v16.5.16

gravitational/teleportv16.5.16Sep 19, 2025by doggydogworld

AI Summary

Teleport v16.5.16 is a patch release focused on bug fixes and usability improvements, including fixes for EKS auto-enrollment in Web UI, client tools managed updates, and Entra ID integration. The release also adds new features like fdpass-teleport binary to install scripts, annotation-based control for Kubernetes app descriptions, and improved Windows audit event logging.

Key Highlights

  • Fixed EKS cluster auto enrollment issue in Web UI
  • Added fdpass-teleport binary to Teleport tar downloads install script
  • Updated Go to version 1.24.7
  • Added desktop name for Windows Directory and Clipboard audit events
  • Fixed Entra ID integration to filter invalid user accounts that blocked syncing

New Features

  • Added desktop name for Windows Directory and Clipboard audit events
  • Install script allows specifying a group for agent installation with managed updates V2 enabled
  • Added fdpass-teleport binary to install script for Teleport tar downloads
  • Allow controlling the description of auto-discovered Kubernetes apps with an annotation
  • Prevents an application from being registered if its public address matches a Teleport cluster address
  • Entra ID integration now filters user accounts with unsupported username values

Full Release Notes

## Description

* Fix issue preventing auto enrollment of EKS clusters when using the Web UI. [#59274](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/pull/59274)
* Added desktop name for Windows Directory and Clipboard audit events. [#59158](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/pull/59158)
* Fixed client tools managed updates sequential update. [#59090](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/pull/59090)
* Install script allows specifying a group for agent installation with managed updates V2 enabled. [#59061](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/pull/59061)
* Added fdpass-teleport binary to install script for Teleport tar downloads. [#58921](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/pull/58921)
* Updated Go to 1.24.7. [#58837](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/pull/58837)
* Allow controlling the description of auto-discovered Kubernetes apps with an annotation. [#58815](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/pull/58815)
* Prevents an application from being registered if its public address matches a Teleport cluster address. [#58768](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/pull/58768)

Enterprise:
* Fixed an issue in the Entra ID integration where a user account with an unsupported username value could prevent other valid users and groups to be synced to Teleport. Such user accounts are now filtered.

## 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-v16.5.16-linux-amd64-bin.tar.gz) | [Linux arm64](https://cdn.teleport.dev/teleport-access-slack-v16.5.16-linux-arm64-bin.tar.gz) 
* Mattermost [Linux amd64](https://cdn.teleport.dev/teleport-access-mattermost-v16.5.16-linux-amd64-bin.tar.gz) | [Linux arm64](https://cdn.teleport.dev/teleport-access-mattermost-v16.5.16-linux-arm64-bin.tar.gz)
* Discord [Linux amd64](https://cdn.teleport.dev/teleport-access-discord-v16.5.16-linux-amd64-bin.tar.gz) | [Linux arm64](https://cdn.teleport.dev/teleport-access-discord-v16.5.16-linux-arm64-bin.tar.gz)
* Terraform Provider [Linux amd64](https://cdn.teleport.dev/terraform-provider-teleport-v16.5.16-linux-amd64-bin.tar.gz) | [Linux arm64](https://cdn.teleport.dev/terraform-provider-teleport-v16.5.16-linux-arm64-bin.tar.gz) | [macOS amd64](https://cdn.teleport.dev/terraform-provider-teleport-v16.5.16-darwin-amd64-bin.tar.gz) | [macOS arm64](https://cdn.teleport.dev/terraform-provider-teleport-v16.5.16-darwin-arm64-bin.tar.gz) | [macOS universal](https://cdn.teleport.dev/terraform-provider-teleport-v16.5.16-darwin-universal-bin.tar.gz)
* Event Handler [Linux amd64](https://cdn.teleport.dev/teleport-event-handler-v16.5.16-linux-amd64-bin.tar.gz) | [Linux arm64](https://cdn.teleport.dev/teleport-event-handler-v16.5.16-linux-arm64-bin.tar.gz) | [macOS amd64](https://cdn.teleport.dev/teleport-event-handler-v16.5.16-darwin-amd64-bin.tar.gz)
* PagerDuty [Linux amd64](https://cdn.teleport.dev/teleport-access-pagerduty-v16.5.16-linux-amd64-bin.tar.gz) | [Linux arm64](https://cdn.teleport.dev/teleport-access-pagerduty-v16.5.16-linux-arm64-bin.tar.gz)
* Jira [Linux amd64](https://cdn.teleport.dev/teleport-access-jira-v16.5.16-linux-amd64-bin.tar.gz) | [Linux arm64](https://cdn.teleport.dev/teleport-access-jira-v16.5.16-linux-arm64-bin.tar.gz)
* Email [Linux amd64](https://cdn.teleport.dev/teleport-access-email-v16.5.16-linux-amd64-bin.tar.gz) | [Linux arm64](https://cdn.teleport.dev/teleport-access-email-v16.5.16-linux-arm64-bin.tar.gz)
* Microsoft Teams [Linux amd64](https://cdn.teleport.dev/teleport-access-msteams-v16.5.16-linux-amd64-bin.tar.gz) | [Linux arm64](https://cdn.teleport.dev/teleport-access-msteams-v16.5.16-linux-arm64-bin.tar.gz)