authentik version/2026.8.1 released on 01-09-2026
authentik version/2026.8.1 is out now. It’s a maintenance and bugfix release addressing stability, interoperability and security issues across core authentication flows, connectors, the administrative UI and deployment artefacts.
Consult the project’s GitHub release page or the official release notes for full details and upgrade instructions: official release notes.
What’s in this release
- Security and session hardenings: improved token and session handling, fixes for edge-case session expiry and CSRF/token validation behaviours.
- Authentication flows and connector fixes: resolved assertion and redirect failures, better error handling for provider outages, and stability improvements for LDAP, SAML and OIDC integrations.
- Deployment and packaging fixes: Helm chart and operator tweaks, container/image tag and startup-order corrections, and migration/upgrade path fixes to reduce upgrade friction.
Upgrade notes
- No breaking changes are reported in the release notes; follow the documented upgrade path in the official release notes linked above.
- If you encounter problems, use your deployment platform’s standard rollback procedure; the release includes migration fixes intended to smooth upgrades.
Let us know how the upgrade goes — share any issues or observations on the project’s issue tracker or community channels.
