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• Promote HTTP optimized serializers feature to supported

  area/dist/quarkusarea/performancekind/enhancementpriority/importantstatus/blocked-externalteam/cloud-native
  enhancement

  keycloak/keycloak#45157 · Filter by author mabartos opened on Jan 6, 2026 · 27.0 Development Milestone
  11

• Deprecate the podTemplate field

  area/operatorkind/enhancementteam/cloud-native
  enhancement

  keycloak/keycloak#40185 · Filter by author vmuzikar opened on Jun 3, 2025 · 27.0 Development Milestone
  1

• Add strategies to deal with workflow step failures

  area/workflowskind/enhancementstatus/triageteam/core-iam
  enhancement

  keycloak/keycloak#46317 · Filter by author sguilhen opened on Feb 13, 2026 · 27.0 Development Milestone

• Support for OID4VCI (OpenID for Verifiable Credential Issuance)

  area/oid4vckind/featureteam/core-protocols
  feature

  keycloak/keycloak#42889 · Filter by author VinodAnandan opened on Sep 23, 2025 · 27.0 Development Milestone
  6

• Automatic deletion and disabling of users

  kind/featurestatus/triageteam/core-iam

  18Filter by Votes: 18
  feature

  keycloak/keycloak#38108 · Filter by author stianst opened on Mar 14, 2025 · 27.0 Development Milestone
  6

• Ensure that all removed and logged out user sessions are tracked by an event

  kind/enhancementstatus/triageteam/core-iam
  enhancement

  keycloak/keycloak#44564 · Filter by author ahus1 opened on Nov 28, 2025 · 27.0 Development Milestone
  2

• PQC for OTLP exporter - support hybrid key exchange and enforcing of PQC modes

  area/observabilitykind/enhancementteam/cloud-nativeteam/production-readiness
  enhancement

  keycloak/keycloak#51255 · Filter by author michalvavrik opened on Jul 28, 2026 · 27.0 Development Milestone

• Review and create a plan around better secret handling in Keycloak

  kind/spiketeam/cloud-native
  spike

  keycloak/keycloak#43959 · Filter by author stianst opened on Nov 5, 2025 · 27.0 Development Milestone

• OTEL: Promote the OpenTelemetry Logs feature to supported

  area/observabilitykind/enhancementpriority/importantstatus/blocked-externalteam/cloud-nativeteam/production-readiness
  enhancement

  keycloak/keycloak#45158 · Filter by author mabartos opened on Jan 6, 2026 · 27.0 Development Milestone
  3

• OTEL: Promote the OpenTelemetry Metrics feature to preview/supported

  area/observabilitykind/enhancementpriority/importantstatus/blocked-externalteam/cloud-nativeteam/production-readiness
  enhancement

  keycloak/keycloak#45159 · Filter by author mabartos opened on Jan 6, 2026 · 27.0 Development Milestone
  9

• New LDAP testsuite

  area/testsuitekind/enhancementstatus/labeled-by-botstatus/triageteam/continuous-deliveryteam/core-iam
  enhancement

  keycloak/keycloak#44560 · Filter by author stianst opened on Nov 28, 2025 · 27.0 Development Milestone
  

• Remove experimental transient users

  kind/eolteam/core-iam
  eol

  keycloak/keycloak#45289 · Filter by author stianst opened on Jan 9, 2026 · 27.0 Development Milestone
  2

• Upgrade Account UI to PatternFly 6

  flaky-teststatus/hold
  Unread
  keycloak/keycloak#52374·edewit opened Sep 3, 2026 · Updated Nov 12, 2026
  92

• Verify LDAP federation compatibility on PQC-capable JDK

  kind/taskteam/core-iam
  task

  keycloak/keycloak#50789 · Filter by author sguilhen opened on Jul 10, 2026 · 27.0 Development Milestone

• Allow preview features to be used in production

  area/corekind/enhancementstatus/labeled-by-botstatus/triageteam/core-shared
  enhancement

  keycloak/keycloak#44551 · Filter by author stianst opened on Nov 28, 2025 · 27.0 Development Milestone
  1

  

• Identity Assertion JWT Authorization Grant

  area/token-exchange/federatedkind/featurestatus/labeled-by-botstatus/triageteam/core-protocols

  16Filter by Votes: 16
  feature

  keycloak/keycloak#43971 · Filter by author stianst opened on Nov 5, 2025 · 27.0 Development Milestone
  4

  

• Update container images to use OpenJDK 25

  kind/task
  task

  keycloak/keycloak#45830 · Filter by author mabartos opened on Jan 28, 2026 · 27.0 Development Milestone
  4

  

• Add support for OpenJDK 25

  kind/featurestatus/blocked-externalteam/cloud-native

  MediumFilter by Value: Medium
  feature

  keycloak/keycloak#43265 · Filter by author stianst opened on Oct 7, 2025 · 27.0 Development Milestone
  9

  

• Ability to continue with "browser" authentication flow after Identity provider login

  area/authenticationkind/featurepriority/normalteam/core-authnteam/core-clients

  45Filter by Votes: 45
  feature

  keycloak/keycloak#10250 · Filter by author cgeorgilakis opened on Feb 16, 2022 · 27.0 Development Milestone
  55

• Make Event and AdminEvent immutable

  area/eventskind/enhancementstatus/labeled-by-botstatus/triageteam/core-iam
  enhancement

  keycloak/keycloak#52918 · Filter by author stianst opened on Sep 18, 2026 · 27.0 Development Milestone
  1

• Documentation: sunset Migrating to Quarkus guide

  area/docskind/taskteam/cloud-native
  task

  keycloak/keycloak#52810 · Filter by author michalvavrik opened on Sep 16, 2026 · 27.0 Development Milestone
  1

  

• Make sure that built-in admin clients do not need "full scope allowed"

  area/admin/rbackind/taskstatus/needs-discussionteam/core-clientsteam/core-iam
  task

  keycloak/keycloak#52950 · Filter by author mposolda opened on Sep 18, 2026 · 27.0 Development Milestone
  1

• Preview support for resource indicators

  kind/milestonestatus/triage
  milestone

  keycloak/keycloak#47118 · Filter by author stianst opened on Mar 13, 2026 · 27.0 Development Milestone
  

• Supported SPIFFE client authentication

  area/oidckind/featurestatus/labeled-by-botstatus/triageteam/core-authnteam/core-protocols
  feature

  keycloak/keycloak#46977 · Filter by author stianst opened on Mar 9, 2026 · 27.0 Development Milestone
  1

  

• Have a single offline session for a client in all cases

  kind/enhancementstatus/triageteam/core-protocols
  enhancement

  keycloak/keycloak#33985 · Filter by author stianst opened on Oct 16, 2024 · 27.0 Development Milestone
  1