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Ory Update — May 2026
Hallo Freunde! (Hello Friends)
Welcome to the May update. We have multiple items to share with you.
Have an idea for next month? Email damon.tepe@ory.sh
Ory Community Feedback Survey
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The Ory Community Feedback Survey closes Friday May 1 at 11:59 PM PST. This is your last chance to win Ory swag and lock in beta access to two new capabilities:
Ory Talos for API key management
Self-hosted Ory Console, a GUI for managing your Ory deployment on your infrastructure
The survey takes 5 minutes. Your answers directly shape what we build, from B2B enterprise SSO to fine-grained permissions for AI agents.
Take the survey
Upcoming Webinar:
The AI Identity Crisis: Balancing Innovation with Strict Compliance in the Financial Sector
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Enterprise Management Associates (EMA) surveyed financial service organizations about AI and the ability to embrace and harness the its transformative power. Data reveals that legacy Identity and Access Management (IAM) systems are not keeping pace. Join this brief webinar to review peer answers and what pitfalls to avoid.
Register for the May 19 webinar
Cofertility Achieved a 15% Lift in Conversion by Modernizing Identity with Ory
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From fragmented user experiences, to poor account linking, to penalizing pricing, Cofertility sought an alternative to Auth0. The evaluated AWS Cognito, Keycloak, and Ory. Find out why Ory was selected.
Watch the case study video
Read the full case study
EMA Agentic AI Global Survey Results
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EMA surveyed global organizations on the use of AI and how to secure it. Hear how your peers responded. Here are a couple interesting findings:
79% of those with deployed AI agents have no policies for controlling them
Over 59% report their IAM systems are NOT ready for the scale, resilience, and security AI agents require
Watch the webinar reviewing the survey results
Read and share the survey results
ICYMI - In Case You Missed It
Webinars
On-Demand: B2B SSO to Enterprise-Ready: Identity Infrastructure That Grows With Your Business
Videos
Watch: Agentic AI, Identity Security & the Future of CIAM: Ory CEO Jeff Kukowski on What's Changing Now
Blogs
Ory Passes 2.5 Billion Identities Managed as Organizations Seek Modern Customer Identity and Access Management Solutions
aDAU vs MAU: Comparing Pricing Models for Identity Infrastructure
Maestro please... the engineer as the conductor of the orchestra
Agentic AI is already in production. Identity and access controls are not
Ory is at Identiverse June 15 - 18
Let us know if you want to attend. We can offer you a 20% discount on Identiverse tickets!
Use coupon code: IDV26-ORY20. See you in Las Vegas this June!
Help Us Out - Submit a G2 Review
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Reviews from software users are critical to emerging companies like Ory. It helps future users understand, from their peers, what can really be expected (good or bad). No marketing or sales spin.
This is your opportunity to share your experiences so others can benefit!
1. Visit www.g2.com/products/reviews and scroll down to find and click the big orange button with "Leave a Review" on it.
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2. You may be prompted to create an account, but you can easily continue with your LinkedIn of Google account.
3. Next you will be prompted with a "Voice interview" or "I'll type it myself" option, your choice. From that point, simply answer the questions honestly!
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If it's not a bother, send us a note and let us know you left a review!
Changelog Roundup
This update also marks the release of exciting new features, more quality of life improvements and bug fixes:
Ory Network, Ory Hydra, Ory Kratos, Ory Keto, Ory Oathkeeper, Ory Elements v26.2.4 released: Break-glass account recovery for organization identities, password migration hook configuration in the Ory Console, and full identity schema trait visibility in confirmation dialogs. [changelog]
Ory Network, Ory Kratos v26.2.2 released: Native SMS-based phone number verification and automated identity trait/metadata synchronization from OIDC claims during user login. [changelog]
Ory Network, Ory Hydra, Ory Kratos v26.2.1 released: Enterprise-grade CAPTCHA protection, improved error handling for disabled identities in self-service flows, and custom domain issuer support for JWT Bearer Grants. [changelog]
Ory Network, Ory Kratos, Ory Oathkeeper, Ory Elements v26.2.0 released: Automatic account linking for Google and Apple, external ID conflict detection during batch imports, and optimized forwarded-header handling for complex network topologies. [changelog]
Ory Network, Ory Kratos v26.1.17 released: UAE PASS social sign-in integration, custom Cloudflare Turnstile credential support, and native API/settings flow support for OIDC provider linking and unlinking. [changelog]
Ory Network, Ory Kratos, Ory Oathkeeper v26.1.16 released: UI-driven error reporting for disabled identities in self-service flows and transparent upstream rate-limit propagation via HTTP 429 headers. [changelog]
As always you can find the full list of changes over on our changelog.
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