March 2026 Summaries

Fastly has introduced the Fastly Agent Toolkit, an open-source collection of AI agent skills designed to enhance AI coding agents' performance when configuring Fastly services. These skills are curated knowledge files that teach AI agents how to work effectively with Fastly's platform, providing them with the expertise of a seasoned Fastly developer. The toolkit includes six specific skills, such as platform concepts, CLI workflows, VCL development, XVCL transpiler, and local compute testing with Wasm and Go-based runners. Internal testing demonstrated significant improvements in task completion speed and accuracy, with AI agents completing tasks up to 4.1 times faster when equipped with the skills. The toolkit complements the Fastly MCP Server by not only enabling agents to interact with Fastly but also ensuring they execute tasks correctly using the right patterns and commands. It is compatible with various AI agents that read markdown, and users are encouraged to contribute and share their experiences and improvements in the Fastly Community Forum.

Fastly has been recognized as a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: Edge Development Platforms, Q1 2026, receiving top scores in criteria such as Innovation, Developer Experience, and Performance. Fastly's platform, particularly its Compute offering, allows developers to run applications on its global edge network without managing infrastructure, ensuring high performance and security. The report highlights Fastly's strengths in performance-critical, event-driven, and security-sensitive workloads, with customers praising its reliability and technical support. This recognition underscores Fastly's commitment to empowering developers to build, secure, and scale modern applications at the edge.

Fastly has been intensifying its focus on application security (AppSec) in response to increasingly sophisticated and persistent attacks, as highlighted by their recent research and the "From Code to Production" report with IDC. High-performing security teams are linking security to business outcomes, with a significant number preferring integrated platforms over isolated solutions, and adopting core AppSec controls like DDoS protection, WAF, and API security. As bot traffic becomes more prevalent and sophisticated, Fastly is advancing its offerings with enhanced DDoS protection, Next-Gen WAF, and API Security, alongside innovating with deception techniques to mislead attackers and reduce attack cycles. Their new deception capabilities, including Deception for Account Takeover and CVEs, aim to confuse attackers by presenting false information, thereby consuming resources and redirecting efforts away from actual vulnerabilities. These developments will be featured at the upcoming RSAC, where Fastly will exhibit its evolving security strategies designed to make defense both stronger and smarter.

The text draws an analogy between the precision required in professional golf and the operational discipline needed for effective digital infrastructure, emphasizing that both rely on fundamentals like precision, velocity, and performance under pressure. It highlights the collaboration between Fastly and Google Cloud, alongside renowned golf instructor Michael Breed, in a webinar titled "Mastering the Edge," which explores these parallels. The text discusses how consistent mechanics in golf, such as grip and swing path, mirror high-velocity deployment practices in software development, where disciplined mechanics and reliable execution are crucial for speed, stability, and scale. It also delves into the importance of reducing latency by bringing applications and data closer to users, akin to increasing ball speed in golf for better performance. Moreover, the text emphasizes the significance of observability and control in both domains, with Fastly's services providing real-time insights and security measures that help maintain stability and enhance user experiences. The webinar aims to provide insights into improving both golf performance and digital application performance, underscoring the shared principles of precision and consistency.

In the evolving landscape of SaaS and real-time observability, the collaboration between Fastly and Bronto addresses the challenges posed by high-volume log streams in distributed architectures and AI workloads. Initially, platforms like Logentries pioneered real-time log streaming, transforming how teams managed high-traffic environments. Today, the demands have intensified, necessitating solutions that provide rapid insights during critical moments such as live events or sudden traffic spikes. Fastly's platform, designed for high-stakes scenarios, complements Bronto's capabilities in providing sub-second search across vast log data volumes, enabling teams to quickly diagnose and respond to issues. This partnership not only enhances real-time visibility but also offers 12 months of data retention at reduced costs, allowing for comprehensive post-event analysis and capacity planning. By integrating Bronto with Fastly, users gain instant access to logs without complex setups, ensuring their observability stack remains as efficient and adaptable as their edge operations.

In the face of inevitable DDoS attacks, Fastly offers a robust DDoS Protection solution with automatic and rapid response capabilities, emphasizing a personalized human touch rather than relying solely on automated systems. The Customer Security Operations Center (CSOC) at Fastly ensures swift action with a median response time of just one minute, provided by real security experts who work collaboratively with clients to identify and mitigate threats without disrupting legitimate traffic. Fastly's global network and follow-the-sun model ensure continuous and seamless support, even during complex or prolonged attacks, while insights from each incident enhance the overall security framework for all customers. This commitment to rapid, human-centered response and comprehensive mitigation strategies aims to transform clients' worst security challenges into manageable events, reflecting Fastly's deep expertise and dedication to safeguarding organizations against sophisticated cyber threats.

In December 2024, Fastly launched an extension for Raycast to integrate common platform tasks into macOS and Windows workflows, initially focusing on service management. Following positive community feedback, Fastly has now introduced updates that add five new commands aimed at enhancing data store management and security monitoring. These updates allow users to manage key-value, configuration, and secret stores directly from the Raycast launcher, facilitating quick lookups, edits, and runtime configuration changes without needing to access the Control Panel or CLI. Additionally, the extension now includes dedicated commands for access control list management, offering functionalities like IP entry modification, CIDR block support, and bulk imports for rapid incident response. An audit log viewer has also been added, enabling users to filter and browse account activity, narrow results by various criteria, and export data for compliance purposes. Users can update the extension through the Raycast Store or set it up by installing Raycast, adding the Fastly extension, and configuring their API token. Fastly plans to continue enhancing the extension based on user feedback and community input.

The Kubernetes ecosystem is facing a significant shift with the scheduled retirement of the Ingress NGINX controller, effective March 2026, which will cease receiving updates, bug fixes, and security patches. This change poses challenges for organizations dependent on it, such as those using Fastly Security services, as they must consider new security and architectural strategies. Short-term solutions include adopting commercial Ingress controllers or using the Chainguard-maintained fork of ingress-nginx, which offers temporary security maintenance without immediate migration efforts. For a long-term approach, organizations can transition to the Kubernetes Gateway API, aligning with industry trends for robust traffic management, or adopt an alternative proxy like HAProxy for a secure, reliable replacement. Fastly is committed to assisting customers through this transition by providing expertise and support in selecting the most suitable path forward.

AI applications often fail due to mundane issues like provider downtime or hardcoded model names, which become more problematic as AI workloads evolve into complex multi-step processes. This text introduces a proof-of-concept Edge AI Gateway built on Fastly Compute to address these challenges by creating a policy-driven routing layer between applications and Language Model (LLM) providers. The gateway allows an application to send a standard request, which is then classified at the edge to determine the appropriate provider and model based on factors like complexity and cost, without altering the main application. The system leverages Fastly's low-latency Compute service, using WebAssembly for rapid cold starts and secure sandboxing. The gateway uses a classification model, Mercury 2, to quickly decide on routing, offering advantages in cost and response time by avoiding unnecessary use of expensive models. Routing policies are stored in Fastly's KV Store, enabling seamless updates without redeployment, and credentials are securely managed using Fastly's Secret Store. Although still a proof-of-concept, the gateway showcases potential improvements in efficiency for managing multi-provider AI operations, with future capabilities including failover enhancements and caching.

In response to increasing geopolitical tensions and cyber threats, European organizations are urged to strengthen their cybersecurity posture while managing challenges related to data sovereignty and technological reliance on US-based cloud providers. The UK's National Cyber Security Centre has specifically highlighted the need for robust defenses against potential cyberattacks, emphasizing the importance of resiliency and security in critical infrastructure and supply chains. Europe's dependence on foreign cloud infrastructure raises concerns about data sovereignty, particularly in light of US legislation like the Cloud Act, which conflicts with GDPR regulations. This dependence also complicates Europe's ability to compete in the AI sector, as the market is dominated by global giants from the US and China. To mitigate these risks, Europe is pursuing sovereign cloud initiatives, data localization mandates, and new regulations such as the Data Act of 2025. Enterprises are encouraged to prioritize digital resilience by preparing for cyber threats like DDoS attacks, ensuring operational continuity, and selecting platforms that align with regional data processing requirements. Fastly, as a strategic partner, offers solutions designed to bolster compliance, security, and performance, addressing the evolving needs of European businesses amid these challenges.