v18.6.5

gravitational/teleportv18.6.5Jan 29, 2026by fheinecke

AI Summary

Teleport 18.6.5 adds MCP token injection support, cluster alert management, and introduces a new SPIFFE SVID daemon set Helm chart.

Key Highlights

  • Added support for injecting Teleport-issued ID tokens into MCP requests
  • Added tctl alerts rm command for deleting cluster alerts
  • Introduced tbot-spiffe-daemon-set Helm chart for SPIFFE SVIDs
  • Added Terraform module for EC2 discovery configuration
  • Improved DynamoDB event backend performance for large searches

New Features

  • Teleport ID token injection into MCP requests for AWS Bedrock AgentCore MCP Gateway
  • tbot-spiffe-daemon-set Helm chart for Kubernetes SPIFFE SVIDs
  • tctl alerts rm command
  • Terraform module for AWS EC2 discovery
  • tbot systemd install --pid-file flag

Full Release Notes

## Description

* Fixed a `CredentialContainer` error when attempting to log in to the Web UI with a hardware key using Firefox >=147.0.2. [#63245](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/pull/63245)
* Added support for deleting cluster alerts via `tctl alerts rm <alertID>` command. [#63211](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/pull/63211)
* Updated OpenSSL to 3.0.19. [#63202](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/pull/63202)
* Added support for injecting Teleport-issued ID tokens into outgoing MCP requests, enabling integrations with MCP servers such as the AWS Bedrock AgentCore MCP Gateway that can validate tokens via OIDC discovery URL. [#63156](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/pull/63156)
* Export "additional_trusted_keys" when exporting TLS CAs, which includes new certificates generated in the "init" rotation phase. Reflected in "tctl auth export" and the "/webapi/auth/export" endpoint. [#63134](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/pull/63134)
* Updated indirect dependency go-chi/chi/v5 (addresses GO-2026-4316). [#63092](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/pull/63092)
* The `tbot systemd install` command now supports a `--pid-file` flag for setting the path to the PID file. [#63039](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/pull/63039)
* Allow kubeconfig and context to be explicitly configured for `tbot` `kubernetes_secret` destination. [#63037](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/pull/63037)
* Implemented "tctl get cert_authority/catype", in addition to the already existing "tctl get cert_authority" and "tctl get cert_authority/catype/domain". [#63027](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/pull/63027)
* Added a Terraform module to configure Teleport and AWS for EC2 discovery in an AWS account. [#63004](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/pull/63004)
* Added opt-in support to bootstrap the `teleport-plugin-event-handler` helm chart with MWI to auto-join Teleport clusters when Operator is enabled. [#63001](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/pull/63001)
* Added permissions to the `editor` role allowing users to view autoupdate agent reports. [#62973](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/pull/62973)
* Improved performance of large search queries for DynamoDB event backend. [#62890](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/pull/62890)
* Introduced tbot-spiffe-daemon-set helm chart for deploying a Daemon Set of tbot agents which serve SPIFFE SVIDs to Kubernetes pods via the SPIFFE Workload API. [#62583](https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/pull/62583)

Enterprise:
* Fixed an issue with the legacy Azure OIDC IdP SSO `issuer=sts.windows.net` where Teleport was unable to map Teleport roles from the groups claim available in the `id_token`.
* Added updated resources to SCIM audit events that create or change SCIM resources.
* Support multi-arch lock file population for the terraform provider.
* Added audit events to SCIM PATCH operations.
* Updated Entra ID plugin to support importing Entra ID group owners as Access List owners.
* Replaced enterprise downloads list view in Web UI with links to Public Downloads page.

## 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-v18.6.5-linux-amd64-bin.tar.gz) | [Linux arm64](https://cdn.teleport.dev/teleport-access-slack-v18.6.5-linux-arm64-bin.tar.gz) 
* Mattermost [Linux amd64](https://cdn.teleport.dev/teleport-access-mattermost-v18.6.5-linux-amd64-bin.tar.gz) | [Linux arm64](https://cdn.teleport.dev/teleport-access-mattermost-v18.6.5-linux-arm64-bin.tar.gz)
* Discord [Linux amd64](https://cdn.teleport.dev/teleport-access-discord-v18.6.5-linux-amd64-bin.tar.gz) | [Linux arm64](https://cdn.teleport.dev/teleport-access-discord-v18.6.5-linux-arm64-bin.tar.gz)
* Terraform Provider [Linux amd64](https://cdn.teleport.dev/terraform-provider-teleport-v18.6.5-linux-amd64-bin.tar.gz) | [Linux arm64](https://cdn.teleport.dev/terraform-provider-teleport-v18.6.5-linux-arm64-bin.tar.gz) | [macOS amd64](https://cdn.teleport.dev/terraform-provider-teleport-v18.6.5-darwin-amd64-bin.tar.gz) | [macOS arm64](https://cdn.teleport.dev/terraform-provider-teleport-v18.6.5-darwin-arm64-bin.tar.gz) | [macOS universal](https://cdn.teleport.dev/terraform-provider-teleport-v18.6.5-darwin-universal-bin.tar.gz)
* Event Handler [Linux amd64](https://cdn.teleport.dev/teleport-event-handler-v18.6.5-linux-amd64-bin.tar.gz) | [Linux arm64](https://cdn.teleport.dev/teleport-event-handler-v18.6.5-linux-arm64-bin.tar.gz) | [macOS amd64](https://cdn.teleport.dev/teleport-event-handler-v18.6.5-darwin-amd64-bin.tar.gz)
* PagerDuty [Linux amd64](https://cdn.teleport.dev/teleport-access-pagerduty-v18.6.5-linux-amd64-bin.tar.gz) | [Linux arm64](https://cdn.teleport.dev/teleport-access-pagerduty-v18.6.5-linux-arm64-bin.tar.gz)
* Jira [Linux amd64](https://cdn.teleport.dev/teleport-access-jira-v18.6.5-linux-amd64-bin.tar.gz) | [Linux arm64](https://cdn.teleport.dev/teleport-access-jira-v18.6.5-linux-arm64-bin.tar.gz)
* Email [Linux amd64](https://cdn.teleport.dev/teleport-access-email-v18.6.5-linux-amd64-bin.tar.gz) | [Linux arm64](https://cdn.teleport.dev/teleport-access-email-v18.6.5-linux-arm64-bin.tar.gz)
* Microsoft Teams [Linux amd64](https://cdn.teleport.dev/teleport-access-msteams-v18.6.5-linux-amd64-bin.tar.gz) | [Linux arm64](https://cdn.teleport.dev/teleport-access-msteams-v18.6.5-linux-arm64-bin.tar.gz)