Impact Score: 5/10
authentik: Release 2025.8.5
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Component: authentik · Channel: stable. Automated analysis, not a compatibility certification. How this works.
Analysis updated: 2026-11-01.
⚡ Executive Summary (TL;DR)
authentik version/2025.8.5. Source highlight: See https://docs.goauthentik.io/docs/releases/2025.8#fixed-in-202585
Who Does This Impact? (Role-Based Analysis)
💻 Software Engineers & Devs
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📊 Product & Engineering Leads
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⚙️ DevOps & Security
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✨ New Features & Capabilities (4)
- website/docs: add entra id scim source (cherry-pick #17357 to version-2025.8) by @authentik-automation[bot] in https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/pull/17362
- website/docs: add email config section (cherry-pick #16727 to version-2025.8) by @authentik-automation[bot] in https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/pull/17364
- website: add powershell syntax highlighting and bump package (cherry-pick #16683) by @authentik-automation[bot] in https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/pull/16721
- website/docs: add 2025.8.5 and 2025.10.2 release notes (cherry-pick #18268 to version-2025.8) by @authentik-automation[bot] in https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/pull/18269
🔧 Bug Fixes & Patches (6)
- packages/django-dramatiq-postgres: broker: fix task expiration (cherry-pick #17178 to version-2025.8) by @authentik-automation[bot] in https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/pull/17217
- packages/django-dramatiq-postgres: fix error when updating task with no changes (cherry-pick #16728 to version-2025.8) by @authentik-automation[bot] in https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/pull/17238
- core: fix absolute and relative path file uploads (cherry-pick #17269 to version-2025.8) by @authentik-automation[bot] in https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/pull/17272
- web: Fix behavior for modals configured with closeAfterSuccessfulSubmit (cherry-pick #17277 to version-2025.8) by @authentik-automation[bot] in https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/pull/17299
- web/admin: fix incorrect placeholder for scim provider (cherry-pick #17308 to version-2025.8) by @authentik-automation[bot] in https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/pull/17309
- ci: fix migrate-from-stable for old versions
📄 View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)
See https://docs.goauthentik.io/docs/releases/2025.8#fixed-in-202585
## What's Changed
* website/docs: developer docs: adjust sentence for writing docs (cherry-pick #17137 to version-2025.8) by @authentik-automation[bot] in https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/pull/17142
* build(deps): bump django from 5.1.12 to 5.1.13 (cherry-pick #17198 to version-2025.8) by @authentik-automation[bot] in https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/pull/17199
* packages/django-dramatiq-postgres: broker: fix task expiration (cherry-pick #17178 to version-2025.8) by @authentik-automation[bot] in https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/pull/17217
* packages/django-dramatiq-postgres: fix error when updating task with no changes (cherry-pick #16728 to version-2025.8) by @authentik-automation[bot] in https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/pull/17238
* tasks/middlewares/messages: make sure exceptions are always logged (cherry-pick #17237 to version-2025.8) by @authentik-automation[bot] in https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/pull/17248
* core: fix absolute and relative path file uploads (cherry-pick #17269 to version-2025.8) by @authentik-automation[bot] in https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/pull/17272
* web: Fix behavior for modals configured with closeAfterSuccessfulSubmit (cherry-pick #17277 to version-2025.8) by @authentik-automation[bot] in https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/pull/17299
* lib/sync/outgoing: revert reduce number of db queries made (revert #14177) (cherry-pick #17306 to version-2025.8) by @authentik-automation[bot] in https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/pull/17330
* blueprints: ensure tasks retry on database errors (cherry-pick #17333 to version-2025.8) by @authentik-automation[bot] in https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/pull/17334
* web/admin: fix incorrect placeholder for scim provider (cherry-pick #17308 to version-2025.8) by @authentik-automation[bot] in https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/pull/17309
* website/docs: add entra id scim source (cherry-pick #17357 to version-2025.8) by @authentik-automation[bot] in https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/pull/17362
* website/docs: add email config section (cherry-pick #16727 to version-2025.8) by @authentik-automation[bot] in https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/pull/17364
* website: add powershell syntax highlighting and bump package (cherry-pick #16683) by @authentik-automation[bot] in https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/pull/16721
* website/docs: update SAML provider docs (cherry-pick #15887 to version-2025.8) by @authentik-automation[bot] in https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/pull/17583
* ci: rework internal repo (#17797) by @BeryJu in https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/pull/17830
* ci: fix migrate-from-stable for old versions by @BeryJu in https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/pull/18018
* core: bump Django from 5.1.13 to 5.1.14 for 2025.8 by @melizeche in https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/pull/17968
* internal: Automated internal backport: 1498-oauth2-cc-user-active.sec.patch to authentik-2025.8 by @authentik-automation[bot] in https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/pull/18262
* internal: Automated internal backport: 1487-invitation-expiry.sec.patch to authentik-2025.8 by @authentik-automation[bot] in https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/pull/18261
* internal: Automated internal backport: 5000-sidebar.sec.patch to authentik-2025.8 by @authentik-automation[bot] in https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/pull/18263
* website/docs: add 2025.8.5 and 2025.10.2 release notes (cherry-pick #18268 to version-2025.8) by @authentik-automation[bot] in https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/pull/18269
**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/compare/version/2025.8.4...version/2025.8.5