Version 26.0.0

• Dedicated release cycle for the client libraries

• Compatibility of the client libraries with the server

• User sessions persisted by default

• New default login theme

• Highly available multi-site deployments

• Admin Bootstrapping and Recovery

• OpenTelemetry Tracing preview

• OpenID for Verifiable Credential Issuance

• DPoP improvements

• Removal of GELF logging handler

• Lightweight access tokens for Admin REST API

• Keycloak JavaScript adapter now standalone

• Hostname v1 feature removed

• Automatic redirect from root to relative path

• Persisting revoked access tokens across restarts

• Client Attribute condition in Client Policies

• Specify different log levels for log handlers

• Proxy option removed

• Option proxy-trusted-addresses added

• Option proxy-protocol-enabled added

• Option to reload trust and key material added

• Options to configure cache max-count added

• The https-trust-store-* options have been undeprecated

• The java-keystore key provider supports more algorithms and vault secrets

• Adding support for ECDH-ES encryption key management algorithms

• Support for multiple instances of a social broker in a realm

• New generalized event types for credentials

• Customizable Footer in login Themes

• Keycloak CR supports standard scheduling options

• KeycloakRealmImport CR supports placeholder replacement

• Configuring the LDAP Connection Pool

• nfinispan marshalling changes to Infinispan Protostream

• Removal of OSGi metadata

• Group-related events no longer fired when removing a realm

• Identity Providers no longer available from the realm representation

• Securing Applications documentation converted into the guide format

• Removal of legacy cookies

• Property origin in the UserRepresentation is deprecated