# Keycloak 26.1.0 — Release & Upgrade Intelligence
- **Product:** Keycloak (https://www.keycloak.org)
- **Version:** 26.1.0
- **Released:** Jan 15, 2025
- **Impact Score:** 5/10
- **Breaking Changes:** Not verified
- **Canonical Analysis:** https://changelogs.us/keycloak/updates/26.1.0/

## Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Keycloak 26.1.0. Source highlight: Keycloak now uses by default its database to discover other nodes of the same cluster, which removes the need of additional network related configurations especially for cloud providers. It is also a default that will work out-of-the-box in cloud environments.