authentik version/2026.5.0stable Released May 22, 2026
Impact Score: 5/10

authentik: Release 2026.5.0

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⚑ Executive Summary (TL;DR)

authentik version/2026.5.0. Source highlight: See https://docs.goauthentik.io/docs/releases/2026.5

Who Does This Impact? (Role-Based Analysis)

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πŸ“Š Product & Engineering Leads

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✨ New Features & Capabilities (6)

  • website/docs: release notes 2026.5: add section about package reduction (cherry-pick #22308 to version-2026.5) by @authentik-automation[bot] in https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/pull/22324
  • enterprise/providers/scim: add support for interactive OAuth2 (cherry-pick #22072 to version-2026.5) by @authentik-automation[bot] in https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/pull/22337
  • website/docs: Add invitation wizard docs (cherry-pick #22069 to version-2026.5) by @authentik-automation[bot] in https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/pull/22316
  • providers/saml: Add sls to saml overview (cherry-pick #22183 to version-2026.5) by @authentik-automation[bot] in https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/pull/22368
  • website/docs: add integrations to 2026.5 release notes (cherry-pick #22416 to version-2026.5) by @authentik-automation[bot] in https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/pull/22444
  • website/docs: add global to values.yaml snippets and update version (cherry-pick #22524 to version-2026.5) by @authentik-automation[bot] in https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/pull/22531

πŸ”§ Bug Fixes & Patches (6)

  • website/docs: fix email link in CVE-2026-40166 (cherry-pick #22331 to version-2026.5) by @authentik-automation[bot] in https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/pull/22334
  • website/docs: fix typos and style issues (cherry-pick #22141 to version-2026.5) by @authentik-automation[bot] in https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/pull/22189
  • website/docs: 2026.5 release notes: fix performance improvements wording (cherry-pick #22307 to version-2026.5) by @authentik-automation[bot] in https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/pull/22309
  • web: Fix issue where default user path is not preferred. (cherry-pick #22139 to version-2026.5) by @authentik-automation[bot] in https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/pull/22364
  • root: fix gitignore binary paths (cherry-pick #22445 to version-2026.5) by @authentik-automation[bot] in https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/pull/22485
  • enterprise/stages/mtls: attempt fix freezegun (cherry-pick #22474 to version-2026.5) by @authentik-automation[bot] in https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/pull/22501
πŸ“„ View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)
See https://docs.goauthentik.io/docs/releases/2026.5 ## What's Changed * endpoints: remove `print` line (cherry-pick #22325 to version-2026.5) by @authentik-automation[bot] in https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/pull/22327 * website/docs: release notes 2026.5: add section about package reduction (cherry-pick #22308 to version-2026.5) by @authentik-automation[bot] in https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/pull/22324 * website/docs: fix email link in CVE-2026-40166 (cherry-pick #22331 to version-2026.5) by @authentik-automation[bot] in https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/pull/22334 * enterprise/providers/scim: add support for interactive OAuth2 (cherry-pick #22072 to version-2026.5) by @authentik-automation[bot] in https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/pull/22337 * website/docs: fix typos and style issues (cherry-pick #22141 to version-2026.5) by @authentik-automation[bot] in https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/pull/22189 * website/integrations: Update all guides to match auto generated issuer (cherry-pick #22180 to version-2026.5) by @authentik-automation[bot] in https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/pull/22346 * website/integrations: remove sp binding field (cherry-pick #22200 to version-2026.5) by @authentik-automation[bot] in https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/pull/22348 * website/docs: 2026.5 release notes: fix performance improvements wording (cherry-pick #22307 to version-2026.5) by @authentik-automation[bot] in https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/pull/22309 * web: Fix issue where default user path is not preferred. (cherry-pick #22139 to version-2026.5) by @authentik-automation[bot] in https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/pull/22364 * website/docs: Add invitation wizard docs (cherry-pick #22069 to version-2026.5) by @authentik-automation[bot] in https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/pull/22316 * website/docs, integrations: SAML docs endpoint updates (cherry-pick #22197 to version-2026.5) by @authentik-automation[bot] in https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/pull/22347 * providers/saml: Add sls to saml overview (cherry-pick #22183 to version-2026.5) by @authentik-automation[bot] in https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/pull/22368 * flows: remove link to overview for non-internal user (cherry-pick #22362 to version-2026.5) by @authentik-automation[bot] in https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/pull/22371 * enterprise/stages/mtls: freeze time for expired certs (cherry-pick #22411 to version-2026.5) by @authentik-automation[bot] in https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/pull/22415 * website: Docs and README new screenshots (cherry-pick #22341 to version-2026.5) by @authentik-automation[bot] in https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/pull/22441 * web, website: Update name to application dashboard (cherry-pick #22190 to version-2026.5) by @authentik-automation[bot] in https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/pull/22374 * web/table: fetch on first render when already visible (cherry-pick #22376 to version-2026.5) by @authentik-automation[bot] in https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/pull/22438 * website/docs: providers: update UI terms (cherry-pick #22136 to version-2026.5) by @authentik-automation[bot] in https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/pull/22443 * providers/saml: Properly import audience from metadata. (cherry-pick #22181 to version-2026.5) by @authentik-automation[bot] in https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/pull/22449 * website/docs: add integrations to 2026.5 release notes (cherry-pick #22416 to version-2026.5) by @authentik-automation[bot] in https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/pull/22444 * root: configure freezegun to exclude cryptography (cherry-pick #22442 to version-2026.5) by @authentik-automation[bot] in https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/pull/22448 * website/docs: first batch of updates for new Binding wizard (cherry-pick #22393 to version-2026.5) by @authentik-automation[bot] in https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/pull/22450 * root: fix gitignore binary paths (cherry-pick #22445 to version-2026.5) by @authentik-automation[bot] in https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/pull/22485 * enterprise/stages/mtls: attempt fix freezegun (cherry-pick #22474 to version-2026.5) by @authentik-automation[bot] in https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/pull/22501 * outposts: fix stale version in OutpostState (cherry-pick #22487 to version-2026.5) by @authentik-automation[bot] in https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/pull/22505 * website/docs: update saml source to include details on force authenti… (cherry-pick #22488 to version-2026.5) by @authentik-automation[bot] in https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/pull/22510 * website/docs: add global to values.yaml snippets and update version (cherry-pick #22524 to version-2026.5) by @authentik-automation[bot] in https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/pull/22531 * core: bump goauthentik/fips-python from 3.14.3-slim-trixie-fips to 3.14.5-slim-trixie-fips in /lifecycle/container (cherry-pick #22518 to version-2026.5) by @authentik-automation[bot] in https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/pull/22529 * website/docs: release notes: add absorb lms to integrations (cherry-pick #22534 to version-2026.5) by @authentik-automation[bot] in https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/pull/22537 * providers/saml: handle XML declarations in unified endpoint (cherry-pick #22455 to version-2026.5) by @authentik-automation[bot] in https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/pull/22539 * events: fix certificate typo (cherry-pick #22542 to version-2026.5) by @authentik-automation[bot] in https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/pull/22547 * website/release: Release notes updates (cherry-pick #22543 to version-2026.5) by @authentik-automation[bot] in https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/pull/22545 **Full Changelog**: https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/compare/version/2026.5.0-rc2...version/2026.5.0