# authentik version/2026.8.0 — Release & Upgrade Intelligence
- **Product:** authentik (https://goauthentik.io)
- **Version:** version/2026.8.0
- **Released:** Aug 18, 2026
- **Impact Score:** 5/10
- **Breaking Changes:** Not verified
- **Canonical Analysis:** https://changelogs.us/authentik/updates/version-2026.8.0/

## Executive Summary (TL;DR)
authentik version/2026.8.0. Source highlight: See https://docs.goauthentik.io/docs/releases/2026.8

## New Features
- website/docs: add object attributes doc (cherry-pick #24437 to version-2026.8) by @authentik-cherry-pick[bot] in https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/pull/24988
- sources/saml: add audience override field for SAML sources (cherry-pick #25029 to version-2026.8) by @authentik-cherry-pick[bot] in https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/pull/25033
- website/docs: add 2026.8 release note for task status change (cherry-pick #25044 to version-2026.8) by @authentik-cherry-pick[bot] in https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/pull/25045
- website/docs: match UI label capitalization and add a style rule (cherry-pick #25080 to version-2026.8) by @authentik-cherry-pick[bot] in https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/pull/25084
- enterprise/endpoints/connectors/agent: add login_hint to auth_ia (cherry-pick #25122 to version-2026.8) by @authentik-cherry-pick[bot] in https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/pull/25124
- website/docs: agents: add doc (cherry-pick #24826 to version-2026.8) by @authentik-cherry-pick[bot] in https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/pull/25150

## Bug Fixes
- providers/oauth2: fix dcr missing csrf_exempt (cherry-pick #24983 to version-2026.8) by @authentik-cherry-pick[bot] in https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/pull/24989
- web/admin: fix missing preview banner for object attributes (cherry-pick #24982 to version-2026.8) by @authentik-cherry-pick[bot] in https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/pull/24990
- web/elements: fix prioritization in form serialization for dotted input-fields (cherry-pick #24987 to version-2026.8) by @authentik-cherry-pick[bot] in https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/pull/24996
- web: Fix content_left/right layouts. (cherry-pick #25025 to version-2026.8) by @authentik-cherry-pick[bot] in https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/pull/25030
- web: Fix mangled nested CSS in compatibility mode. (cherry-pick #25053 to version-2026.8) by @authentik-cherry-pick[bot] in https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/pull/25063
- providers/scim: fix group membership removals (cherry-pick #25024 to version-2026.8) by @authentik-cherry-pick[bot] in https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/pull/25067