generated: '2026-09-12'
method: searched
source: https://updates.kinde.com
provider: Kinde
providerId: kinde
description: >-
  Kinde publishes a dated public release hub ("Feature release hub") on LaunchNotes at
  updates.kinde.com, alongside a public roadmap board at updates.kinde.com/board. Releases are
  grouped into monthly themed drops rather than per-API semantic versions — the API itself has been
  v1 throughout and no entry announces a breaking change. The changelog therefore tracks PRODUCT
  capability, not contract version.
scheme: monthly-themed-release
versioned: false
current_api_version: v1
breaking_changes_announced: 0
platform: LaunchNotes
urls:
  changelog: https://updates.kinde.com
  roadmap: https://updates.kinde.com/board
  feed: https://updates.kinde.com/feed
  feed_status: 200
categories:
  - Authentication
  - Billing
  - Brilliant basics
  - Customize & extend
  - Developer features
  - SDK
  - User management
  - Highly requested
entries:
  - date: '2026-08-31'
    title: Flexible sign-in, smarter billing
    category: [Authentication, Billing, Developer features, User management]
    breaking: false
    highlights:
      - >-
        Sign-in flexibility: email + password connections can now additionally offer a one-time
        email code via a "Sign in with a code" option on the password connection.
  - date: '2026-07-31'
    title: Bring your own APIs to AI agents
    category: [Developer features, SDK, Billing, Authentication]
    breaking: false
    beta: true
    highlights:
      - >-
        Kinde Secure MCP (beta) — ship an MCP server for YOUR customers. Kinde generates an MCP
        server in front of a customer-supplied OpenAPI and handles user API key auth.
    note: >-
      This is the release that turned MCP from a Kinde-internal admin tool into a Kinde product.
      See mcp/kinde-mcp.yml mcp_connections_product.
  - date: '2026-06-30'
    title: Passkeys, flexible billing, and more
    category: [Authentication, Billing, Developer features, SDK, User management]
    breaking: false
    highlights:
      - Sign in with passkeys — passwordless authentication via WebAuthn/FIDO2, register and sign in.
  - date: '2026-05-29'
    title: Self-serve billing and speed where it counts
    category: [Billing, Developer features, User management]
    breaking: false
    highlights:
      - >-
        Smarter billing and self-serve plan management — plan management made more robust for both
        the operator and their customers, including cancelling a customer's plan.
  - date: '2026-05-01'
    title: Scaled up and locked down
    category: [Authentication, User management, Developer features]
    breaking: false
    highlights:
      - >-
        Invite member controls for organizations — owners can control whether member invitations
        are enabled at all, and how invite emails are sent.
  - date: '2026-03-30'
    title: Better delivery, higher conversion, lower pricing
    category: [Authentication, Billing, Developer features, SDK]
    breaking: false
    highlights:
      - WhatsApp messaging support for verification codes and notifications.
  - date: '2026-02-26'
    title: More Control, Less Friction
    category: [Authentication, Developer features, SDK, User management]
    breaking: false
    highlights:
      - IdP-initiated SAML SSO — users can start the login flow from their identity provider portal.
window:
  from: '2026-02-26'
  to: '2026-08-31'
  note: >-
    Recent window only. The hub carries entries back through 2025; they are not transcribed here.