The Kong Ingress Controller (KIC) 3.4 release introduces several enhancements, including improved TLS encryption, optimized performance for complex deployments, and the general availability of Kong Custom Entities support. This update simplifies "upstream TLS" configuration, allowing for encrypted traffic between the Ingress and upstream services using the Kubernetes Gateway API or specific annotations. It also includes scalability improvements with flags to limit memory usage by selecting specific Secrets and ConfigMaps. Additionally, new Prometheus metrics are introduced to monitor configuration sizes in DB-less mode, while Kong Custom Entities offer streamlined declarative configuration through CRDs. The release marks the first long-term support (LTS) version in the 3.X series, ensuring critical updates and stability for three years. Users are encouraged to explore the new features and share feedback through Kong Konnect and GitHub discussions.