# Which Problems Are Solved
Streams allow differentiating logs produced by different components of
Zitadel.
# How the Problems Are Solved
The `backend/v3/instrumentation/logging` package now exposes convenience
function for setting and getting a logger from the context. As well as
high-level functions to emit log records at various levels. When
constructing a new logger a "stream" needs to be specified:
- **runtime**: General runtime logs, such as startup and shutdown
messages. Default for logs that do not belong to the other categories.
- **request**: Logs for incoming API and HTTP requests.
- **event_handler**: Logs for event handling in projections.
- **queue**: Logs for the job queue processing.
- **event_pusher**: Logs for event pushing to the database. Disabled by
default, contains sensitive information.
Each line from the returned logger contains a `stream` field as well as
a `version` field with the current Zitadel version.
## Runtime config
Streams can be enabled by passing an array of stream names in the
runtime config. Because some log streams may contain sensitive data
(especially events), it is now also possible to mask values by their
key.
# Additional Changes
- Wrap `slogctx` in the `logging` package. (Except API error converter
packages, because of import cycle)
- Add some docs to `logging` package so other devs understand how to add
logging to Zitadel
- Add `logging.OnError` and `logging.WithError` helper functions with
`Panic()` and `Fatal()` methods, to preserve current calls in the `cmd`
packages.
- Add instance context extractor.
- Only output request details in the request info log. Request ID
remains propagated through context.
- Moved middleware functionality into protocol specific packages.
- Removed setting of URI to context in metric middleware. There were ony
setters and no getters. (Unused value)
- Reuse a single statusWriter in the middleware package for middlewares
that need to know the response status.
# Additional Context
- Closes#11333
- Closes#11331
- Partly #11330
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Co-authored-by: Silvan <[email protected]>
# Which Problems Are Solved
When starting Zitadel with Postgres version 18, setup fails with the
following error:
`level=error msg="migration failed" caller=".../cmd/setup/setup.go:373"
code=0A000 detail= error="ERROR: partitioned tables cannot be unlogged
(SQLSTATE 0A000)" hint= message="partitioned tables cannot be unlogged"
name=34_add_cache_schema severity=ERROR`
# How the Problems Are Solved
- Modify setup step 34 to ensure compatibility with PostgreSQL 18 by
changing the creation of the partitioned tables to`LOGGED` tables but
keep the partitions `UNLOGGED`.
- Added an additional setup step which alters the table persistence of
the partitioned tables to `LOGGED`.
# Additional Changes
- Bumped Postgres compatibility to version 18 in docs.
- Ensure default partitions for cache tables
## Additional Context
- closes https://github.com/zitadel/zitadel/issues/10712
- backport to v4
- migration from PostgreSQL version 17 to 18 was verified using
`pg_dumpall` and restoring the created backup file
- and new setups using PostgreSQL version 18 directly
---------
Co-authored-by: Copilot <[email protected]>
# Which Problems Are Solved
Zitadel did not provide easy correlation between errors, logs, traces
and metrics. The configuration for those instrumentations was also not
consistent, with some supporting different exporters then others.
Implementation and parsing of config was also spaghettified over
multiple packages, with awkward parsing and inconsistent naming of
options.
# How the Problems Are Solved
All telemetry is now merged under the name "instrumentation". Why?
1. We thought it was a good idea in the past to call the milestone
exporter `Telemtry` in the runtime config. Calling this `TelemetryV2`
looks weird.
2. Not everything is a meter and not everything is sent (tele...).
3. It's also
[defined](https://opentelemetry.io/docs/concepts/instrumentation/) as
such by the OTEL documentation.
## New features
- Adds structured, context based logging with trace-ID awareness
- Static log fields are added to the context, such as service and
request path
- Static log fields are injected in each logline emitted by the
application
- Structured logs can also be send to an otel exporter
- Structured logs can be printed to StdErr in text and JSON format
- Error sinks make sure every error is logged at the correct level:
- Warnings for client side errors (HTTP 400 range, Invalid request etc)
- Error for server side errors (Internal server errors)
- Metrics can now also be send to a OTEL collector. (previously they
could only be scraped from `/debug/metrics` with prometheus)
## Exporters
This change adds all the exporters supported by OTEL upstream and some
google specific exporters for our cloud deployment.
- StdOut / StdErr: all instrumentations
- OTEL gRPC / HTTP: all instrumentations
- Google: all instrumentations except logging
- Prometheus (pull-based): only metrics
The exception is profiling, which only supports the google exporting due
to lack of support by OTEL upstream.
## Configuration and structure
- All instrumentation is moved into the new `backend/v3/instrumentation`
package. It reuses configuration types, so both code and runtime
configuration are easier to understand.
- The `internal/telemetry` packages are removed.
- Instrumentation is started with a single function and a proper
shutdown function is now provided.
- Legacy configuration is still parsed from the runtime config, as long
as the new configuration is disabled. This allows backporting this
feature to v4 without breaking existing configurations.
# Additional Changes
- Devcontainer: set `$PATH` variable so installed go binaries can be run
individually, without NX.
- NX: install GCI tool to fix imports
# Additional Context
- Closes https://github.com/zitadel/zitadel/issues/8408
- Closes https://github.com/zitadel/zitadel/issues/6664
- Backport to v4
# Which Problems Are Solved
The payload in actions V2 is currently sent as JSON to the target
endpoint. It might get exposed to intermediary infrastructure or logging
systems.
For these scenarios there needs to be an application-layer encryption,
where the provider of the endpoint can define an key to be used for the
encryption.
# How the Problems Are Solved
- Added an additional option to the target to specify the payload type:
`JSON` (current and default), `JWT`, `JWE` (api and console)
- added endpoints to upload and manage public keys (to be used for
encryption) for a target
- updated all action v2 executions (interceptors, oidc, saml, ...) to
provide the `GetActiveSigningWebKey` from queries
- implemented jwt and jwe in the exections incl. refactoring of code and
tests
- changes to the authn_keys table:
- added a `fingerprint` column
- dropped not null constraint on expiration
- moved the `GetSignerOnce` into its own package to prevent circular
dependencies
# Additional Changes
None
# Additional Context
closes#11061
---------
Co-authored-by: Marco A. <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: conblem <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Silvan <[email protected]>
# Which Problems Are Solved
Zitadel v4.7.2 fixed a security issue by switching to the permission v2
framework for user APIs. It appears that systems that are running since
before v2.68 that were affected by a precision bug in the eventstore,
which was fixed in that version. The precision bug results in certain
events being "skipped" while being projected into the fields table, used
by the new permission system. This caused certain membership roles to be
missing, resulting in empty user lists when executed by the affected
member. The permission system basically finds no matching memberships
and therefore returns no users at all.
# How the Problems Are Solved
After research we concluded that the legacy membership projections are
projected correctly. This PR synchronizes the projected state into the
fields table. As the membership roles are not marked unique, all rows
are first deleted and then the correct membership roles are then
inserted. The operation happens in a single transaction, during which
the fields table will remain locked for modifications. This to prevent
possible concurrent modifications to membership states.
# Additional Changes
- none
# Additional Context
- Introduced in
https://github.com/zitadel/zitadel/commit/0e17d0005a98ccbf92139961ef702ef03208ffd3
- Released in
[v4.7.2](https://github.com/zitadel/zitadel/releases/tag/v4.7.2)
- Related: https://github.com/zitadel/zitadel/issues/8863
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Co-authored-by: Silvan <[email protected]>
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One-time recovery codes are a common multi-factor authentication (MFA)
backup method, letting users access their account if they lose other MFA
devices. Support for recovery codes can also reduce support burden for
users locked out of their accounts and provide a more secure and
reliable form of verification than security questions.
# Which Problems Are Solved
Zitadel currently lacks support for recovery codes.
# How the Problems Are Solved
This PR partially addresses recovery code support in Zitadel.
Importantly, it adds recovery codes as a new 2FA `Factor` and an
additional `Check` type for the Session API.
```
Example recovery code flow:
1. User generates N new recovery codes using `POST /v2/users/{user_id}/recovery_codes`
2. Zitadel hashes and stores these codes and returns the un-hashed codes in the response
3. User creates new session with an additional check: `recoveryCode`
4. Code is checked against hash and, if valid, cannot be used again
5. User attempts to adds N more codes using the same endpoint
6. If `remaining_codes + N <= RecoveryCodes->MaxCount` config value, then recovery codes are added in addition to original codes
7. User can remove all recovery codes using `DEL /v2/users/:userId/recovery_codes`
```
This PR adds:
- [x] Session recovery_code check support on `POST+PATCH /v2/sessions`
endpoints
- [x] Adds `mfa_recovery_code_checked_at` column (default null) to
`projections.sessions8` table
- [x] Support for `SECOND_FACTOR_TYPE_RECOVERY_CODES` as available 2FA
method on login policy
- [x] Support for importing recovery codes in /import code
Missing, will _not_ implement in this PR:
- [ ] Admin console support for displaying Recovery Code settings for
user(s)
- [ ] Zitadel Typescript login support for recovery codes
TODO:
- [x] Additional unit and integration tests
- [x] Error translations
# Additional Changes
None
# Additional Context
- Closes#6898
---------
Co-authored-by: Livio Spring <[email protected]>
# Which Problems Are Solved
Depending on the metadata values (already existing), the newly created
index (#10415) cannot be created or error in the future.
# How the Problems Are Solved
- Create the index using `sha256` and change the query to use sha256 as
well when comparing bytes values such as user_metadata.
- Added a setup step to cleanup potentially created index on
`projections.user_metadata5`
# Additional Changes
None
# Additional Context
- relates to #10415
- requires backport to v4.x
A timing issue (a race condition) was identified in our event processing
system. Under specific circumstances, it was possible for the system to
skip processing certain events, leading to potential data
inconsistencies.
## Which problems are solved
The system tracks its progress through the event log using timestamps.
The issue occurred because we were using the timestamp from the start of
a database transaction. If a query to read new events began after the
transaction started but before the new event was committed, the query
would not see the new event and would fail to process it.
## How the problems are solved
The fix is to change which timestamp is used for tracking. We now use
the precise timestamp of when the event is actually written to the
database. This ensures that the event's timestamp is always correctly
ordered, closing the timing gap and preventing the race condition.
This change enhances the reliability and integrity of our event
processing pipeline. It guarantees that all events are processed in the
correct order and eliminates the risk of skipped events, ensuring data
is always consistent across the system.
## Additional information
original fix: https://github.com/zitadel/zitadel/pull/10560
# Which Problems Are Solved
Using the service ping, we want to have some additional insights to how
zitadel is configured. The current resource count report contains
already some amount of configured policies, such as the login_policy.
But we do not know if for example MFA is enforced.
# How the Problems Are Solved
- Added the following counts to the report:
- service users per organization
- MFA enforcements (though login policy)
- Notification policies with password change option enabled
- SCIM provisioned users (using user metadata)
- Since all of the above are conditional based on at least a column
inside a projection, a new `migration.CountTriggerConditional` has been
added, where a condition (column values) and an option to track updates
on that column should be considered for the count.
- For this to be possible, the following changes had to be made to the
existing sql resources:
- the `resource_name` has been added to unique constraint on the
`projection.resource_counts` table
- triggers have been added / changed to individually track `INSERT`,
`UPDATE`(s) and `DELETE` and be able to handle conditions
- an optional argument has been added to the
`projections.count_resource()` function to allow providing the
information to `UP` or `DOWN` count the resource on an update.
# Additional Changes
None
# Additional Context
- partially solves #10244 (reporting audit log retention limit will be
handled in #10245 directly)
- backport to v4.x
# Which Problems Are Solved
HTTP Request to HTTP providers for Email or SMS are not signed.
# How the Problems Are Solved
Add a Signing Key to the HTTP Provider resources, which is then used to
generate a header to sign the payload.
# Additional Changes
Additional tests for query side of the SMTP provider.
# Additional Context
Closes#10067
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Co-authored-by: Marco A. <[email protected]>
# Which Problems Are Solved
When a SAML IDP is created, the signing algorithm defaults to
`RSA-SHA1`.
This PR adds the functionality to configure the signing algorithm while
creating or updating a SAML IDP. When nothing is specified, `RSA-SHA1`
is the default.
Available options:
* RSA_SHA1
* RSA_SHA256
* RSA_SHA512
# How the Problems Are Solved
By introducing a new optional config to specify the Signing Algorithm.
# Additional Changes
N/A
# Additional Context
- Closes#9842
An existing bug in the UpdateSAMLProvider API will be fixed as a
followup in a different
[PR](https://github.com/zitadel/zitadel/pull/10557).
---------
Co-authored-by: Stefan Benz <[email protected]>
This PR is still WIP and needs changes to at least the tests.
# Which Problems Are Solved
To be able to report analytical / telemetry data from deployed Zitadel
systems back to a central endpoint, we designed a "service ping"
functionality. See also https://github.com/zitadel/zitadel/issues/9706.
This PR adds the first implementation to allow collection base data as
well as report amount of resources such as organizations, users per
organization and more.
# How the Problems Are Solved
- Added a worker to handle the different `ReportType` variations.
- Schedule a periodic job to start a `ServicePingReport`
- Configuration added to allow customization of what data will be
reported
- Setup step to generate and store a `systemID`
# Additional Changes
None
# Additional Context
relates to #9869
# Which Problems Are Solved
We are preparing to roll-out and stabilize webkeys in the next version
of Zitadel. Before removing legacy signing-key code, we must ensure all
existing instances have their webkeys generated.
# How the Problems Are Solved
Add a setup step which generate 2 webkeys for each existing instance
that didn't have webkeys yet.
# Additional Changes
Return an error from the config type-switch, when the type is unknown.
# Additional Context
- Part 1/2 of https://github.com/zitadel/zitadel/issues/10029
- Should be back-ported to v3
# Which Problems Are Solved
The resource usage to query user(s) on the database was high and
therefore could have performance impact.
# How the Problems Are Solved
Database queries involving the users and loginnames table were improved
and an index was added for user by email query.
# Additional Changes
- spellchecks
- updated apis on load tests
# additional info
needs cherry pick to v3
# Which Problems Are Solved
Add the ability to keep track of the current counts of projection
resources. We want to prevent calling `SELECT COUNT(*)` on tables, as
that forces a full scan and sudden spikes of DB resource uses.
# How the Problems Are Solved
- A resource_counts table is added
- Triggers that increment and decrement the counted values on inserts
and deletes
- Triggers that delete all counts of a table when the source table is
TRUNCATEd. This is not in the business logic, but prevents wrong counts
in case someone want to force a re-projection.
- Triggers that delete all counts if the parent resource is deleted
- Script to pre-populate the resource_counts table when a new source
table is added.
The triggers are reusable for any type of resource, in case we choose to
add more in the future.
Counts are aggregated by a given parent. Currently only `instance` and
`organization` are defined as possible parent. This can later be
extended to other types, such as `project`, should the need arise.
I deliberately chose to use `parent_id` to distinguish from the
de-factor `resource_owner` which is usually an organization ID. For
example:
- For users the parent is an organization and the `parent_id` matches
`resource_owner`.
- For organizations the parent is an instance, but the `resource_owner`
is the `org_id`. In this case the `parent_id` is the `instance_id`.
- Applications would have a similar problem, where the parent is a
project, but the `resource_owner` is the `org_id`
# Additional Context
Closes https://github.com/zitadel/zitadel/issues/9957
# Which Problems Are Solved
Currently if a user signs in using an IdP, once they sign out of
Zitadel, the corresponding IdP session is not terminated. This can be
the desired behavior. In some cases, e.g. when using a shared computer
it results in a potential security risk, since a follower user might be
able to sign in as the previous using the still open IdP session.
# How the Problems Are Solved
- Admins can enabled a federated logout option on SAML IdPs through the
Admin and Management APIs.
- During the termination of a login V1 session using OIDC end_session
endpoint, Zitadel will check if an IdP was used to authenticate that
session.
- In case there was a SAML IdP used with Federated Logout enabled, it
will intercept the logout process, store the information into the shared
cache and redirect to the federated logout endpoint in the V1 login.
- The V1 login federated logout endpoint checks every request on an
existing cache entry. On success it will create a SAML logout request
for the used IdP and either redirect or POST to the configured SLO
endpoint. The cache entry is updated with a `redirected` state.
- A SLO endpoint is added to the `/idp` handlers, which will handle the
SAML logout responses. At the moment it will check again for an existing
federated logout entry (with state `redirected`) in the cache. On
success, the user is redirected to the initially provided
`post_logout_redirect_uri` from the end_session request.
# Additional Changes
None
# Additional Context
- This PR merges the https://github.com/zitadel/zitadel/pull/9841 and
https://github.com/zitadel/zitadel/pull/9854 to main, additionally
updating the docs on Entra ID SAML.
- closes#9228
- backport to 3.x
---------
Co-authored-by: Silvan <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Zach Hirschtritt <[email protected]>
# Which Problems Are Solved
The execution handler projection handles all events to check if an
execution has to be provided to the worker to execute.
In this logic all events would be processed from the beginning which is
not necessary.
# How the Problems Are Solved
Add the current state to the execution handler projection, to avoid
processing all existing events.
# Additional Changes
Add custom configuration to the default, so that the transactions are
limited to some events.
# Additional Context
None
# Which Problems Are Solved
Step 54 was not executed during setup.
# How the Problems Are Solved
Added the step to setup jobs
# Additional Changes
none
# Additional Context
- the step was added in https://github.com/zitadel/zitadel/pull/9837
- thanks to @zhirschtritt for raising this.
# Which Problems Are Solved
With current provided telemetry it's difficult to predict when a
projection handler is under increased load until it's too late and
causes downstream issues. Importantly, projection updating is in the
critical path for many login flows and increased latency there can
result in system downtime for users.
# How the Problems Are Solved
This PR adds three new prometheus-style metrics:
1. **projection_events_processed** (_labels: projection, success_) -
This metric gives us a counter of the number of events processed per
projection update run and whether they we're processed without error. A
high number of events being processed can let us know how busy a
particular projection handler is.
2. **projection_handle_timer** _(labels: projection)_ - This is the time
it takes to process a projection update given a batch of events - time
to take the current_states lock, query for new events, reduce,
update_the projection, and update current_states.
3. **projection_state_latency** _(labels: projection)_ - This is the
time from the last event processed in the current_states table for a
given projection. It tells us how old was the last event you processed?
Or, how far behind are you running for this projection? Higher latencies
could mean high load or stalled projection handling.
# Additional Changes
I also had to initialize the global otel metrics provider (`metrics.M`)
in the `setup` step additionally to `start` since projection handlers
are initialized at setup. The initialization checks if a metrics
provider is already set (in case of `start-from-setup` or
`start-from-init` to prevent overwriting, which causes the otel metrics
provider to stop working.
# Additional Context
## Example Dashboards


---------
Co-authored-by: Silvan <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Livio Spring <[email protected]>
# Which Problems Are Solved
Zitadel setup with v2.71.0 could result in errors regarding the
idp_templates6_ldap3 subtable.
# How the Problems Are Solved
Rename the subtable idp_templates6_ldap3 to idp_templates6_ldap2 if no
idp_templates6_ldap2 is existing and rename column `rootCA` to
`root_ca`.
# Additional Changes
None
# Additional Context
Related PR #9292
---------
Co-authored-by: Silvan <[email protected]>
# Which Problems Are Solved
Some OAuth2 and OIDC providers require the use of PKCE for all their
clients. While ZITADEL already recommended the same for its clients, it
did not yet support the option on the IdP configuration.
# How the Problems Are Solved
- A new boolean `use_pkce` is added to the add/update generic OAuth/OIDC
endpoints.
- A new checkbox is added to the generic OAuth and OIDC provider
templates.
- The `rp.WithPKCE` option is added to the provider if the use of PKCE
has been set.
- The `rp.WithCodeChallenge` and `rp.WithCodeVerifier` options are added
to the OIDC/Auth BeginAuth and CodeExchange function.
- Store verifier or any other persistent argument in the intent or auth
request.
- Create corresponding session object before creating the intent, to be
able to store the information.
- (refactored session structs to use a constructor for unified creation
and better overview of actual usage)
Here's a screenshot showing the URI including the PKCE params:

# Additional Changes
None.
# Additional Context
- Closes#6449
- This PR replaces the existing PR (#8228) of @doncicuto. The base he
did was cherry picked. Thank you very much for that!
---------
Co-authored-by: Miguel Cabrerizo <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Stefan Benz <[email protected]>
# Which Problems Are Solved
Performance issue for GRPC call `zitadel.user.v2.UserService.ListUsers`
due to lack of org filtering on `ListUsers`
# Additional Context
Replace this example with links to related issues, discussions, discord
threads, or other sources with more context.
Use the Closing #issue syntax for issues that are resolved with this PR.
- Closes https://github.com/zitadel/zitadel/issues/9191
---------
Co-authored-by: Iraq Jaber <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Tim Möhlmann <[email protected]>
# Which Problems Are Solved
OIDC applications can configure the used login version, which is
currently not possible for SAML applications.
# How the Problems Are Solved
Add the same functionality dependent on the feature-flag for SAML
applications.
# Additional Changes
None
# Additional Context
Closes#9267
Follow up issue for frontend changes #9354
---------
Co-authored-by: Livio Spring <[email protected]>
# Which Problems Are Solved
The membership fields migration timed out in certain cases. It also
tried to migrate instances which were already removed.
# How the Problems Are Solved
Revert the previous fix that combined the repeatable step for multiple
fill triggers. The membeship migration is now single-run as it might
take a lot of time. It is not worth making it repeatable. Instance IDs
of removed instances are skipped.
# Additional Changes
None
# Additional Context
Introduced in https://github.com/zitadel/zitadel/pull/9199
# Which Problems Are Solved
Currently ZITADEL defines organization and instance member roles and
permissions in defaults.yaml. The permission check is done on API call
level. For example: "is this user allowed to make this call on this
org". This makes sense on the V1 API where the API is permission-level
shaped. For example, a search for users always happens in the context of
the organization. (Either the organization the calling user belongs to,
or through member ship and the x-zitadel-orgid header.
However, for resource based APIs we must be able to resolve permissions
by object. For example, an IAM_OWNER listing users should be able to get
all users in an instance based on the query filters. Alternatively a
user may have user.read permissions on one or more orgs. They should be
able to read just those users.
# How the Problems Are Solved
## Role permission mapping
The role permission mappings defined from `defaults.yaml` or local
config override are synchronized to the database on every run of
`zitadel setup`:
- A single query per **aggregate** builds a list of `add` and `remove`
actions needed to reach the desired state or role permission mappings
from the config.
- The required events based on the actions are pushed to the event
store.
- Events define search fields so that permission checking can use the
indices and is strongly consistent for both query and command sides.
The migration is split in the following aggregates:
- System aggregate for for roles prefixed with `SYSTEM`
- Each instance for roles not prefixed with `SYSTEM`. This is in
anticipation of instance level management over the API.
## Membership
Current instance / org / project membership events now have field table
definitions. Like the role permissions this ensures strong consistency
while still being able to use the indices of the fields table. A
migration is provided to fill the membership fields.
## Permission check
I aimed keeping the mental overhead to the developer to a minimal. The
provided implementation only provides a permission check for list
queries for org level resources, for example users. In the `query`
package there is a simple helper function `wherePermittedOrgs` which
makes sure the underlying database function is called as part of the
`SELECT` query and the permitted organizations are part of the `WHERE`
clause. This makes sure results from non-permitted organizations are
omitted. Under the hood:
- A Pg/PlSQL function searches for a list of organization IDs the passed
user has the passed permission.
- When the user has the permission on instance level, it returns early
with all organizations.
- The functions uses a number of views. The views help mapping the
fields entries into relational data and simplify the code use for the
function. The views provide some pre-filters which allow proper index
usage once the final `WHERE` clauses are set by the function.
# Additional Changes
# Additional Context
Closes#9032
Closes https://github.com/zitadel/zitadel/issues/9014https://github.com/zitadel/zitadel/issues/9188 defines follow-ups for
the new permission framework based on this concept.
# Which Problems Are Solved
In versions previous to v2.66 it was possible to set a different
resource owner on project grants. This was introduced with the new
resource based API. The resource owner was possible to overwrite using
the x-zitadel-org header.
Because of this issue project grants got the wrong resource owner,
instead of the owner of the project it got the granted org which is
wrong because a resource owner of an aggregate is not allowed to change.
# How the Problems Are Solved
- The wrong owners of the events are set to the original owner of the
project.
- A new event is pushed to these aggregates `project.owner.corrected`
- The projection updates the owners of the user grants if that event was
written
# Additional Changes
The eventstore push function (replaced in version 2.66) writes the
correct resource owner.
# Additional Context
closes https://github.com/zitadel/zitadel/issues/9072
# Which Problems Are Solved
On Zitadel cloud we found changing the order of columns in the
`eventstore.events2_current_sequence` index improved CPU usage for the
`SELECT ... FOR UPDATE` query the pusher executes.
# How the Problems Are Solved
`eventstore.events2_current_sequence`-index got replaced
# Additional Context
closes https://github.com/zitadel/zitadel/issues/9082
# Which Problems Are Solved
get instance by domain cannot provide an instance id because it is not
known at that time. This causes a full table scan on the fields table
because current indexes always include the `instance_id` column.
# How the Problems Are Solved
Added a specific index for this query.
# Additional Context
If a system has many fields and there is no cache hit for the given
domain this query can heaviuly influence database CPU usage, the newly
added resolves this problem.
# Which Problems Are Solved
To be able to migrate or test the new login UI, admins might want to
(temporarily) switch individual apps.
At a later point admin might want to make sure all applications use the
new login UI.
# How the Problems Are Solved
- Added a feature flag `` on instance level to require all apps to use
the new login and provide an optional base url.
- if the flag is enabled, all (OIDC) applications will automatically use
the v2 login.
- if disabled, applications can decide based on their configuration
- Added an option on OIDC apps to use the new login UI and an optional
base url.
- Removed the requirement to use `x-zitadel-login-client` to be
redirected to the login V2 and retrieve created authrequest and link
them to SSO sessions.
- Added a new "IAM_LOGIN_CLIENT" role to allow management of users,
sessions, grants and more without `x-zitadel-login-client`.
# Additional Changes
None
# Additional Context
closes https://github.com/zitadel/zitadel/issues/8702
# Which Problems Are Solved
When downgrading zitadel and upgrading it again, it might be that orgs
deleted in this period still have stale entries in the fields table.
# How the Problems Are Solved
- Make the cleanup repeatable
- Scope the query by instance so that an index is used.
# Which Problems Are Solved
setup step 41 cannot handle downgrades at the moment. This step writes
the instance domain to the fields table. If there are new instances
created during the downgraded version is running there would be domain
missing in the fields afterwards.
# How the Problems Are Solved
Make step 41 repeatable for each version
# Which Problems Are Solved
Instance domains are only computed on read side. This can cause missing
domains if calls are executed shortly after a instance domain (or
instance) was added.
# How the Problems Are Solved
The instance domain is added to the fields table which is filled on
command side.
# Additional Changes
- added setup step to compute instance domains
- instance by host uses fields table instead of instance_domains table
# Additional Context
- part of https://github.com/zitadel/zitadel/issues/8999
# Which Problems Are Solved
The current handling of notification follows the same pattern as all
other projections:
Created events are handled sequentially (based on "position") by a
handler. During the process, a lot of information is aggregated (user,
texts, templates, ...).
This leads to back pressure on the projection since the handling of
events might take longer than the time before a new event (to be
handled) is created.
# How the Problems Are Solved
- The current user notification handler creates separate notification
events based on the user / session events.
- These events contain all the present and required information
including the userID.
- These notification events get processed by notification workers, which
gather the necessary information (recipient address, texts, templates)
to send out these notifications.
- If a notification fails, a retry event is created based on the current
notification request including the current state of the user (this
prevents race conditions, where a user is changed in the meantime and
the notification already gets the new state).
- The retry event will be handled after a backoff delay. This delay
increases with every attempt.
- If the configured amount of attempts is reached or the message expired
(based on config), a cancel event is created, letting the workers know,
the notification must no longer be handled.
- In case of successful send, a sent event is created for the
notification aggregate and the existing "sent" events for the user /
session object is stored.
- The following is added to the defaults.yaml to allow configuration of
the notification workers:
```yaml
Notifications:
# The amount of workers processing the notification request events.
# If set to 0, no notification request events will be handled. This can be useful when running in
# multi binary / pod setup and allowing only certain executables to process the events.
Workers: 1 # ZITADEL_NOTIFIACATIONS_WORKERS
# The amount of events a single worker will process in a run.
BulkLimit: 10 # ZITADEL_NOTIFIACATIONS_BULKLIMIT
# Time interval between scheduled notifications for request events
RequeueEvery: 2s # ZITADEL_NOTIFIACATIONS_REQUEUEEVERY
# The amount of workers processing the notification retry events.
# If set to 0, no notification retry events will be handled. This can be useful when running in
# multi binary / pod setup and allowing only certain executables to process the events.
RetryWorkers: 1 # ZITADEL_NOTIFIACATIONS_RETRYWORKERS
# Time interval between scheduled notifications for retry events
RetryRequeueEvery: 2s # ZITADEL_NOTIFIACATIONS_RETRYREQUEUEEVERY
# Only instances are projected, for which at least a projection-relevant event exists within the timeframe
# from HandleActiveInstances duration in the past until the projection's current time
# If set to 0 (default), every instance is always considered active
HandleActiveInstances: 0s # ZITADEL_NOTIFIACATIONS_HANDLEACTIVEINSTANCES
# The maximum duration a transaction remains open
# before it spots left folding additional events
# and updates the table.
TransactionDuration: 1m # ZITADEL_NOTIFIACATIONS_TRANSACTIONDURATION
# Automatically cancel the notification after the amount of failed attempts
MaxAttempts: 3 # ZITADEL_NOTIFIACATIONS_MAXATTEMPTS
# Automatically cancel the notification if it cannot be handled within a specific time
MaxTtl: 5m # ZITADEL_NOTIFIACATIONS_MAXTTL
# Failed attempts are retried after a confogired delay (with exponential backoff).
# Set a minimum and maximum delay and a factor for the backoff
MinRetryDelay: 1s # ZITADEL_NOTIFIACATIONS_MINRETRYDELAY
MaxRetryDelay: 20s # ZITADEL_NOTIFIACATIONS_MAXRETRYDELAY
# Any factor below 1 will be set to 1
RetryDelayFactor: 1.5 # ZITADEL_NOTIFIACATIONS_RETRYDELAYFACTOR
```
# Additional Changes
None
# Additional Context
- closes#8931
# Which Problems Are Solved
When an org is removed, the corresponding fields are not deleted. This
creates issues, such as recreating a new org with the same verified
domain.
# How the Problems Are Solved
Remove the search fields by the org aggregate, instead of just setting
the removed state.
# Additional Changes
- Cleanup migration script that removed current stale fields.
# Additional Context
- Closes https://github.com/zitadel/zitadel/issues/8943
- Related to https://github.com/zitadel/zitadel/pull/8790
---------
Co-authored-by: Silvan <[email protected]>
# Which Problems Are Solved
https://github.com/zitadel/zitadel/pull/8788 accidentally changed the
spelling of milestone types from PascalCase to snake_case. This breaks
systems where `milestone.pushed` events already exist.
# How the Problems Are Solved
- Use PascalCase again
- Prefix event types with v2. (Previous pushed event type was anyway
ignored).
- Create `milstones3` projection
# Additional Changes
None
# Additional Context
relates to #8788
# Which Problems Are Solved
Add a cache implementation using Redis single mode. This does not add
support for Redis Cluster or sentinel.
# How the Problems Are Solved
Added the `internal/cache/redis` package. All operations occur
atomically, including setting of secondary indexes, using LUA scripts
where needed.
The [`miniredis`](https://github.com/alicebob/miniredis) package is used
to run unit tests.
# Additional Changes
- Move connector code to `internal/cache/connector/...` and remove
duplicate code from `query` and `command` packages.
- Fix a missed invalidation on the restrictions projection
# Additional Context
Closes#8130
# Which Problems Are Solved
Currently ZITADEL supports RP-initiated logout for clients. Back-channel
logout ensures that user sessions are terminated across all connected
applications, even if the user closes their browser or loses
connectivity providing a more secure alternative for certain use cases.
# How the Problems Are Solved
If the feature is activated and the client used for the authentication
has a back_channel_logout_uri configured, a
`session_logout.back_channel` will be registered. Once a user terminates
their session, a (notification) handler will send a SET (form POST) to
the registered uri containing a logout_token (with the user's ID and
session ID).
- A new feature "back_channel_logout" is added on system and instance
level
- A `back_channel_logout_uri` can be managed on OIDC applications
- Added a `session_logout` aggregate to register and inform about sent
`back_channel` notifications
- Added a `SecurityEventToken` channel and `Form`message type in the
notification handlers
- Added `TriggeredAtOrigin` fields to `HumanSignedOut` and
`TerminateSession` events for notification handling
- Exported various functions and types in the `oidc` package to be able
to reuse for token signing in the back_channel notifier.
- To prevent that current existing session termination events will be
handled, a setup step is added to set the `current_states` for the
`projections.notifications_back_channel_logout` to the current position
- [x] requires https://github.com/zitadel/oidc/pull/671
# Additional Changes
- Updated all OTEL dependencies to v1.29.0, since OIDC already updated
some of them to that version.
- Single Session Termination feature is correctly checked (fixed feature
mapping)
# Additional Context
- closes https://github.com/zitadel/zitadel/issues/8467
- TODO:
- Documentation
- UI to be done: https://github.com/zitadel/zitadel/issues/8469
---------
Co-authored-by: Hidde Wieringa <[email protected]>
# Which Problems Are Solved
Milestones used existing events from a number of aggregates. OIDC
session is one of them. We noticed in load-tests that the reduction of
the oidc_session.added event into the milestone projection is a costly
business with payload based conditionals. A milestone is reached once,
but even then we remain subscribed to the OIDC events. This requires the
projections.current_states to be updated continuously.
# How the Problems Are Solved
The milestone creation is refactored to use dedicated events instead.
The command side decides when a milestone is reached and creates the
reached event once for each milestone when required.
# Additional Changes
In order to prevent reached milestones being created twice, a migration
script is provided. When the old `projections.milestones` table exist,
the state is read from there and `v2` milestone aggregate events are
created, with the original reached and pushed dates.
# Additional Context
- Closes https://github.com/zitadel/zitadel/issues/8800
# Which Problems Are Solved
Optimize the query that checks for terminated sessions in the access
token verifier. The verifier is used in auth middleware, userinfo and
introspection.
# How the Problems Are Solved
The previous implementation built a query for certain events and then
appended a single `PositionAfter` clause. This caused the postgreSQL
planner to use indexes only for the instance ID, aggregate IDs,
aggregate types and event types. Followed by an expensive sequential
scan for the position. This resulting in internal over-fetching of rows
before the final filter was applied.

Furthermore, the query was searching for events which are not always
applicable. For example, there was always a session ID search and if
there was a user ID, we would also search for a browser fingerprint in
event payload (expensive). Even if those argument string would be empty.
This PR changes:
1. Nest the position query, so that a full `instance_id, aggregate_id,
aggregate_type, event_type, "position"` index can be matched.
2. Redefine the `es_wm` index to include the `position` column.
3. Only search for events for the IDs that actually have a value. Do not
search (noop) if none of session ID, user ID or fingerpint ID are set.
New query plan:

# Additional Changes
- cleanup how we load multi-statement migrations and make that a bit
more reusable.
# Additional Context
- Related to https://github.com/zitadel/zitadel/issues/7639
# Which Problems Are Solved
Cache implementation using a PGX connection pool.
# How the Problems Are Solved
Defines a new schema `cache` in the zitadel database.
A table for string keys and a table for objects is defined.
For postgreSQL, tables are unlogged and partitioned by cache name for
performance.
Cockroach does not have unlogged tables and partitioning is an
enterprise feature that uses alternative syntax combined with sharding.
Regular tables are used here.
# Additional Changes
- `postgres.Config` can return a pxg pool. See following discussion
# Additional Context
- Part of https://github.com/zitadel/zitadel/issues/8648
- Closes https://github.com/zitadel/zitadel/issues/8647
---------
Co-authored-by: Silvan <[email protected]>
# Which Problems Are Solved
Twilio supports a robust, multi-channel verification service that
notably supports multi-region SMS sender numbers required for our use
case. Currently, Zitadel does much of the work of the Twilio Verify (eg.
localization, code generation, messaging) but doesn't support the pool
of sender numbers that Twilio Verify does.
# How the Problems Are Solved
To support this API, we need to be able to store the Twilio Service ID
and send that in a verification request where appropriate: phone number
verification and SMS 2FA code paths.
This PR does the following:
- Adds the ability to use Twilio Verify of standard messaging through
Twilio
- Adds support for international numbers and more reliable verification
messages sent from multiple numbers
- Adds a new Twilio configuration option to support Twilio Verify in the
admin console
- Sends verification SMS messages through Twilio Verify
- Implements Twilio Verification Checks for codes generated through the
same
# Additional Changes
# Additional Context
- base was implemented by @zhirschtritt in
https://github.com/zitadel/zitadel/pull/8268❤️
- closes https://github.com/zitadel/zitadel/issues/8581
---------
Co-authored-by: Zachary Hirschtritt <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Joey Biscoglia <[email protected]>
# Which Problems Are Solved
We identified the need of caching.
Currently we have a number of places where we use different ways of
caching, like go maps or LRU.
We might also want shared chaches in the future, like Redis-based or in
special SQL tables.
# How the Problems Are Solved
Define a generic Cache interface which allows different implementations.
- A noop implementation is provided and enabled as.
- An implementation using go maps is provided
- disabled in defaults.yaml
- enabled in integration tests
- Authz middleware instance objects are cached using the interface.
# Additional Changes
- Enabled integration test command raceflag
- Fix a race condition in the limits integration test client
- Fix a number of flaky integration tests. (Because zitadel is super
fast now!) 🎸🚀
# Additional Context
Related to https://github.com/zitadel/zitadel/issues/8648
# Which Problems Are Solved
id_tokens issued for auth requests created through the login UI
currently do not provide a sid claim.
This is due to the fact that (SSO) sessions for the login UI do not have
one and are only computed by the userAgent(ID), the user(ID) and the
authentication checks of the latter.
This prevents client to track sessions and terminate specific session on
the end_session_endpoint.
# How the Problems Are Solved
- An `id` column is added to the `auth.user_sessions` table.
- The `id` (prefixed with `V1_`) is set whenever a session is added or
updated to active (from terminated)
- The id is passed to the `oidc session` (as v2 sessionIDs), to expose
it as `sid` claim
# Additional Changes
- refactored `getUpdateCols` to handle different column value types and
add arguments for query
# Additional Context
- closes#8499
- relates to #8501
# Which Problems Are Solved
Implement a new API service that allows management of OIDC signing web
keys.
This allows users to manage rotation of the instance level keys. which
are currently managed based on expiry.
The API accepts the generation of the following key types and
parameters:
- RSA keys with 2048, 3072 or 4096 bit in size and:
- Signing with SHA-256 (RS256)
- Signing with SHA-384 (RS384)
- Signing with SHA-512 (RS512)
- ECDSA keys with
- P256 curve
- P384 curve
- P512 curve
- ED25519 keys
# How the Problems Are Solved
Keys are serialized for storage using the JSON web key format from the
`jose` library. This is the format that will be used by OIDC for
signing, verification and publication.
Each instance can have a number of key pairs. All existing public keys
are meant to be used for token verification and publication the keys
endpoint. Keys can be activated and the active private key is meant to
sign new tokens. There is always exactly 1 active signing key:
1. When the first key for an instance is generated, it is automatically
activated.
2. Activation of the next key automatically deactivates the previously
active key.
3. Keys cannot be manually deactivated from the API
4. Active keys cannot be deleted
# Additional Changes
- Query methods that later will be used by the OIDC package are already
implemented. Preparation for #8031
- Fix indentation in french translation for instance event
- Move user_schema translations to consistent positions in all
translation files
# Additional Context
- Closes#8030
- Part of #7809
---------
Co-authored-by: Elio Bischof <[email protected]>
# Which Problems Are Solved
During performance testing of the `eventstore.fields` table we found
some long running queries which searched for the aggregate id.
# How the Problems Are Solved
A new index was added to the `eventstore.fields`-table called
`f_aggregate_object_type_idx`.
# Additional Changes
None
# Additional Context
- Table was added in https://github.com/zitadel/zitadel/pull/8191
- Part of https://github.com/zitadel/zitadel/issues/7639
# Which Problems Are Solved
Improve the performance of human imports by optimizing the query that
finds domains claimed by other organizations.
# How the Problems Are Solved
Use the fields search table introduced in
https://github.com/zitadel/zitadel/pull/8191 by storing each
organization domain as Object ID and the verified status as field value.
# Additional Changes
- Feature flag for this optimization
# Additional Context
- Performance improvements for import are evaluated and acted upon
internally at the moment
---------
Co-authored-by: adlerhurst <[email protected]>
# Which Problems Are Solved
To improve performance a new table and method is implemented on
eventstore. The goal of this table is to index searchable fields on
command side to use it on command and query side.
The table allows to store one primitive value (numeric, text) per row.
The eventstore framework is extended by the `Search`-method which allows
to search for objects.
The `Command`-interface is extended by the `SearchOperations()`-method
which does manipulate the the `search`-table.
# How the Problems Are Solved
This PR adds the capability of improving performance for command and
query side by using the `Search`-method of the eventstore instead of
using one of the `Filter`-methods.
# Open Tasks
- [x] Add feature flag
- [x] Unit tests
- [ ] ~~Benchmarks if needed~~
- [x] Ensure no behavior change
- [x] Add setup step to fill table with current data
- [x] Add projection which ensures data added between setup and start of
the new version are also added to the table
# Additional Changes
The `Search`-method is currently used by `ProjectGrant`-command side.
# Additional Context
- Closes https://github.com/zitadel/zitadel/issues/8094