Apigee Bytes: May 2026 🌿

Google Cloud Apigee News & Announcements
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Welcome, Apigee enthusiasts! :waving_hand:

Another edition of Apigee Bytes has come your way, summarising highlights, announcements and some things you may have missed. Read on below to learn more and post any follow up questions in the community!

:writing_hand:t3: Omid, Kevin & Alexandra

:rocket: What’s New

Apigee

  • In case you missed it, Apigee’s MCP server capabilities are now easier to deploy, operate and manage, thanks to recent improvements in API hub.

  • Whilst not a major upgrade, Apigee hybrid 1.16.2 introduces sidecar authentication for EKS and AKS clusters that utilise Workload Identity Federation.

  • The Apigee Emulator is now versioned and released independently from Apigee hybrid, starting with version 2.0.0.

  • Using Apigee Spaces? You’ll be pleased to know you can now manage Spaces via the Apigee console.

  • We all love when a new policy is introduced to Apigee! Say hello to the ParsePayload policy, enabling you to work more efficiently with JSON-RPC as you build out your agentic workloads.

:writing_hand:t3: Community Contributions

Productizing AI: Transforming APIs into Governed Agentic Tools on the Google Cloud Agentic Platform

  • TechTalk | By Christophe Lalevée

  • Christophe breaks down the transition from standard APIs to secure, action-oriented agentic tools using the Google Cloud Agentic Platform and Apigee.

  • :play_button: Watch Now

Apigee MCP Tool Authorization at Scale: Building Your AI & MCP Control Tower

  • TechTalk | By Mathilde Leibenguth & Tyler Ayers

  • Mathilde and Tyler explain how Apigee acts as a proxy and cataloging layer for MCP endpoints, demonstrating how to secure your data warehouse with new authorization techniques that simplify cloud IAM roles.

  • :play_button: Watch Now

Apigee Production go-live checklist

  • TechTalk | By Nicola Cardace

  • Nicola Cardace shares a production checklist for Apigee X and Hybrid based on years of enterprise deployments. He covers critical configurations to secure your “digital front door” against threats.

  • :play_button: Watch Now

:spiral_calendar: Did you Miss?

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