version/2026.5.0

goauthentik/authentikversion/2026.5.0May 22, 2026by authentik-automation[bot]

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AI Summary

A major release introducing interactive OAuth2 support for SCIM providers, enhanced documentation, and various performance/UI improvements across the 2026.5 series.

Key Highlights

  • Enterprise SCIM provider now supports interactive OAuth2 flows.
  • Significant documentation updates including new screenshots and UI terminology changes.
  • Web flow improvements including continuous login fixes and default user path preference.
  • SAML provider improvements including audience parsing from metadata.

New Features

  • Add support for interactive OAuth2 in SCIM providers.
  • Web table performance improvements (fetch on first render).
  • Binding wizard documentation updates.
  • Updates to integration guides and SAML docs.

Full Release Notes

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

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