Kong celebrated its sixth anniversary, marking a year of significant growth and development for its open-source API management platform, Kong Gateway. Over the past year, the platform saw exponential increases in product usage, with over 1.7 million instances running globally and more than 257 million downloads. The community supporting Kong Gateway has also more than doubled in size, with key code and content contributors playing pivotal roles in its expansion. Since the last anniversary, Kong has released several new features, including JavaScript PDK, UTF-8 character support, UDP support, and enhanced security measures, among others. These advancements have helped strengthen Kong's position as the most popular API gateway, with widespread adoption across various industries, and the platform continues to benefit from a robust and engaged open-source community. As Kong moves forward, it aims to innovate and challenge the existing norms in API infrastructure, driven by ongoing contributions and feedback from its community.