Vault release notes

• Version: 1.20.x
• GA date: TBD

Release notes provide an at-a-glance summary of key updates to new versions of Vault. For a comprehensive list of product updates, improvements, and bug fixes refer to the changelog included with the Vault code on GitHub.

We encourage you to upgrade to the latest release of Vault to take advantage of continuing improvements, critical fixes, and new features.

Feature deprecations and EOL

Please refer to the deprecation notices for up-to-date information on feature deprecations and plans.

Important changes

System management and operational updates

Manage 3rd-party secrets

Manage certificates

Manage identities and authentication

Manage identities and control client access to sensitive information with managed entities, identity tokens, OIDC workflows, and workload identity federation (WIF).

Manage static secrets

Store and rotate arbitrary secrets in Vault with the Key/Value and Cubbyhole plugins. Vault encrypts data before writing out to persistent storage so accessing the raw storage is insufficient to access the information.

Secure sensitive data

Define custom parameters to encrypt or tokenize sensitive data in transit and at rest without storing the data in Vault.

Support regulatory compliance

Configure Vault as part of an HSM solution, FIPS compliant architecture, or PKCS11 authN workflow.