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v16.5.6

gravitational/teleportv16.5.6Apr 30, 2025by fheinecke

AI Summary

Teleport v16.5.6 is a maintenance release focused on plugin improvements and bug fixes. Key changes include adding a Hardware Key Agent to Teleport Connect with PIN caching support, increasing the email plugin timeout, and fixing a potential panic during Auth Server startup.

Key Highlights

  • Added Hardware Key Agent to Teleport Connect with PIN caching support (cap.hardware_key.pin_cache_ttl)
  • Fixed potential panic during Auth Server startup when backend returns an error
  • Increased email access plugin timeout from 5 to 15 seconds
  • Included access request max duration in MS Teams plugin messages

New Features

  • Hardware Key Agent in Teleport Connect - handles prompts on behalf of tsh and tctl clients
  • New cluster option: cap.hardware_key.pin_cache_ttl for PIN caching between client calls
  • MS Teams plugin now displays access request max duration in messages
  • Email plugin timeout increased from 5 to 15 seconds for better reliability

Full Release Notes

## Description

* Included access request's max duration in MsTeams plugin messages. [#54387](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/pull/54387)
* Increased the email access plugin timeout for sending e-mails from 5 to 15 seconds. [#54380](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/pull/54380)
* Fixed a potential panic during Auth Server startup when the backend returns an error. [#54326](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/pull/54326)
* Added a Hardware Key Agent to Teleport Connect along with other significant UX improvements for Hardware Key support. With the agent enabled, Teleport Connect will handle prompts on behalf of other Teleport Clients (tsh, tctl), with an additional option to cache the PIN between client calls (New cluster option:cap.hardware_key.pin_cache_ttl). [#54298](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/pull/54298)



## 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-v16.5.6-linux-amd64-bin.tar.gz) | [Linux arm64](https://cdn.teleport.dev/teleport-access-slack-v16.5.6-linux-arm64-bin.tar.gz) 
* Mattermost [Linux amd64](https://cdn.teleport.dev/teleport-access-mattermost-v16.5.6-linux-amd64-bin.tar.gz) | [Linux arm64](https://cdn.teleport.dev/teleport-access-mattermost-v16.5.6-linux-arm64-bin.tar.gz)
* Discord [Linux amd64](https://cdn.teleport.dev/teleport-access-discord-v16.5.6-linux-amd64-bin.tar.gz) | [Linux arm64](https://cdn.teleport.dev/teleport-access-discord-v16.5.6-linux-arm64-bin.tar.gz)
* Terraform Provider [Linux amd64](https://cdn.teleport.dev/terraform-provider-teleport-v16.5.6-linux-amd64-bin.tar.gz) | [Linux arm64](https://cdn.teleport.dev/terraform-provider-teleport-v16.5.6-linux-arm64-bin.tar.gz) | [macOS amd64](https://cdn.teleport.dev/terraform-provider-teleport-v16.5.6-darwin-amd64-bin.tar.gz) | [macOS arm64](https://cdn.teleport.dev/terraform-provider-teleport-v16.5.6-darwin-arm64-bin.tar.gz) | [macOS universal](https://cdn.teleport.dev/terraform-provider-teleport-v16.5.6-darwin-universal-bin.tar.gz)
* Event Handler [Linux amd64](https://cdn.teleport.dev/teleport-event-handler-v16.5.6-linux-amd64-bin.tar.gz) | [Linux arm64](https://cdn.teleport.dev/teleport-event-handler-v16.5.6-linux-arm64-bin.tar.gz) | [macOS amd64](https://cdn.teleport.dev/teleport-event-handler-v16.5.6-darwin-amd64-bin.tar.gz)
* PagerDuty [Linux amd64](https://cdn.teleport.dev/teleport-access-pagerduty-v16.5.6-linux-amd64-bin.tar.gz) | [Linux arm64](https://cdn.teleport.dev/teleport-access-pagerduty-v16.5.6-linux-arm64-bin.tar.gz)
* Jira [Linux amd64](https://cdn.teleport.dev/teleport-access-jira-v16.5.6-linux-amd64-bin.tar.gz) | [Linux arm64](https://cdn.teleport.dev/teleport-access-jira-v16.5.6-linux-arm64-bin.tar.gz)
* Email [Linux amd64](https://cdn.teleport.dev/teleport-access-email-v16.5.6-linux-amd64-bin.tar.gz) | [Linux arm64](https://cdn.teleport.dev/teleport-access-email-v16.5.6-linux-arm64-bin.tar.gz)
* Microsoft Teams [Linux amd64](https://cdn.teleport.dev/teleport-access-msteams-v16.5.6-linux-amd64-bin.tar.gz) | [Linux arm64](https://cdn.teleport.dev/teleport-access-msteams-v16.5.6-linux-arm64-bin.tar.gz)