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Kuma
The latest news and announcements about Kong, our products, and our ecosystem, as well as voices from across our community.
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Product Releases
November 23, 2021
Kuma 1.4 and Kong Mesh 1.5 Released With RBAC, Windows Support, 2x Performance and 25+ New Features
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Marco Palladino
CTO and Co-Founder
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![Kuma 1.3 and Kong Mesh 1.4 Released With Service Map, CA Rotation, mTLS Permissive and 10+ features.](https://prd-mktg-konghq-com.imgix.net/images/2021/08/km-services-map.jpg?auto=format&fit=max&w=2560)
Product Releases
August 26, 2021
Kuma 1.3 and Kong Mesh 1.4 Released With Service Map, CA Rotation, mTLS Permissive and 10+ features.
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Marco Palladino
CTO and Co-Founder
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Enterprise
July 1, 2021
MS3 Supports 10K+ Transactions/Second With Kong Gateway and Kuma Service Mesh
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Jose Montoya
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Engineering
April 20, 2021
Automate Service Mesh Observability With Kuma
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Marco Palladino
CTO and Co-Founder
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