---
title: Release 2021.12
slug: "2021.12"
---

## Headline Changes

This release does not have any headline features, and mostly fixes bugs.

## Minor changes

- core: make defaults for _change_email and _change_username configurable
- core: remove dump_config, handle directly in config loader without booting django, don't check database
- events: add gdpr_compliance option
- internal: fix integrated docs not working
- internal: use runserver when debug for code reload
- lib: add cli option for lib.config
- lib: add improved log to sentry events being sent
- lib: fix custom URL schemes being overwritten
- lib: load json strings in config env variables
- lib: log error for file:// in config
- lifecycle: allow custom worker count in k8s
- lifecycle: improve backup restore by dropping database before
- lifecycle: improve redis connection debug py printing full URL
- outpost: configure error reporting based off of main instance config
- outposts: don't panic when listening for metrics fails
- outposts: reload on signal USR1, fix display of reload offset
- outposts/ldap: copy boundUsers map when running refresh instead of using blank map
- outposts/ldap: fix panic when attempting to update without locked users mutex
- outposts/proxy: continue compiling additional regexes even when one fails
- outposts/proxy: show better error when hostname isn't configured
- outposts/proxy: use disableIndex for static files
- policies/expression: fix ak_user_has_authenticator evaluation when not specifying optional device_type (#1849)
- providers/saml: fix SessionNotOnOrAfter not being included
- root: add lifespan shim to prevent errors
- root: fix settings for managed not loaded
- root: make sentry sample rate configurable
- stages/authenticator_validate: catch error when attempting to configure user without flow
- stages/email: fix missing component in response when retrying email send
- stages/email: minify email css template
- stages/email: prevent error with duplicate token
- web: add rollup config for proxy outpost
- web: attempt to drop fetch errors
- web: improve dark theme for vertical tabs
- web: only show applications with http link
- web: use ak-label for boolean values
- web/admin: allow flow edit on flow view page
- web/admin: fix actions column on ip reputation page
- web/admin: fix display of banners on provider pages
- web/admin: fix Forms with file uploads not handling errors correctly
- web/admin: fix typo in events action
- web/admin: make object view pages more consistent
- web/admin: make user clickable for bound policies list
- web/admin: redesign provider pages to provide more info
- web/admin: show changelog on user info page
- web/admin: unify rendering and sorting of user lists
- web/elements: add new API to store attributes in URL, use for table and tabs
- web/elements: allow app.model names for ak-object-changelog
- web/elements: allow multiple tabs with different state
- web/flows: fix spinner during webauthn not centred
- web/flows: update default background
- web/user: fix filtering for applications based on launchURL
- web/user: fix height issues on user interface


## Upgrading

This release does not introduce any new requirements.

### docker-compose

Download the docker-compose file for 2021.12 from [here](https://goauthentik.io/version/2021.12/docker-compose.yml). Afterwards, simply run `docker-compose up -d`.

### Kubernetes

Update your values to use the new images:

```yaml
image:
  repository: goauthentik.io/server
  tag: 2021.12.1-rc1
```