v16.5.17

gravitational/teleportv16.5.17Sep 23, 2025by fheinecke

AI Summary

Teleport v16.5.17 is a patch release focused on bug fixes and stability improvements across multiple components including the install script, tctl commands, app access, database IAM configurator, and tsh config handling.

Key Highlights

  • Made the check for a running Teleport process in install-node.sh script more robust
  • Fixed tctl edit error when modifying Bot resources
  • Fixed database IAM configurator getting stuck and never recovering
  • Improved app access error messages for network errors
  • Fixed tsh config binary path after managed updates

Full Release Notes

## Description

* Made the check for a running Teleport process in the install-node.sh script more robust. [#59494](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/pull/59494)
* Fixed `tctl edit` producing an error when trying to modify a Bot resource. [#59482](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/pull/59482)
* Improved app access error messages in case of network error. [#59466](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/pull/59466)
* Fixed database IAM configurator potentially getting stuck and never recovering (#59290). [#59419](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/pull/59419)
* Fixed `tsh config` binary path after managed updates. [#59386](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/pull/59386)


## 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-v16.5.17-linux-amd64-bin.tar.gz) | [Linux arm64](https://cdn.teleport.dev/teleport-access-slack-v16.5.17-linux-arm64-bin.tar.gz) 
* Mattermost [Linux amd64](https://cdn.teleport.dev/teleport-access-mattermost-v16.5.17-linux-amd64-bin.tar.gz) | [Linux arm64](https://cdn.teleport.dev/teleport-access-mattermost-v16.5.17-linux-arm64-bin.tar.gz)
* Discord [Linux amd64](https://cdn.teleport.dev/teleport-access-discord-v16.5.17-linux-amd64-bin.tar.gz) | [Linux arm64](https://cdn.teleport.dev/teleport-access-discord-v16.5.17-linux-arm64-bin.tar.gz)
* Terraform Provider [Linux amd64](https://cdn.teleport.dev/terraform-provider-teleport-v16.5.17-linux-amd64-bin.tar.gz) | [Linux arm64](https://cdn.teleport.dev/terraform-provider-teleport-v16.5.17-linux-arm64-bin.tar.gz) | [macOS amd64](https://cdn.teleport.dev/terraform-provider-teleport-v16.5.17-darwin-amd64-bin.tar.gz) | [macOS arm64](https://cdn.teleport.dev/terraform-provider-teleport-v16.5.17-darwin-arm64-bin.tar.gz) | [macOS universal](https://cdn.teleport.dev/terraform-provider-teleport-v16.5.17-darwin-universal-bin.tar.gz)
* Event Handler [Linux amd64](https://cdn.teleport.dev/teleport-event-handler-v16.5.17-linux-amd64-bin.tar.gz) | [Linux arm64](https://cdn.teleport.dev/teleport-event-handler-v16.5.17-linux-arm64-bin.tar.gz) | [macOS amd64](https://cdn.teleport.dev/teleport-event-handler-v16.5.17-darwin-amd64-bin.tar.gz)
* PagerDuty [Linux amd64](https://cdn.teleport.dev/teleport-access-pagerduty-v16.5.17-linux-amd64-bin.tar.gz) | [Linux arm64](https://cdn.teleport.dev/teleport-access-pagerduty-v16.5.17-linux-arm64-bin.tar.gz)
* Jira [Linux amd64](https://cdn.teleport.dev/teleport-access-jira-v16.5.17-linux-amd64-bin.tar.gz) | [Linux arm64](https://cdn.teleport.dev/teleport-access-jira-v16.5.17-linux-arm64-bin.tar.gz)
* Email [Linux amd64](https://cdn.teleport.dev/teleport-access-email-v16.5.17-linux-amd64-bin.tar.gz) | [Linux arm64](https://cdn.teleport.dev/teleport-access-email-v16.5.17-linux-arm64-bin.tar.gz)
* Microsoft Teams [Linux amd64](https://cdn.teleport.dev/teleport-access-msteams-v16.5.17-linux-amd64-bin.tar.gz) | [Linux arm64](https://cdn.teleport.dev/teleport-access-msteams-v16.5.17-linux-arm64-bin.tar.gz)