# DigitalOcean Now Available: OIDC Authentication for Managed Kubernetes

- Product: DigitalOcean (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/digitalocean)
- Vendor: DigitalOcean
- Date: 2026-06-30
- Original notes: https://ideas.digitalocean.com/changelog/now-available-oidc-authentication-for-managed-kubernetes
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/digitalocean/releases/feed-6a4429d6429b48432786793c

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DOKS clusters can now authenticate users through an external OpenID Connect provider. Each cluster has its own independent configuration managed via doctl, so dev, staging, and production environments…

- **added** — DOKS clusters can now authenticate users through an external OpenID Connect provider with independent configuration managed per cluster