Why AI Agents Need Their Own Identity: Lessons from 2025 and Resolutions for 2026
As we close out 2025, it's time to reflect on the hard lessons learned from deploying AI agents in production environments. The promise of AI agents is compelling: autonomous systems that can handle complex tasks, make intelligent decisions, and execute actions on our behalf. But as several high-profile incidents this year have starkly demonstrated, this autonomy comes with unprecedented risks when proper identity and access management controls are absent.
WSO2 Changelog
- 23 May, 2026
Version Support for Action (Service Extension)
We are introducing version support for actions, allowing clear version boundaries and controlled upgrades. This ensures that existing service extensions can continue to operate safely within their current major version without any breaking changes. Administrators now have the ability to upgrade to the latest major version to take advantage of new features and enhanced capabilities, providing greater flexibility and control over service evolution.
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What is an MCP Gateway? Key Features and Benefits
API protocols evolve every few years. We have moved from SOAP to REST, then to GraphQL, gRPC, and AsyncAPI for event-driven systems. Now with the rise of large language models (LLMs) and AI agents, organizations need a new class of interfaces that allow agents to take action across real systems, not just generate text.