Dedicated help sites for Okta products

Three of Okta’s products — Access Gateway, Advanced Server Access, and Workflows — now have their own dedicated help sites:

• Okta Advanced Server Access
• Okta Access Gateway
• Okta Workflows

This enhancement offers direct access to independent online help sites for these products from help.okta.com. The new sites provide several benefits:

• Compactly designed, product-centric content
• Streamlined navigation
• More efficient content updates and responsiveness to customer feedback

Okta Device Registration Task, version 1.3.2

This release includes internal code refactoring. You can download this version from the Settings > Downloads section of the Admin Console.

New Domains API response properties available

The Domains API includes the new response object properties of certificateSourcetype and expiration. The certificateSourcetype is a required property that indicates whether the Certificate is provided by the user. The accepted value is Manual. The expiration property on the DNSrecord object is an optional property that defines the TXT record expiration. See Domains API.

Default end-user experience

New orgs, including those created through the org creator API or the developer.okta.com website, will have the new end-user experience enabled by default in preparation for the old end-user experience deprecation starting on October 13. Learn more about this migration and other frequently asked questions in our support article.

Disable Import Groups per SCIM integration

Admins can now choose whether or not to import groups with all SCIM integrations. This new option is available when you set up provisioning for a SCIM integration.

Note that you can't disable group imports for an app if:

• Import New Users and Profile Updates isn't enabled.

• App Assignments based on Group exist.

• Group policy rules exist.

• Group Push mappings exist.

In these cases, an error is displayed.

Nutanix support

Okta Access Gateway customers can now download and deploy the Access Gateway virtual appliance on Nutanix Acropolis Hypervisor (or Nutanix AHV), a hyper-converged infrastructure platform popular among larger organizations. This provides customers with more options for infrastructure services supported by Access Gateway, including AWS, OCI, VMWare, and now Nutanix.

Remove the ability to disable Admin Experience Redesign

You can no longer disable the Admin Experience Redesign feature for your orgs.

Note: This is not applicable for orgs that didn't have Admin Experience Redesign enabled and used the legacy experience until 2021.06.4.

Windows Hello as an MFA factor is not supported for new orgs

Windows Hello as an MFA factor is no longer supported for new orgs. Existing orgs already using this feature can continue using it.

SAML 2.0 Assertion grant flow

You can use the SAML 2.0 Assertion flow to request an access token when you want to use an existing trust relationship without a direct user approval step at the authorization server. The flow enables a client app to reuse an authorization by supplying a valid, signed SAML assertion to the authorization server in exchange for an access token. This flow is often used in migration scenarios from legacy Identity Providers that don't support OAuth. See Create Rules for Each Access Policy.

Root signed PIV certificate support

Certificates signed directly from a root CA certificate, with no intermediates, can now be used for Personal Identity Verification (PIV) authentication.

Schemas API unique attributes

The Schemas API now includes unique attributes for custom properties in Okta user profiles and the Okta Group profile. You can declare a maximum of five unique properties for each user type and five unique properties in the Okta group profile. This feature helps prevent the duplication of data and ensures data integrity.

Create and manage group profiles

You now have the flexibility to manage the default profile for Okta groups in the Profile Editor. This new functionality simplifies group management and lets you quickly add, edit, or remove custom profile attributes to groups. See Work with profiles and attributes. This feature will be gradually made available to all orgs.

Improved New Device Behavior Detection

Improved New Device Behavior Detection provides stronger signals that are now used for the detection of new devices. Devices using web browsers that don't store cookies are treated as new trusted applications and must send a unique identifier, such as a device token, for each device. See Improved New Device Behavior Detection. This feature will be gradually made available to all orgs.

Org Under Attack for ThreatInsight

Okta ThreatInsight now has enhanced attack detection capability. “Org under attack” establishes a base line traffic pattern and adjusts based on legitimate changes in traffic patterns. When a threat is detected, the algorithms are optimized to block all malicious requests while creating a System Log event to alert on the attack. After the attack subsides, threatInsight returns into its normal mode of operation. This capability enables quick blocking action during an attack. See About Okta ThreatInsight. This feature will be gradually made available to all orgs.

Workplace by Facebook new custom attribute

Okta now supports the is_frontline custom attribute in Workplace from Facebook. Supporting user type designations enables access for frontline and deskless workers.

OIN App Catalog UI improvements

For each app integration in the OIN App Catalog, the details page has been updated to use tabs that display the overview and the specific capabilities of the app integration. The details page also shows the Capabilities in the side navigation. Clicking a specific capability returns the administrator to the main Add Application page with that capability pre-selected in the filter. When an admin searches for app integrations, the filter is now persistent through category changes or when they refresh the page.

OIN Manager category selections

For app submissions in the OIN Manager, the category designations have been updated to match the categories available in the OIN App Catalog.

Changes to group assignment options for OIDC apps

Admins can create new OIDC applications without assigning them to a group. See Create an OIDC app integration using AIW.

HTML sanitizer for email templates

Velocity-based email templates are now processed by an HTML sanitizer. Templates that don’t conform to the rules of the sanitizer are corrected before they are sent. See Customize an email template.

Email template events

The creation and deletion of email templates are now logged as events in the System Log.

Rate limit violation event logging

Session-user and User rate violation events are now logged as operation-level events instead of org-wide events. This allows you to distinguish between rate limit violations at an org level and individual level.

Updated branding for End-User Dashboard

Okta branding on the Okta End-User Dashboard has been updated.

OAuth redirect URI wildcards

Admins can now use a wildcard for multiple redirect URI subdomains when configuring OIDC applications. See Create an OIDC app integration using AIW.

App Integration Fixes

The following SWA app was not working correctly and is now fixed

• San Diego Gas and Electric (OKTA-407572)