Kong has announced a new release of Kong Konnect, its SaaS API lifecycle management platform, featuring enhancements and new capabilities aimed at improving API management across various environments. Key updates include multi-geo support for hosting control planes in the European Union, which aids in meeting data residency and regulatory requirements while reducing network latency. The platform now supports most features of Kong Gateway 3.0, such as OpenTelemetry integration and WebSocket support, with plans to incorporate secret management and consumer group features by year-end. Additionally, Kong Konnect introduces dynamic client registration with Okta integration for application management, enhancing security and streamlining processes for developers. The developer portal now supports application registrations across all runtime groups, and new features in Kong Analytics provide insights into runtime group usage and custom reporting capabilities, enabling users to better visualize and export data. These updates are available to Kong Konnect Enterprise customers, with some features in private beta or tech preview, and further details can be found in the platform's documentation.