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v16.5.1

gravitational/teleportv16.5.1Apr 9, 2025by fheinecke

AI Summary

Teleport v16.5.1 is a patch release focused on backend performance improvements and new features for workload identity and Kubernetes app discovery. Key fixes include resolving DynamoDB throttling issues for high-shard tables and reducing backend load for Windows desktop clusters, while new functionality adds custom JWT-SVID claims support for Workload ID and sub-path annotation support for Kubernetes app discovery.

Key Highlights

  • Fixed throttling in DynamoDB backend event stream for tables with high stream shard counts
  • Reduced backend load in clusters with large numbers of Windows desktops
  • Workload ID now supports adding custom claims to JWT-SVIDs
  • Kubernetes app discovery supports additional annotation for sub-path HTTP services
  • Added tracking metadata to teleport-update

New Features

  • Workload ID: Support for adding custom claims to JWT-SVIDs
  • Kubernetes app discovery now supports an additional annotation for apps served on a sub-path of an HTTP service

Full Release Notes

## Description

* Added additional tracking metadata to teleport-update. [#53829](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/pull/53829)
* Fixed throttling in the DynamoDB backend event stream for tables with a high amount of stream shards. [#53805](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/pull/53805)
* Reduce backend load in clusters with large numbers of Windows desktops. [#53720](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/pull/53720)
* Workload ID: Support for adding custom claims to JWT-SVIDs. [#53586](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/pull/53586)
* Kubernetes app discovery now supports an additional annotation for apps that are served on a sub-path of an HTTP service. [#53095](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/pull/53095)


## Download
Download the current and previous releases of Teleport at https://goteleport.com/download.

## Plugins

Download the current release of Teleport plugins from the links below.
* Slack [Linux amd64](https://cdn.teleport.dev/teleport-access-slack-v16.5.1-linux-amd64-bin.tar.gz) | [Linux arm64](https://cdn.teleport.dev/teleport-access-slack-v16.5.1-linux-arm64-bin.tar.gz) 
* Mattermost [Linux amd64](https://cdn.teleport.dev/teleport-access-mattermost-v16.5.1-linux-amd64-bin.tar.gz) | [Linux arm64](https://cdn.teleport.dev/teleport-access-mattermost-v16.5.1-linux-arm64-bin.tar.gz)
* Discord [Linux amd64](https://cdn.teleport.dev/teleport-access-discord-v16.5.1-linux-amd64-bin.tar.gz) | [Linux arm64](https://cdn.teleport.dev/teleport-access-discord-v16.5.1-linux-arm64-bin.tar.gz)
* Terraform Provider [Linux amd64](https://cdn.teleport.dev/terraform-provider-teleport-v16.5.1-linux-amd64-bin.tar.gz) | [Linux arm64](https://cdn.teleport.dev/terraform-provider-teleport-v16.5.1-linux-arm64-bin.tar.gz) | [macOS amd64](https://cdn.teleport.dev/terraform-provider-teleport-v16.5.1-darwin-amd64-bin.tar.gz) | [macOS arm64](https://cdn.teleport.dev/terraform-provider-teleport-v16.5.1-darwin-arm64-bin.tar.gz) | [macOS universal](https://cdn.teleport.dev/terraform-provider-teleport-v16.5.1-darwin-universal-bin.tar.gz)
* Event Handler [Linux amd64](https://cdn.teleport.dev/teleport-event-handler-v16.5.1-linux-amd64-bin.tar.gz) | [Linux arm64](https://cdn.teleport.dev/teleport-event-handler-v16.5.1-linux-arm64-bin.tar.gz) | [macOS amd64](https://cdn.teleport.dev/teleport-event-handler-v16.5.1-darwin-amd64-bin.tar.gz)
* PagerDuty [Linux amd64](https://cdn.teleport.dev/teleport-access-pagerduty-v16.5.1-linux-amd64-bin.tar.gz) | [Linux arm64](https://cdn.teleport.dev/teleport-access-pagerduty-v16.5.1-linux-arm64-bin.tar.gz)
* Jira [Linux amd64](https://cdn.teleport.dev/teleport-access-jira-v16.5.1-linux-amd64-bin.tar.gz) | [Linux arm64](https://cdn.teleport.dev/teleport-access-jira-v16.5.1-linux-arm64-bin.tar.gz)
* Email [Linux amd64](https://cdn.teleport.dev/teleport-access-email-v16.5.1-linux-amd64-bin.tar.gz) | [Linux arm64](https://cdn.teleport.dev/teleport-access-email-v16.5.1-linux-arm64-bin.tar.gz)
* Microsoft Teams [Linux amd64](https://cdn.teleport.dev/teleport-access-msteams-v16.5.1-linux-amd64-bin.tar.gz) | [Linux arm64](https://cdn.teleport.dev/teleport-access-msteams-v16.5.1-linux-arm64-bin.tar.gz)