Kong Product Lifecycle

Release dates, version history and support and end-of-life dates as published by Kong. Dates within the next 12 months are highlighted; past dates are dimmed. Retrieved 2026-10-14.

• Kong Gateway version support policy. Each Kong Gateway minor version is supported for one year from release, LTS versions for up to three years, followed by up to 12 months of limited sunset support without patches. [1]
• Kong Mesh version support policy. Kong Mesh minor versions are supported until a stated end-of-full-support date; one release per year is designated LTS and supported for two years. [2]
• Kong AI Gateway version support policy. Kong AI Gateway offers rolling releases supported for one month and stable releases supported for six months, each followed by limited sunset support. [3]
• Kong Ingress Controller version support policy. Standard Kong Ingress Controller versions are supported for one year after release and LTS versions for three years. [4]
• Konnect compatibility and support policy. The Konnect control plane is versionless and always current; supported data plane versions follow the Kong Gateway schedule. [5]
• Insomnia release and versioning policy. Insomnia uses semantic versioning with major releases about twice a year, has no LTS versions and does not backport fixes. [6]

Continuously updated 3

Insomnia (Semantic versioning; the vendor states it has no LTS versions and does not backport fixes, recommending the latest version.)[6], Kong Konnect (Konnect control plane is versionless and always runs the latest release; compatible Kong Gateway data plane versions follow the Kong Gateway support schedule.)[5], Kong Konnect Dedicated Cloud Gateways (Managed data planes: patch releases are applied by Kong; customers upgrade minor releases within the supported Kong Gateway window.)[5]

No published lifecycle 3

Kong Event Gateway, Kong Identity, Kong Konnect Metering & Billing