Google adds MCP support to Apigee hybrid with data plane in customer clusters
Overview
Google says Apigee hybrid 1.17.0, released September 14, 2026, adds support for the Model Context Protocol (MCP).
The MCP data plane runs inside the customer's own Kubernetes cluster, so MCP request traffic stays in that cluster. Google's control plane supplies only tool configuration, which the cluster pulls.
The report comes from Google's own Developers Blog, published October 13, 2026. It does not report customer adoption or independent testing.
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AIGoogle says Apigee hybrid 1.17.0, released September 14, 2026, now supports Model Context Protocol, with the MCP data plane running inside the customer's own Kubernetes cluster. MCP request traffic stays in the cluster, while the control plane only supplies tool configuration that the cluster pulls.
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