What happened
On Sept 30, 2026 Kong shipped GA of Kong AI Gateway 2.2: MCP Server Bundling (consolidate MCP servers into one route with per-caller tool visibility), identity-aware AI policies (rate limiting/analytics keyed on Kong Identity principals), modality-aware cost attribution, native AWS IAM auth for Bedrock AgentCore, and new providers (Kimi, Microsoft Foundry, SageMaker).
Why it matters
Brings API-management-grade governance to the agentic AI layer — controlling which tools each agent can call amid MCP sprawl is a top-3 enterprise agent-security gap in 2026, and this is a GA capability on a Fortune-500-adopted gateway.
Applicability
Platform/API teams operating agent deployments or MCP servers in Konnect should evaluate 2.2 for governed tool access and identity-keyed policy; available now with no beta flag.