authentik 2026.8.0 is a major quarterly release introducing new identity management capabilities, protocol improvements, administrative enhancements, and platform fixes.

What's new

• Added support for OIDC Dynamic Client Registration.
• Introduced user expiration capabilities to improve automated user offboarding and identity lifecycle management.
• Added user tokens and application passwords to the user credential management interface.
• Includes additional improvements to authentication, federation, SCIM, WebAuthn, and identity management workflows.
• Provides numerous bug fixes and platform reliability improvements accumulated since the 2026.5 release series.

Important upgrade information

authentik 2026.8.0 is a major release rather than a patch update. Administrators should review the final breaking changes, upgrade instructions, and configuration changes before upgrading from the 2026.5 release series.

Recommendation

Production environments should wait for the final generally available release of authentik 2026.8.0. Organizations interested in the new functionality can evaluate the release candidate in a non-production environment while reviewing compatibility with existing providers, sources, outposts, flows, and integrations.