Kong has announced enhancements to its Kong Konnect platform, focusing on improving enterprise adoption and simplifying API management. The updates introduce Runtime Groups, allowing users to efficiently manage multiple Kong Gateway instances across different environments, such as production, staging, and development, with integrated team-based permissions for secure multi-tenancy. Additionally, a new Gateway configuration UI and enhanced role-based access control (RBAC) features have been introduced, enabling more granular permissions management. The platform also integrates with decK for declarative configuration management, streamlining the export and import of configurations across environments. Improvements to the developer portal include a configurable single sign-on experience using OpenID Connect and simplified custom domain setup. The new Vitals overview page provides insights into traffic throughput and error rates, enhancing users' understanding of API performance. Existing customers will have their environments upgraded to incorporate these features, while new accounts will automatically include them.