Welcome, Apigee enthusiasts!
Do you hear that? It’s the sound of information-overload settling after an epic Google Cloud Next 2026. Fear not, however! Grab yourself a drink and read on for your curated, digestible recap of what you need to know. You will also learn about some releases and announcements that didn’t quite make it to Next — don’t worry, we’ve got you covered.
Time to build your AI and Agentic workloads with Apigee? Yeah, we think so too!
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What’s New
Apigee
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The ParsePayload policy is now available in Apigee hybrid 1.16.1; read more below!
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Say hello to the LLMTokenQuota and PromptTokenLimit policies in Apigee hybrid 1.16.1
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API hub and Agent Registry; better together (Public Preview)
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The Cloud Marketplace’s Apigee Developer Portal Kickstart is back in action
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ICYMI: Apigee’s MCP server capability reached General Availability at the end of March
Apigee’s Google Cloud Next 2026 Recap
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One of the big topics at Next was the need for Agent Governance. Organizations are now bringing agents from MVP into production and need a way to control them. This was highlighted by TK in his Opening Keynote and the Developer Keynote, showing how to secure an agent by preventing write access to a tool.
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Our breakout session, Unlocking Enterprise Actions: Bridge Your APIs to AI Agents with MCP and Apigee, was a great success.
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Other announcements:
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Agent Registry is now Public Preview — providing a centralized view of agent entities across environments.
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SpecBoost is now Public Preview — a tool to auto-generate agent-optimized specs for converted MCP servers.
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Demoed Apigee JSON-RPC support (including the new ParsePayload policy), available now for Hybrid 1.16.1+.
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A new UI to select specific operations from a Spec for an API Product to prevent context bloat. Agents Skills also introduced.
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Missed Google Cloud Next 2026?
Catch up with these available on-demand sessions and recaps:
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Build production-ready agents on Google Cloud: A guide for architects and CTOs. -
Agent Security at Scale: Protect against the OWASP Top 10 Application Risks.
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Unlocking Enterprise Actions: Watch the highlights of bridging APIs to AI Agents. -
Build Connected AI: Orchestrate tools and agents with registries and ADK.
Community Contributions
[Step-by-Step Migration Guide] Upgrading Apigee OPDK 4.51 to 4.53 with OS Modernization By Rakesh Talanki Master the official methodology to modernize your OS and upgrade Apigee OPDK with zero downtime and stable data sync.
Did you Miss? Community TechTalks
60-minute online deep dives and live Q&A led by Googlers from the Apigee & Application Integration teams. Register once for the series to join us and get invites delivered to your inbox. Sign Up for the Series 
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May 7th, 5 PM CEST: Productizing AI: Transforming APIs into Governed Agentic Tools (Christophe Lalevée)
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May 28th, 5 PM CEST: Apigee Production go-live checklist (Nicola Cardace)
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Recording: Powering Retail Agents with ADK, UCP & Apigee X (Maria Liampoti & Tyler Ayers) — Build a secure “Chat-to-Checkout” experience.
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