# Ory News | Final call for May survey, Agentic AI results, and new GUI Canonical: https://brew.new/browse/templates/email/pt1_k97qgyh4a7a07wtqntcxakx0e98e487c Brand: ory.sh Category: newsletter ![Preview of Ory News | Final call for May survey, Agentic AI results, and new GUI](https://cdn.brew.new/email-preview-15f535e2192490b2-tracking_r57vmaae0f90dksv0ytx0xmprh8dvbr0-1789009574467.png) ## Email content View in browser Ory logo 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 EM-2026-03-Feedback Survey-Hero 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 WBNR-2026-04-EMA FinServ-Hero Final 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 NL-2026-04-Cofertility Case Study-Hero 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 EM-2026-01-08-EMA Research Promo - Hero 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 EM-2025-Q4-G2 Reviews-Hero 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. G2-Leave a review 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! G2-Leav a review more 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. Full Changelog Get started today The new IAM Stack Get started GitHub Icon Slack Icon X Icon LinkedIn Icon YouTube Ory, 15169 N. Scottsdale Rd., Scottsdale, AZ 85254, USA © 2026 All rights reserved. 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