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AI is quickly transforming the way businesses operate, turning what was once futuristic into everyday reality. However, we're still in the early innings of AI, and there are still several key limitations with AI that organizations should remain aware of to ensure that AI is being leveraged in a safe and productive way.

MCP is a new way to integrate LLMs and AI agents with third-party data sources and APIs. It significantly improves how we build tool integrations by eliminating duplicated code and providing a centralized interface for multiple agents to access shared tools. Today, we’re excited to announce the release of Kong’s MCP Server for the Kong Konnect platform. This empowers customers to integrate AI agents and query LLMs to discover APIs, services, and traffic analytics in real time.

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 include: To find out more, keep reading!

APIs, or application programming interfaces, are sets of functions and procedures that serve as bridges between applications, dictating how services interact within an ecosystem. They specify accepted requests and their formats, enabling seamless data and functionality exchange between software entities. Common services accessible via APIs include geolocation data, weather updates, financial information, and authentication services through platforms like Google or Facebook.

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, observability, and traffic control across modern, distributed applications.

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. Keep reading to learn more.

When your company deployed its first large language model last quarter, your CTO probably didn't mention you'd need entirely new tools to understand what's happening under the hood. But here we are. AI Observability isn't just another tech buzzword—it's the difference between confidently leveraging AI and crossing your fingers hoping nothing breaks.

We're thrilled to announce the tech preview of Active Tracing, a significant advancement in Kong Konnect. This innovative feature unlocks unparalleled visibility into API traffic as it flows through Kong Gateway, empowering you to optimize performance, troubleshoot issues, and refine your API strategies.

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 effort building redundant APIs. The market has already responded to this need with the API Developer Portal concept, where the portal acts as a central catalog for all APIs.

Earlier this year the Kong Konnect Analytics team was looking to leverage the stability and flexibility of our own Kong Gateway to handle the entire load of our Analytics ingest firehose. Almost all Konnect API traffic flows through a Kong Gateway and most of it has from the very beginning. For some legacy and differing protocol reasons, our Analytics ingest service was not included in our initial Kong Gateway configuration.