The latest news and announcements about Kong, our products, and our ecosystem, as well as voices from across our community.
The CLI case is real Let's start with the strongest version of the CLI argument. For well-known tools baked into model training data (e.g., git, grep, curl, jq, docker, kubectl, gh, etc.), CLIs are highly effective for agent workflows. The model already knows the flags and the output formats. And…
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Your dashboards scream 99.9% uptime. Latency stays well under 200ms. Error rates dwell at zero. These operational metrics look perfectly all right. Yet customer complaints continue to hit all-time highs. Your AI assistant prescribes incorrect medical dosages. Your cloud bill tripled overnight.…
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Kong is excited to announce Solace as the newest member of our Premium Technology Partner Program, a program designed to deliver high-quality, reliable integrations that provide real business value for customers. Together, Kong and Solace unify API-driven and real-time data movement into a single,…
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As API ecosystems grow more complex, maintaining visibility and security shouldn't be a hurdle. Kong Gateway 3.13 simplifies these challenges with expanded OpenTelemetry support and more flexible orchestration. These new capabilities not only make your APIs more observable but also make it easier…
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Kong Gateway is an API gateway and a core component of the Kong Konnect platform . Built on a plugin-based extensibility model, it centralizes essential functions such as proxying, routing, load balancing, and health checking, efficiently managing both microservices and traditional API traffic. An…
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While building a GenAI-powered agent for one of our company websites, I integrated components like LLM APIs, embedding models, and a RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) pipeline. The application was deployed using a Flask API backend and secured with API keys. However, post-deployment, several…
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Organizations are gradually realizing that API and AI observability aren't two separate problems; they're intertwined and require unified solutions. Without waiting on engineering, it's hard to answer simple questions like "Who's using my APIs?" or "Which APIs are causing the most issues?" Now…
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We're very excited to announce Kong Mesh 2.12 to the world! Kong Mesh 2.12 delivers two very important features: SPIFFE / SPIRE support, which provides enterprise-class workload identity and trust models for your mesh, as well as a consistent Kuma Resource Identifier (KRI) naming convention for…
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We're excited to announce the general availability of Konnect Debugger, formerly known as Active Tracing during its tech preview phase. This powerful debugging and observability solution in Kong Konnect has evolved from a focused tracing tool into a comprehensive debugging platform. Konnect Debugge…
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The explosion of AI-native applications is upon us. With each new week, massive innovations are being made in how AI-centric applications are being built. There are a variety of tools developers need to consider, be it supplying live contextual data via the Model Context Protocol (MCP) or…
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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…
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Observability has become critical to ensuring the effective monitoring of application and system performance and health. It focuses on understanding a system’s internal state by analyzing the data it produces in the context of real-time events and actions across the infrastructure. Unlike…
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Understanding and monitoring the performance and health of applications and systems is critical. This is where observability comes into play. Observability is about gaining a comprehensive understanding of a system's internal state by analyzing the data it generates within the context of real-time…
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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…
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At API Summit 2024 , Kong announced its new Premium Technology Partner Program, a move designed to enhance the Kong ecosystem by promoting high-quality, reliable integrations and plugins that deliver real business value to customers. The objective? More top-tier integrations and plugins for…
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This post is part of a series on becoming a secure API-first company. For a deeper dive, check out the eBook Leading Digital Transformation: Best Practices for Becoming a Secure API-First Company. As APIs have become mission-critical , securing them against threats is crucial. APIs are an…
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