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Authentik version/2026.8.3
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Summary of changes
See https://docs.goauthentik.io/docs/releases/2026.8#fixed-in-202683
## What's Changed
- admin/files: make file search case-insensitive (#25736)
- api: include JSON field relation models in search autocomplete (#26153)
- blueprints: fix employee_department typo (#26046)
- change docker compose to compose (#26087)
- core: fix migrations (version-2026.8) (cherry-pick #26208) (#26209)
- events: Note in logs when an agent makes a call (#26146)
- flows: strip login_hint from next on cancel to prevent loop (#26111)
- outposts: refresh sessions when impersonation changes (#26086)
- packages/ak-axum/extract/client_ip: support X-Forwarded-For with ports (#25682)
- policies: fix policybinding cache invalidation (#25989)
- providers/ldap: fix memory leak in the cached searcher (#26028)
- providers/oauth: handle token exchange when no signing key is set (#26049)
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