# Coolify v4.4-rc.1

- Product: Coolify (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/coolify)
- Vendor: Coollabs
- Date: 2026-08-19
- Version: v4.4-rc.1
- Original notes: https://github.com/coollabsio/coolify/releases/tag/v4.4-rc.1
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/coolify/releases/v4.4-rc.1
- Labels: Pre-release

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- **added** — Added first-class OpenID Connect (OIDC) authentication with discovery, JWKS signing-key resolution, token validation, PKCE support, and identity linking
- **added** — Added OIDC configuration and registration-policy controls to instance settings
- **added** — Added option to automatically join OIDC users to the root team
- **changed** — Improved OAuth login handling and profile indication for SSO accounts
- **added** — Added team-scoped integration-token management under Security settings
- **added** — Added create, edit, permission, and authorization handling for integration tokens
- **changed** — Improved email-provider configuration and enforced mutually exclusive provider selection
- **added** — Added notification-channel enable/disable handling for Discord, email, Pushover, Slack, Telegram, and webhooks
- **changed** — Improved Docker prerequisite and package installation, including Alpine Linux package handling
- **changed** — Improved log-drain toggle rollback behavior and SSH multiplexing controls
- **changed** — Improved settings navigation and action-button state handling
- **changed** — Updated bundled service templates

##### Release candidate

This is the first release candidate for Coolify v4.4. It is intended for testing and validation before the stable v4.4 release.

> **Do not use this release candidate in production without appropriate testing.** Please report regressions through [GitHub Issues](https://github.com/coollabsio/coolify/issues).

##### Changes in `next`

These notes include only changes currently unique to `next` compared with `main`.

###### OpenID Connect and authentication

- Added first-class OpenID Connect (OIDC) authentication, including discovery, JWKS signing-key resolution, token validation, PKCE support, and identity linking.
- Added OIDC configuration and registration-policy controls to instance settings.
- Added an option to automatically join OIDC users to the root team.
- Improved OAuth login handling and profile indication for SSO accounts.

###### Integration tokens

- Added team-scoped integration-token management under Security settings.
- Added create, edit, permission, and authorization handling for integration tokens.

###### Settings and server management

- Improved email-provider configuration and enforced mutually exclusive provider selection.
- Added notification-channel enable/disable handling for Discord, email, Pushover, Slack, Telegram, and webhooks.
- Improved Docker prerequisite and package installation, including Alpine Linux package handling.
- Improved log-drain toggle rollback behavior and SSH multiplexing controls.

###### Additional improvements

- Improved settings navigation and action-button state handling.
- Updated bundled service templates.
- Added broader automated coverage for OIDC, OAuth registration, integration tokens, email providers, server packages, and related settings.

**Comparison:** [`main...next`](https://github.com/coollabsio/coolify/compare/main...next)