Feature release hub

Authentication Billing Brilliant basics Developer features SDK Highly requested

Better delivery, higher conversion, lower pricing

WhatsApp messaging support Reach your users where they’re most active. You can now send verification codes and notifications via WhatsApp, helping improve...

March 30, 2026

Authentication Brilliant basics Developer features SDK User management Highly requested

More Control, Less Friction

IdP-initiated SAML SSO Users can now start their login flow directly from their identity provider portal, rather than having to begin from your application....

February 26, 2026

Authentication Brilliant basics Customize & extend Developer features SDK Highly requested

Polish and new tricks

Kinde MCP server for AI agents You can now connect AI agents to Kinde using our MCP (Model Context Protocol) server. This lets AI tools like Claude Code or...

January 30, 2026

Authentication Brilliant basics Customize & extend Developer features SDK Highly requested

Papercuts edition

SMS hardening We've strengthened SMS security with stricter rate limits, verification rules, and geo-blocking to help prevent fraud. For customers...

December 22, 2025

Customize & extend Integrations & triggers

Billing and then some…

Optional credit card collection for billing plans You now have full control over whether credit card details are collected when users sign up for your...

November 29, 2025

Customize & extend Integrations & triggers

Better control for Enterprise customers

Self-serve SSO enterprise connections (Kinde Scale plans) Available now for early adopters If you are a B2B business supporting multiple enterprise SSO...

October 30, 2025

Customize & extend

Focus on connections and workflows in September

Custom OAuth2.0 / OIDC connections You can now add custom auth connections using OAuth 2.0 that also support OIDC for authenticating users and retrieving...

September 30, 2025

Authentication Brilliant basics Developer features User management Highly requested

Small but mighty for August

There might not be many things on the list, but they are all awesome. Support for device authorization flow Kinde now supports a device authorization flow,...

August 29, 2025

Integrations & triggers

More of what you asked for in July

M2M apps scoped to organizations You can now create dedicated M2M apps within an organization to scope functionality and give you more control over API...

August 5, 2025

Integrations & triggers

In June we released billing (and some other stuff)

The big feature was billing, but it was not the only thing that went out. Self-serve portals, Account API and more.

June 30, 2025