In 2019, Kong introduced Kuma, an open-source control plane for service mesh built on Envoy, which has become a CNCF sandbox project. Over the past year, Kuma has seen significant growth, including an 800% increase in instances and a 2,200% rise in data plane proxies globally, with adoption by companies like Chipotle, Intel, and Cisco. The project has a thriving community, with 2,400 GitHub stars, contributions from 43 developers, and 800 Slack members. Recent developments include 24 official releases with features like a service map topology view, permissive mTLS for easier migrations, rate limiting for service protection, enhanced L7 traffic routing, and improved hybrid and multi-zone capabilities. The roadmap for Kuma is user-driven, focusing on performance improvements and simplifying upgrades, with ongoing community engagement encouraged through GitHub, Slack, and other platforms.