_Featured Product Update_
Insomnia 13: Native Kong Konnect Integration for Real-Time API Testing
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# Product Updates
See what's new with Kong's cloud native API platform. Check out the latest feature
releases and updates and keep up with the cutting-edge solutions trusted by the world's
most innovative businesses and builders.
## What's New in Kong
_JUNE 2026_
[__
kongctl 1.0: A Declarative, AI-Native CLI for Kong Konnect
__](/blog/product-releases/kongctl-1-0-declarative-ai-native-cli)__kongctl 1.0: A Declarative, AI-Native CLI for Kong Konnect
__Today we're announcing kongctl 1.0, Kong's new command-line (CLI) tool for managing Kong Konnect programmatically. This…
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Announcing Kong Operator 2.2
__](/blog/product-releases/kong-operator-2-2)__Announcing Kong Operator 2.2
__Kong Operator 2.2 is now available. This release continues our work to make Kubernetes the central place to manage more…
[Read More](/blog/product-releases/kong-operator-2-2)Read More_MAY 2026_
_Kong Insomnia_
[__Insomnia 12.6: API Testing Your Way With Native Git CLI Support and Dynamic Mocking
__](/blog/product-releases/insomnia-12-6)__Insomnia 12.6: API Testing Your Way With Native Git CLI Support and Dynamic Mocking
__TL;DR: To get started for free, click here . Before you dig in, you may… In the last few years, Insomnia has reaffirmed…
[Read More](/blog/product-releases/insomnia-12-6)Read More_APRIL 2026_
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Kong A2A and MCP Metrics: Visibility and Governance for AI Tool Adoption at Scale
__](/blog/product-releases/kong-ai-governance-metrics-a2a-mcp)__Kong A2A and MCP Metrics: Visibility and Governance for AI Tool Adoption at Scale
__Scaling LLM and agentic AI adoption from pilot programs to enterprise-wide deployments is a massive logistical rollout.…
[Read More](/blog/product-releases/kong-ai-governance-metrics-a2a-mcp)Read More_Kong Gateway Enterprise_
[__Kong Gateway 3.14: More Control, Less Toil With Simplified Security and Policies
__](/blog/product-releases/kong-gateway-3-14)__Kong Gateway 3.14: More Control, Less Toil With Simplified Security and Policies
__The best platform teams don't write glue code — they configure great infrastructure. But as API platform architectures…
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Govern the Full AI Data Path with Kong AI Gateway 3.14
__](/blog/product-releases/kong-ai-gateway-3-14)__Govern the Full AI Data Path with Kong AI Gateway 3.14
__The shift from single-model AI features to multi-agent pipelines is no longer a future concern — it's running in…
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Introducing Kong Agent Gateway: The Complete AI Gateway for Agent-to-Agent Communication
__](/blog/product-releases/kong-agent-gateway)__Introducing Kong Agent Gateway: The Complete AI Gateway for Agent-to-Agent Communication
__When enterprises started experimenting with LLMs, the governance challenge — while still difficult — was relatively…
[Read More](/blog/product-releases/kong-agent-gateway)Read More_MARCH 2026_
[__
Bringing Identity-Aware Security & Policy Enforcement to Event Streaming
__](/blog/product-releases/kong-event-gateway-1-1)__Bringing Identity-Aware Security & Policy Enforcement to Event Streaming
__Event-driven architectures (EDAs) have pretty quickly transformed from a niche engineering pattern to the all-pervasive…
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Kong Simplifies Multicloud Cloud Gateways with Managed Redis Cache
__](/blog/product-releases/multicloud-cloud-gateways-managed-redis-cache)__Kong Simplifies Multicloud Cloud Gateways with Managed Redis Cache
__As enterprises race to deploy multicloud architectures and Agentic AI, they face a common bottleneck: "state." To…
[Read More](/blog/product-releases/multicloud-cloud-gateways-managed-redis-cache)Read More_Kong Insomnia_
[__Kong Insomnia 12.4: Better Tabs, Clearer Commits, Smarter Admin
__](/blog/product-releases/insomnia-12-4)__Kong Insomnia 12.4: Better Tabs, Clearer Commits, Smarter Admin
__We've been all ears. Your workflows clearly told us what mattered most: tabs that adapt to how you actually work, Git…
[Read More](/blog/product-releases/insomnia-12-4)Read More_FEBRUARY 2026_
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From APIs to Agentic Integration: Introducing Kong Context Mesh
__](/blog/product-releases/introducing-kong-context-mesh)__From APIs to Agentic Integration: Introducing Kong Context Mesh
__The promise of agentic AI is clear: autonomous systems that can reason, plan, and act on your behalf. But there's a…
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Announcing Kong Operator 2.1
__](/blog/product-releases/kong-operator-2-1)__Announcing Kong Operator 2.1
__Kong Operator 2.1 is a significant update for our customers, opening up integration into the Kong ecosystem for our…
[Read More](/blog/product-releases/kong-operator-2-1)Read More_Kong Insomnia_
[__Migrate from Postman to Insomnia: Free Collaboration for Unlimited Users
__](/blog/product-releases/migrate-to-insomnia-free-collaboration-for-unlimited-users)__Migrate from Postman to Insomnia: Free Collaboration for Unlimited Users
__With Valentine’s Day fast approaching, love is in the air. And apparently, so are breakup emails. This isn’t just about…
[Read More](/blog/product-releases/migrate-to-insomnia-free-collaboration-for-unlimited-users)Read More_Kong Konnect_
[__Kong MCP Registry: Connect AI Agents with the Right Tools
__](/blog/product-releases/kong-mcp-registry-tech-preview)__Kong MCP Registry: Connect AI Agents with the Right Tools
__In the rapidly evolving landscape of AI-driven development, the Model Context Protocol (MCP) has emerged as the…
[Read More](/blog/product-releases/kong-mcp-registry-tech-preview)Read More_JANUARY 2026_
_Kong Mesh_
[__Kong Mesh 2.13: Mesh Identity Support for Universal Mode & LTS
__](/blog/product-releases/kong-mesh-2-13)__Kong Mesh 2.13: Mesh Identity Support for Universal Mode & LTS
__Today, we're excited to announce Kong Mesh 2.13. Kong Mesh 2.13 delivers full support for Mesh Identity for Kubernetes…
[Read More](/blog/product-releases/kong-mesh-2-13)Read More_Kong Konnect_
[__From Strategy to Action: See Konnect Metering & Billing in Motion
__](/blog/product-releases/konnect-metering-and-billing-demo)__From Strategy to Action: See Konnect Metering & Billing in Motion
__See how easily Konnect Metering & Billing transforms API and AI traffic management into new revenue streams. We've…
[Read More](/blog/product-releases/konnect-metering-and-billing-demo)Read More_Kong Konnect_
[__KAi Just Got a Major Upgrade, Powered by the New Kong Konnect MCP Server
__](/blog/product-releases/kai-upgrade-powered-by-konnect-mcp-server)__KAi Just Got a Major Upgrade, Powered by the New Kong Konnect MCP Server
__KAi, the AI assistant inside Kong Konnect, just got significantly more capable. Today, we're announcing an enhanced…
[Read More](/blog/product-releases/kai-upgrade-powered-by-konnect-mcp-server)Read More_Kong Gateway Enterprise_
[__Kong Gateway Enterprise 3.9.x.x EOL
__](/blog/product-releases/kong-gateway-enterprise-3-9-eol)__Kong Gateway Enterprise 3.9.x.x EOL
__As of January 2026, Kong Gateway Enterprise 3.9 will enter its End Of Life (EOL) phase and will no longer be fully…
[Read More](/blog/product-releases/kong-gateway-enterprise-3-9-eol)Read More_Kong Insomnia_
[__Easy as 1-2-3: Kong Insomnia’s New Year Sprint to Better Workflows with v12.3
__](/blog/product-releases/insomnia-12-3)__Easy as 1-2-3: Kong Insomnia’s New Year Sprint to Better Workflows with v12.3
__We’re excited to announce the general availability of Kong Insomnia 12.3! Kong Insomnia 12.3 TL;DR? Your New Year’s…
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Introducing MCP Tool ACLs: Fine-Grained Authorization for AI Agent Tools
__](/blog/product-releases/mcp-tool-acls-ai-gateway)__Introducing MCP Tool ACLs: Fine-Grained Authorization for AI Agent Tools
__Kong AI Gateway 3.13 introduces MCP Tool ACLs , a powerful feature that enables fine-grained authorization and granular…
[Read More](/blog/product-releases/mcp-tool-acls-ai-gateway)Read More_Kong Konnect_
[__New Year, New Unit Economics: Konnect Metering & Billing Is Here
__](/blog/product-releases/ai-cost-control)__New Year, New Unit Economics: Konnect Metering & Billing Is Here
__If your 2026 resolution is to finally get AI costs under control , we've got you covered. Every January, the same…
[Read More](/blog/product-releases/ai-cost-control)Read More_DECEMBER 2025_
_Kong Gateway Enterprise_
[__Expanded Observability, Orchestration, and Security with Kong Gateway 3.13
__](/blog/product-releases/kong-gateway-3-13)__Expanded Observability, Orchestration, and Security with Kong Gateway 3.13
__Discover expanded OpenTelemetry support, full cloud-native authentication, powerful Datakit orchestrations, and PCI DSS…
[Read More](/blog/product-releases/kong-gateway-3-13)Read More_Kong Konnect_
[__An Early Christmas Present for the AI C-Suite: Metering & Billing Comes to Kong Konnect
__](/blog/product-releases/metering-and-billing-kong-konnect)__An Early Christmas Present for the AI C-Suite: Metering & Billing Comes to Kong Konnect
__Happy holidays from the Kong team! Consider this our gift to everyone who's been asked "what's the ROI on AI?" one too…
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Move More Agentic Workloads to Production with AI Gateway 3.13
__](/blog/product-releases/ai-gateway-3-13)__Move More Agentic Workloads to Production with AI Gateway 3.13
__Kong AI Gateway 3.13 moves enterprises from AI experimentation to shipping production-grade agents by unlocking new…
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Kong Cloud Gateways: A Year in Review
__](/blog/product-releases/kong-cloud-gateways-2025-news-recap)__Kong Cloud Gateways: A Year in Review
__2025 was a breakout year for Kong Cloud Gateways. As organizations continue to modernize architectures, adopt AI-driven…
[Read More](/blog/product-releases/kong-cloud-gateways-2025-news-recap)Read More_NOVEMBER 2025_
_Kong Insomnia_
[__Introducing Kong Insomnia 12
__](/blog/product-releases/kong-insomnia-12)__Introducing Kong Insomnia 12
__We’re excited to announce the general availability of Kong Insomnia 12! Insomnia 12 TL;DR? This release is about making…
[Read More](/blog/product-releases/kong-insomnia-12)Read More_OCTOBER 2025_
[__
Introducing kongctl
__](/blog/product-releases/kongctl)__Introducing kongctl
__One of Kong Gateway’s superpowers is deck , our first-party declarative configuration tool. Tens of thousands of…
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Introducing the Volcano SDK to Build AI Agents in a Few Lines of Code
__](/blog/product-releases/volcano)__Introducing the Volcano SDK to Build AI Agents in a Few Lines of Code
__Today, we're open-sourcing Volcano SDK, a TypeScript SDK for building AI agents that combines LLM reasoning with…
[Read More](/blog/product-releases/volcano)Read More_Kong Konnect_
[__New MCP Support Across the Entire Konnect Platform
__](/blog/product-releases/mcp-support-across-konnect)__New MCP Support Across the Entire Konnect Platform
__If you’ve been following Kong, you know that Kong was the first in the API platform space to introduce an…
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Make MCP Production-Ready: Introducing Kong’s Enterprise MCP Gateway
__](/blog/product-releases/enterprise-mcp-gateway)__Make MCP Production-Ready: Introducing Kong’s Enterprise MCP Gateway
__The Model Context Protocol (MCP) represents a transformative shift in how AI agents connect to data and tools, but the…
[Read More](/blog/product-releases/enterprise-mcp-gateway)Read More_Kong Konnect_
[__Liabilities into Assets: Konnect Metering & Billing, Powered by OpenMeter
__](/blog/product-releases/konnect-metering-and-billing)__Liabilities into Assets: Konnect Metering & Billing, Powered by OpenMeter
__Picture this: you’ve spent months building a slick API that developers love, and it’s already humming behind the scenes…
[Read More](/blog/product-releases/konnect-metering-and-billing)Read More_Kong Insomnia_
[__Can You Trust What You’re Shipping? You Will with Insomnia v12
__](/blog/product-releases/trust-what-youre-shipping-with-insomnia-v12)__Can You Trust What You’re Shipping? You Will with Insomnia v12
__The first time you push an API to production, you’re excited it’s finally live. You’re relieved that you can move on to…
[Read More](/blog/product-releases/trust-what-youre-shipping-with-insomnia-v12)Read More_Kong Konnect_
[__Datakit Flow Editor: A Visual Approach to API Orchestration
__](/blog/product-releases/datakit-flow-editor-api-orchestration)__Datakit Flow Editor: A Visual Approach to API Orchestration
__Different teams, different preferences API orchestration at the gateway layer can involve coordinating multiple…
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Announcing Kong Operator 2.0
__](/blog/product-releases/kong-operator-2-0)__Announcing Kong Operator 2.0
__We're very excited to announce Kong Operator 2.0! Kong Operator is an evolution of Kong Ingress Controller (KIC) and…
[Read More](/blog/product-releases/kong-operator-2-0)Read More_SEPTEMBER 2025_
_Kong Gateway Enterprise_
[__Kong Gateway Enterprise 3.8.x.x EOL
__](/blog/product-releases/kong-gateway-enterprise-3-8-x-x-eol)__Kong Gateway Enterprise 3.8.x.x EOL
__As of September 2025, Kong Gateway Enterprise 3.8 will enter its End Of Life (EOL) phase and will no longer be fully…
[Read More](/blog/product-releases/kong-gateway-enterprise-3-8-x-x-eol)Read More[__
Kong Mesh 2.12: SPIFFE/SPIRE Support and Consistent XDS Resource Names
__](/blog/product-releases/kong-mesh-2-12-spiffespire-support-and-consistent-xds-resource-names)__Kong Mesh 2.12: SPIFFE/SPIRE Support and Consistent XDS Resource Names
__We're very excited to announce Kong Mesh 2.12 to the world! Kong Mesh 2.12 delivers two very important features: SPIFFE…
[Read More](/blog/product-releases/kong-mesh-2-12-spiffespire-support-and-consistent-xds-resource-names)Read More[__
Building a First-Class Kubernetes Experience in Kong Konnect
__](/blog/product-releases/kubernetes-experience-in-konnect)__Building a First-Class Kubernetes Experience in Kong Konnect
__To unlock Kubernetes’ full potential, many enterprises are relying on three key building blocks available in Kong…
[Read More](/blog/product-releases/kubernetes-experience-in-konnect)Read More_Kong Konnect_
[__Multi-Cloud API and AI Infra Gets Smarter: Managed Redis for Kong DCGW
__](/blog/product-releases/fully-managed-redis-instances)__Multi-Cloud API and AI Infra Gets Smarter: Managed Redis for Kong DCGW
__Modern enterprises are embracing multi-cloud strategies to avoid vendor lock-in, optimize costs, and ensure resilience.…
[Read More](/blog/product-releases/fully-managed-redis-instances)Read More_AUGUST 2025_
_Kong Konnect_
[__Announcing terraform-provider-konnect v3
__](/blog/product-releases/terraform-provider-konnect-v3)__Announcing terraform-provider-konnect v3
__It’s been almost a year since we released our Konnect Terraform provider . In that time we’ve seen over 300,000…
[Read More](/blog/product-releases/terraform-provider-konnect-v3)Read More_Kong Konnect_
[__Custom Dashboards in Konnect Analytics Now Generally Available
__](/blog/product-releases/konnect-analytics-custom-dashboards)__Custom Dashboards in Konnect Analytics Now Generally Available
__If you build APIs, you’ve probably been in two kinds of conversations. One is the war room, where the team is chasing a…
[Read More](/blog/product-releases/konnect-analytics-custom-dashboards)Read More_JULY 2025_
_Kong Konnect_
[__Introducing Konnect Debugger: Get Unprecedented API Traffic Visibility
__](/blog/product-releases/konnect-debugger)__Introducing Konnect Debugger: Get Unprecedented API Traffic Visibility
__We're excited to announce the general availability of Konnect Debugger, formerly known as Active Tracing during its…
[Read More](/blog/product-releases/konnect-debugger)Read More_Kong Ingress Controller_
[__Announcing Kubernetes Ingress Controller 3.5
__](/blog/product-releases/kic-3-5)__Announcing Kubernetes Ingress Controller 3.5
__We're happy to announce the 3.5 release of Kong Ingress Controller (KIC). This release includes the graduation of…
[Read More](/blog/product-releases/kic-3-5)Read More_Kong Mesh_
[__Announcing Mesh Manager Support in Konnect Terraform Provider
__](/blog/product-releases/mesh-manager-support-in-konnect-terraform-provider)__Announcing Mesh Manager Support in Konnect Terraform Provider
__We’re excited to announce the beta support for Mesh Manager in the Konnect Terraform Provider — a new tool that brings…
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Kong AI Gateway 3.11: Reduce Token Spend, Unlock Multimodal Innovation
__](/blog/product-releases/ai-gateway-3-11)__Kong AI Gateway 3.11: Reduce Token Spend, Unlock Multimodal Innovation
__Today, I'm excited to announce one of our largest Kong AI Gateway releases (3.11), which ships with several new…
[Read More](/blog/product-releases/ai-gateway-3-11)Read More_Kong Gateway Enterprise_
[__Kong Gateway Enterprise 3.11 Makes APIs & Event Streams More Powerful
__](/blog/product-releases/kong-gateway-enterprise-3-11)__Kong Gateway Enterprise 3.11 Makes APIs & Event Streams More Powerful
__We’re excited to bring you Kong Gateway Enterprise 3.11 with compelling new features to make your APIs and event…
[Read More](/blog/product-releases/kong-gateway-enterprise-3-11)Read More_Kong Konnect_
[__Address Both Sides of API Discovery with Konnect’s Holistic Experience
__](/blog/product-releases/api-discovery)__Address Both Sides of API Discovery with Konnect’s Holistic Experience
__When we released the beta version of Service Catalog last September, it was in service of a greater API discovery…
[Read More](/blog/product-releases/api-discovery)Read More_Kong Konnect_
[__Kong Service Catalog: The Producer Side of API Discovery
__](/blog/product-releases/service-catalog-deep-dive)__Kong Service Catalog: The Producer Side of API Discovery
__In case you missed it, we recently GA’d Kong Service Catalog as part of our broader API discovery initiative . While…
[Read More](/blog/product-releases/service-catalog-deep-dive)Read More_Kong Konnect_
[__Create an Internal API and Service Inventory with Konnect Service Catalog
__](/blog/product-releases/create-an-internal-api-and-service-inventory)__Create an Internal API and Service Inventory with Konnect Service Catalog
__When speaking with our customers, and particularly with platform teams, we repeatedly hear about how difficult it is to…
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[__Build Reuse into Your API Program with Konnect Dev Portal
__](/blog/product-releases/build-reuse-with-dev-portal)__Build Reuse into Your API Program with Konnect Dev Portal
__In March, we announced the public beta version of our reimagined Dev Portal. We set out to fully address the needs of…
[Read More](/blog/product-releases/build-reuse-with-dev-portal)Read More_Kong Konnect_
[__Kong's New Developer Portal: Modern UX Meets Developer Self-Service
__](/blog/product-releases/new-dev-portal-deep-dive)__Kong's New Developer Portal: Modern UX Meets Developer Self-Service
__We just GA’d the new Kong Konnect Developer Portal as part of our broader API discovery initiative , and it represents…
[Read More](/blog/product-releases/new-dev-portal-deep-dive)Read More_JUNE 2025_
_Kong Konnect_
[__Kong Konnect: Introducing HashiCorp Vault Support for LLMs
__](/blog/product-releases/hashicorp-vault-support-for-llms)__Kong Konnect: Introducing HashiCorp Vault Support for LLMs
__If you're a builder, you likely keep sending your LLM credentials on every request from your agents and applications.…
[Read More](/blog/product-releases/hashicorp-vault-support-for-llms)Read More_Kong Mesh_
[__Kong Mesh 2.11: Reduced Privileges, Improved Support for AWS ECS
__](/blog/product-releases/kong-mesh-2-11)__Kong Mesh 2.11: Reduced Privileges, Improved Support for AWS ECS
__We’re at it again, bringing more incremental improvements to Kong Mesh! Built on top of Kuma, Kong Mesh brings…
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Kong's Dedicated Cloud Gateways: A Deep Dive
__](/blog/product-releases/dedicated-cloud-gateways-deep-dive)__Kong's Dedicated Cloud Gateways: A Deep Dive
__In case you missed it, we recently made a big announcement around beta GCP support for Kong’s Dedicated Cloud Gateways…
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