What is new in this release

WSO2 Identity Server (WSO2 IS) version 5.6.0 is the successor of version 5.5.0, and contains the following new features and enhancements:

UI Based JSON Web Token (JWT) configuration support to generate JWT tokens compatible with the Eclipse MicroProfile JWT RBAC Security specification.
Support to validate JWTs based on JSON web key set (JWKS).
SAML artifact binding support for SAML Identity provider.
eIDAS SAML Attribute Profile Support via WSO2 Identity Server.

WUM updates

This section lists new features and improvements that are introduced to WSO2 IS 5.6.0 via WUM updates.

New feature or improvement	The date of the WUM update
Support to select how you want to prompt for credentials at the time of JIT provisioning with a federated identity provider.	Effective from the 1st of August 2018
Support to customize just-in-time provisioning user interfaces.	Effective from the 1st of August 2018
Support to configure a proxy host and a proxy port for SAML artifact binding.	Effective from the 23rd of September 2018
Support to configure signing and digest algorithms for passive sts ws-federation single sign-on	Effective from the 7th of December 2018

Compatible versions

For information on the Carbon platform version and Carbon Kernel version of WSO2 IS 5.6.0, see the Release Matrix.

All WSO2 products that are based on a specific Carbon Kernel version are expected to be compatible with each other. If you come across any compatibility issue, contact team WSO2.

Fixed issues

For a complete list of improvements and bug fixes available with this release, see WSO2 IS 5.6.0 - Fixed Issues.

Known issues

For a complete list of open issues related to the WSO2 Identity Server runtime, see WSO2 IS Runtime - Open Issues.
For a complete list of open issues related to the WSO2 Identity Server analytics, see WSO2 IS Analytics - Open Issues.

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