enterprise-only and OSS improvements. Read on for a full rundown of the new AI-focused features. With the new Kong Gateway 3.7 release , we're promoting Kong AI Gateway to GA…

Marco Palladino
[](/blog/product-releases/ai-gateway-goes-ga)

# What's New in Kong Gateway 3.7?

[Kong Gateway](/blog)Kong GatewayMay 29, 2024

We're thrilled to announce the general availability of Kong Gateway 3.7 and Kong Gateway Enterprise 3.7. Along with enhancements and new features for both OSS and enterprise users, this version comes with the general availability of our edge AI Gateway. This release offers a brand new context…

Veena Rajarathna
[](/blog/product-releases/kong-gateway-3-7)

# Down the Rabbit Hole: A Performance Regression Mystery

[](/blog)April 15, 2024

At Kong, we take the robustness and performance of our gateway product seriously, dedicating ourselves to maintaining high standards through a robust internal benchmark framework and infrastructure. Our setup includes a dedicated bare metal cluster for running performance tests, seamlessly…

Qiqi Zhang
[](/blog/engineering/mysterious-performance-regression)

# Kong Gateway Enterprise 3.3.x.x EOL

[API Gateway](/blog)API GatewayMarch 29, 2024

As of May 2024, Kong Gateway Enterprise 3.3.x.x will enter its End Of Life (EOL) phase and will no longer be a part of the full support cycle. Following this, Kong Gateway Enterprise 3.3.x.x will enter a 12-month sunset support period, exclusively focused on helping customers upgrade to a current…

Veena Rajarathna
[](/blog/enterprise/kong-gateway-enterprise-3-3-x-x-eol)

# What’s New in Kong Gateway 3.6?

[API Gateway](/blog)API GatewayFebruary 15, 2024

We're thrilled to announce the general availability of Kong Gateway 3.6. This version features a high-performance compression algorithm, efficient route matching, and improved observability. Plus, Kong AI Gateway , which you can learn more about here . Let’s dive into the enhancements and explore…

Veena Rajarathna
[](/blog/product-releases/kong-gateway-3-6)

# Leap Forward with Kong Gateway Enterprise 3.6

[API Gateway](/blog)API GatewayFebruary 15, 2024

We're thrilled to announce the general availability of Kong Gateway Enterprise 3.6. This version brings security, efficiency, and standards conformance to enterprise applications. Plus, Kong AI Gateway , which you can learn more about here . Let’s dive into the enhancements and explore the tangible…

Veena Rajarathna
[](/blog/enterprise/kong-gateway-enterprise-3-6)

# Kong Gateway Enterprise 3.2.x.x EOL

[Kong Gateway](/blog)Kong GatewayJanuary 31, 2024

As of February 2024, Kong Gateway Enterprise 3.2.x.x will enter its End Of Life (EOL) phase and out of the full support cycle. Following this, Kong Gateway Enterprise 3.2.x.x will enter a 12-month sunset support period, exclusively focused on helping customers upgrade to a current version of Kong…

Veena Rajarathna
[](/blog/enterprise/kong-gateway-enterprise-3-2-x-x-eol)

# Announcing Standard Webhooks

[API Management](/blog)API ManagementDecember 13, 2023

We're pleased to announce the launch of Standard Webhooks! Kong has been part of the Technical Committee of this standard with other great companies like Svix (the initiator of the project), Ngrok, Zapier, Twillio, Lob, Mux, and Supabase. This was a year-long effort of gathering feedback, use…

Vincent Le Goff
[](/blog/engineering/announcing-standard-webhooks)

# Kong Konnect EKS Marketplace Add-on for Kong Gateway Data Planes

[API Gateway](/blog)API GatewayDecember 7, 2023

Today, we’re excited to release the Kong Konnect EKS Marketplace add-on as a means to deploy your Kong Gateway dataplanes in AWS. The add-ons are a step forward in providing fully managed Kubernetes clusters. It is here to simplify the post-procurement process of bootstrapping Kong Konnect gateway…

Danny Freese
[](/blog/engineering/kong-konnect-eks-marketplace-add-on)

# Kong Gateway Enterprise 3.1.x.x EOL

[API Gateway](/blog)API GatewayNovember 30, 2023

As of December 2023, Kong Gateway Enterprise 3.1.x.x will be going End Of Life and out of the Full Support cycle. Kong Gateway Enterprise 3.1.x.x will enter Sunset Support until December 2024. As a reminder, Kong Gateway Enterprise versions have 12 months of Full Support and a subsequent 12 months…

Tom Brightbill
[](/blog/product-releases/kong-gateway-enterprise-3-1-x-x-eol)

# Your Secrets and Tokens are Secure with Kong Gateway Enterprise 3.5

[API Security](/blog)API SecurityNovember 13, 2023

Kong Gateway Enterprise 3.5 is packed with security features to support the use cases demanded by our enterprise customers through major improvements in Secrets Management integrations and our Open-ID Connect (OIDC) plugin. Additionally, we’ve added key security updates for a few of our AWS…

Tom Brightbill
[](/blog/product-releases/kong-gateway-enterprise-3-5)
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