Product updates

Ryan Grant
Ryan Grant

Why and how we ‘stringified’ your API gateway policies

By replacing highly typed configs with raw YAML/JSON, we’ve eliminated a major UX papercut and given you feature updates “for free.” Let’s see what’s changed.
December 12, 2024
5
min read
Joel Hans
Joel Hans

Manage traffic on a region-aware API gateway—without the networking

Build a region-aware API gateway with ngrok's Traffic Policy. Route requests, manage failover, and enforce regional compliance with simple YAML configs.
December 4, 2024
10
min read
Mandy Hubbard
Mandy Hubbard

Verify webhooks with ngrok’s new Traffic Policy action

Ensure secure, verified webhook interactions with ngrok’s Traffic Policy Action, enhancing protection and reliability for your endpoints.
December 3, 2024
5
min read
Nijiko Yonskai
Nijiko Yonskai

Manage traffic at critical connection points with Traffic Policy phases

Learn how ngrok's phase-based Traffic Policy gives you granular traffic control in more places, from TCP connect through HTTP response, to take decisive action.
November 21, 2024
8
min read
Tammy Bailey
Tammy Bailey

Goodbye tunnels, hello agent endpoints

We've collapsed many flags into one for simplicity and unified naming conventions to flatten the learning curve. Join us in saying bye by updating your configs!
November 13, 2024
8
min read
Nijiko Yonskai
Nijiko Yonskai

Flexible and expressive traffic orchestration: introducing internal endpoints

Internal endpoints are secure, non-public endpoints that end with .internal, allowing you to route traffic based on headers, paths, subdomains, and more.
October 29, 2024
8
min read
Rachel Kolavo
Rachel Kolavo

How we built the Traffic Policy module and its actions

Traffic Policy is now the one true (and final!) way to shape your requests and responses. Let’s explore why we built it, how, and what it means for you.
October 23, 2024
15
min read
Sam Richard
Sam Richard

Visibility and limits: Keep track of your ngrok usage

Track your ngrok usage effectively with our dashboard, offering visibility into metrics like traffic, endpoints, and data transfers.
September 5, 2024
4
min read
Jonathan Stacks
Jonathan Stacks

Introducing Load Balancer support for ngrok Kubernetes Operator

Enhance Kubernetes operations with ngrok’s Load Balancer support, streamlining access and connectivity for services in your clusters.
Russ Savage
Russ Savage

Send ngrok Network Traffic Logs to Azure Monitor

Seamlessly integrate ngrok with Azure Monitor to forward network traffic logs for enhanced visibility and secure traffic management.
August 21, 2024
3
min read
Joel Hans
Joel Hans

Easier DNS configuration with subdomains and zones—and a switch

Using branded domains with ngrok? It’s never been easier or more error-proof to establish proper DNS zones for delegation and namespacing.
August 19, 2024
3
min read
Russ Savage
Russ Savage

It’s about time: Format timestamps and time zones in the ngrok dashboard

Customize timestamps in your ngrok dashboard to streamline debugging and enhance event observability across time zones.
July 24, 2024
3
min read
Nijiko Yonskai
Nijiko Yonskai

Traffic Policy Engine - What are CEL variables?

Harness the power of CEL variables in ngrok’s Traffic Policy Module to create dynamic, robust traffic filtering rules for your APIs.
July 1, 2024
4
min read
Russ Savage
Russ Savage

ngrok Accounts Now Require a Valid Payment Method to use TCP Endpoints

In an effort to curb abuse, a valid payment method must be added to your ngrok account, including the free tier, before using TCP endpoints.
June 13, 2024
3
min read
Russ Savage
Russ Savage

ngrok Network Traffic Inspector is now Generally Available with replay and additional retention

Capture, inspect, and replay traffic for up to 90 days from the ngrok dashboard with our Network Traffic Inspector, now GA.
June 10, 2024
3
min read
Russ Savage
Russ Savage

Automate Bot User creation and management with our new APIs

ngrok now features a new Bot Users API endpoint that allows you to automate the creation, management, and deletion of Bot Users in your account.
May 2, 2024
5
min read
Russ Savage
Russ Savage

ngrok Introduces Network Traffic Inspection - Available directly from the dashboard

Our new network traffic inspector provides network traffic observability for all endpoints. A modern PCAP in the cloud.
March 27, 2024
5
min read
Abdirahman Osman
Abdirahman Osman

Introducing support for the Kubernetes Gateway API in the ngrok Kubernetes Operator

Get all the benefits of ngrok with Kubernetes: effortless configuration, environment independence, security with resiliency, and acceleration.
Natasha Jarus
Natasha Jarus

Drive application performance and stability with global rate limiting

Master application stability and performance with ngrok's rate limiting, ensuring fair resource distribution and preventing overload.
March 18, 2024
5
min read
Nijiko Yonskai
Nijiko Yonskai

Introducing new domains for the ngrok global network

Discover ngrok's new domains: ngrok.pizza for free users and ngrok.pro for premium. Enable HTTP/HTTPS connections outside the HSTS preload list.
March 11, 2024
3
min read
Nijiko Yonskai
Nijiko Yonskai

Introducing ngrok's Traffic Policy module

Discover ngrok's Traffic Policy module: manage traffic across platforms using CEL and JSON/YAML, with flexible configurations and advanced logic.
February 21, 2024
5
min read
Nijiko Yonskai
Nijiko Yonskai

Introducing ngrok’s developer-defined API Gateway: Shifting the paradigm of API delivery

ngrok's API gateway includes traffic routing, JWT authentication and authorization for API security, rate limiting for ensuring fairness, preventing resource exhaustion of origin services, and flexible request/response manipulation - all powered by our new traffic policy engine.
February 15, 2024
3
min read
Blain Smith
Blain Smith

Introducing end-to-end HTTP/2 support from client to origin server

ngrok now supports HTTP/2 to speed up the traffic between client and server
January 17, 2024
3
min read
Mandy Hubbard
Mandy Hubbard

Get started with User Agent Filtering

ngrok users can now use the User Agent Filter module to filter traffic destined for upstream services based on the value of the HTTP user-agent request header.
December 14, 2023
5
min read
Mason Johnson
Mason Johnson

Our next generation firewall project

Read about how we have improved our firewall and created an open-source Firewall Toolkit in the process.
December 7, 2023
5
min read
Alan Shreve
Alan Shreve

Introducing Pay-as-you-go pricing for ngrok

New from ngrok: Pay-as-you-go pricing. Optimize costs by paying just for active endpoints, perfect for delivering apps and APIs to production.
October 31, 2023
5
min read
Frederico Hakamine
Frederico Hakamine

Product Updates: ngrok-go, ngrok-rs, OAuth & Webhooks for free

This month we've been busy with ngrok-go, ngrok-rust, making OAuth and webhook verification free for all plans, and traveling coast to coast and even to Europe.
April 6, 2023
7
min read
Nijiko Yonskai
Nijiko Yonskai

New ngrok domains now available

Announcing new ngrok domains for free and paid users. Automatically route traffic to the nearest region, providing visitors with a faster experience.
April 6, 2023
3
min read
Josh Robson Chase
Josh Robson Chase

Introducing ngrok-rs - safe and portable network ingress to your Rust apps 🦀

Today, we're excited to announce ngrok-rs, our native and idiomatic crate for embedding secure ingress directly into your Rust applications.
March 28, 2023
10
min read
Sam Richard
Sam Richard

Expanding ngrok's free plan with security in one line

We're adding our security features — OAuth and Webhook validation — to our free plan.
March 16, 2023
5
min read
Alan Shreve
Alan Shreve

Introducing ngrok-go: Ingress to Your Go Apps as a net.Listener

Announcing ngrok-go, for embedding secure ingress directly into your Go applications. ngrok-go is the ngrok agent packaged as a Go library.
March 9, 2023
10
min read
Russ Savage
Russ Savage

How ngrok Actively Combats Phishing Attacks

Phishing attacks are one of the most common attacks on the internet, and ngrok is committed to actively trying to stop them.
February 28, 2023
5
min read
Nijiko Yonskai
Nijiko Yonskai

New ngrok Global Network Domains coming soon

Announcing the release of our new ngrok Global Network domains for our free and paid users. Read to learn more about our upcoming Global Network capabilities.
February 20, 2023
3
min read
Frederico Hakamine
Frederico Hakamine

ngrok December update: Dashboard SSO, Identity-Aware Ingress

Improved security with Dashboard SSO & Identity-Aware Ingress, new docs, community contributions to webhook security, and open-source firewall tools for go.
December 21, 2022
5
min read
Russ Savage
Russ Savage

Single Sign-On for the ngrok Dashboard

Sign in to ngrok easier with SSO
November 9, 2022
5
min read