CIMD is now available for every Clerk application. MCP and other public OAuth clients can connect with a URL-based identity, no support request required.
Follow the delivery lifecycle of every Clerk-delivered SMS
Authorize CLIs, TVs, and other input-constrained devices with a secure, standards-based OAuth flow.
Control how recently users must have authenticated before performing sensitive actions.
An audit trail of admin actions across your workspace
Give MCP clients precise, discoverable access to your API with custom OAuth scopes.
Let returning mobile users sign in with a biometric credential and the platform biometric prompt.
Apply percentage or fixed-amount discounts to a customer's subscription, or issue promo codes customers redeem at checkout.
Give MCP and other public OAuth clients URL-based identities without Dynamic Client Registration.
Sync users and groups directly from Google Workspace, with support for role mapping and custom attributes.
<SignIn /> now supports the combined sign-in-or-up flow under strict user enumeration protection. Visitors verify their identity first, then Clerk signs them in or creates the account. No code changes required.
Your customers' IT admins can configure their own OpenID Connect connections from the Security tab in <OrganizationProfile />.
Let users sign in and sign up through the browser with Account Portal, Clerk’s hosted authentication pages
Build your own profile pages from Clerk’s building blocks, now available as an experimental API.
clerk mcp install registers the Clerk MCP server in ten AI clients, including Claude Code, Cursor, and VS Code, with a built-in bridge and no manual config required.
Default OAuth scopes for dynamic client registration are now configurable.
Starting January 18, 2027, Clerk will phase out CBC-mode SSL/TLS cipher suites on Clerk-managed subdomains as certificates rotate. Here's what's changing and why.
Configure each SAML connection to send an email address, a custom attribute, or no login hint to your identity provider.
CLI 2.0 adds a local webhooks toolkit, one-command user impersonation, and a refreshed interactive experience — built for you and your agents.
SAML connections can now reject sign-ins from users without an existing account instead of provisioning one automatically, with a self-serve toggle in the Dashboard and a disable_jit field on the Backend API.
Adjust customer credit balances from the Clerk Dashboard and APIs
Your customers' IT admins can configure and manage their own enterprise SSO connections from a new Security tab in <OrganizationProfile />.
Host the OAuth consent screen on your own application domain using Clerk's <OAuthConsent /> component.
SAML custom attributes can now map every value an identity provider sends into an array on publicMetadata, instead of keeping only the first.
clerk deploy takes your application live with a single command, cloning your development instance to production and walking you through DNS and OAuth setup.
Configure per-seat pricing in your organization billing plans
Inspect transactional email delivery events from the Clerk Dashboard.
View your largest organizations by member count to understand how usage is distributed across your userbase, spot outliers, and track account growth.
Render Clerk components without a card wrapper using the new elevation appearance option.
The remaining Directory Sync features — groups and custom attributes mapping — are now generally available, completing the SCIM GA rollout.
OAuth Applications can now request organization context, letting users pick an org during the OAuth flow and giving clients an org_id claim.
An events stream of auth, billing, and orgs events across your applications
A new command-line tool for you and your agents to manage authentication, billing, and more
API keys are now generally available, with usage-based billing now active.
Directory Sync is now available to all users, with new support for custom attribute mapping and automatic role assignment from IdP groups.
@clerk/expo now supports a JSON-based theme for native iOS and Android components — colors, dark mode, border radius, and font family.
Browse more Overview data with infinite scrolling across user cohorts, organization cohorts, and waitlist tables.
Filter out test users from the Clerk Dashboard Overview
Create plans that require an annual subscription
See a preview of custom session claims before applying
Restrict your end users from modifying their email address, phone number, or username after sign up.
Include seat limits in your organization billing plans
The Overview page now has a dedicated waitlist view so it's easier to understand sign-up access and recent waitlist activity.
Add authentication and user management to your app through Stripe Projects with a CLI-based workflow for teams and AI agents.
Visualize how active each organization is in your application
Create, list, read, update, and delete enterprise connections programmatically.
@clerk/expo now ships prebuilt native components (AuthView, UserButton, UserProfileView), native Google Sign-In, and Core-3 Signal APIs.
We're rolling out improvements to the X social connection.
M2M tokens can now be issued as JWTs, enabling networkless verification and eliminating per-verification costs.
The Chrome Extension SDK now supports vanilla JavaScript with createClerkClient(), and deprecates the /background import path.
The latest major release of Clerk's SDKs, with improved customization APIs, a theme editor, modern React compatibility, and performance improvements.
Track how well your application retains organizations with automatic organization retention tracking.
Enforce multi-factor authentication for all users in your iOS and Android applications.
Generate a test URL for enterprise connections to validate SSO configuration, with logs and test results visible in the Dashboard.
Clerk now provides a native integration with Convex for Swift and Kotlin mobile apps.
Enforce multi-factor authentication for all users in your application
Stay ahead of payment disruptions with our new Stripe account status warnings in Dashboard.
Export and share your Clerk Dashboard analytics charts as high-quality images
The Clerk iOS and Android SDKs are now v1, with a clearer, more consistent auth surface across both platforms.
Our first major pricing update since 2023 makes authentication more affordable.
Visualize any user's activity in your app with the new user activity report.
Enhance your AI coding agent with specialized Clerk authentication knowledge using installable skills.
Assigning custom plans and prices in Clerk Billing
Reduce friction for new users with automatic first organization creation and intelligent name suggestions based on email domain or member details.
Track how sticky your product is with automatic user retention tracking.
Get accurate Clerk SDK snippets and implementation patterns directly in your AI coding assistant with the Clerk MCP server.
Introducing support for Sign-in with Solana for seamless authentication using Solana wallets!
Control which roles are available to each organization with Role Sets, enabling tiered access and cohort-based permissions.
We've further restricted access to your most sensitive keys within the Clerk Dashboard
OAuth access tokens can now be issued as JWTs, enabling networkless verification and better compatibility with third-party tools.
You can now hide incomplete time periods from your analytics reports on the Overview page.
You can now manually require users to reset their passwords using the reset password session task. This ensures users are prompted to choose a new password on their next sign-in, giving you a reliable way to respond to security events beyond automated breach detection.
Filter organizations by name, slug, or creation date to quickly find what you need.
Track organization creation metrics with new dashboard reports.
Allow your users to create API keys that delegate access to your application's API on their behalf.
Ready-to-use authentication views for Android apps.
Debug logs for enterprise connections are now available in the Dashboard, making it easier to diagnose and resolve IdP configuration issues.
Enable users to sign in to your application using their Vercel accounts.
You can now enable Organizations directly in your app during development, without navigating to the Clerk Dashboard.
Build custom role based access control (RBAC) systems by managing organization roles and permissions via an API.
Clerk Billing now supports linking an existing Stripe account.
You can now update billing plan prices even when the plan has active paid subscriptions.
The Clerk Expo SDK now supports native Sign in with Apple, providing a seamless authentication experience for iOS users.
Custom OIDC providers and custom social connections now support PKCE for enhanced security in native and mobile applications.
New API Version available with Clerk Billing updates
You can now view churned cohorts in your growth charts by selecting the negative segment of your growth chart. Just hover over or click the negative segment of your growth chart for any period to see a cohort of churned users or organizations.
Navigate the Clerk Dashboard with just a few keystrokes, search the docs, switch workspaces, applications, or instances, and let AI guide you wherever you need to go.
Free trials just got more flexible! You can now choose whether users need to provide a payment method before starting their trial.
Track your organization metrics with the same depth as user analytics
See how different LLMs perform at writing Clerk-specific code
M2M tokens are now generally available, providing stable, production-grade authentication between your backend services.
Database migration, high-update to append-only, direct job queuing, and more
Introducing Clerk's integration with the AI developer agent, Leap.
Organization slugs are now disabled by default for new applications.
Isolated compute for session API, database tuning, and more
Clerk now supports configuring the ForceAuthn parameter on SAML authentication requests.
Users can now easily identify their last-used sign-in method with a visual badge indicator.
The Clerk Android SDK has reached general availability, delivering production-ready authentication and user management for native Android applications.
Fetch a user's subscription from the Backend API
The easiest way to not charge your customers.
Enable users to sign-in to your application using their Base accounts, Coinbase's Layer 2 blockchain
Fetch an organization's subscription from the Backend API
B2B applications can now enforce organization membership much more easily
Trace growth metrics all the way down to the user
Testing Tokens are now supported in production environments
We're excited to announce that M2M tokens are now available in public beta, bringing secure authentication for communication between your backend services.
Get started with Clerk authentication in Next.js apps using the shadcn/ui CLI
Enabled ability to fetch a list of billing plans
Our new Android SDK is here to ensure that your users enjoy a smooth, integrated sign-in experience, on any Android device.
Ready-to-use authentication views for iOS apps.
Verified domains are now accessible through both the Clerk Dashboard and the Backend API
Opt in to enhanced protection against user enumeration attacks in the Dashboard
Five new React hooks that give developers complete control over building custom billing experiences, from plan selection to checkout completion.
Create unlimited permissions within organizations for enhanced flexibility and control over resource access.
Automatic regional failover now protects Clerk from major infrastructure disruptions
Build an MCP service into your application with Clerk and Express.js in 5 minutes
A minimal theme with stripped-down styling that provides a clean foundation for custom designs.
Immediately terminate subscriptions and revoke feature access with the new End button in the Dashboard
A new place to manage your workspace level settings
Three new billing buttons for implementing checkout, plan details, and subscription management in your applications.
Introducing a new Clerk theme based on shadcn/ui that styles Clerk's components according to your shadcn/ui theme.
It's the Clerk Dashboard but darker.
Clerk now supports theming via Clerk CSS variables.
Configure and integrate Clerk directly through the Vercel Marketplace.
Model your app's features right inside of Clerk
Dashboard accounts now start as an organization, as opposed to Personal accounts.
Clerk's appearance system now supports CSS variables for seamless design system integration and dynamic theming
Billing webhooks are now available.
Build an MCP service into your application with Clerk and Next.js in 5 minutes
Enterprise SSO connections now support multiple domains, making it easier to manage authentication across different subdomains and domains within your organization.
Introducing the cssLayerName option for compatibility with Tailwind CSS v4, allowing Clerk styles to be wrapped in a dedicated CSS cascade layer.
Expanded OAuth functionality that paves the way for MCP support
View Monthly Recurring Revenue trends with a new interactive chart.
We've improved the invoice format to make things easier to read.
View all subscription payment attempts directly from the Dashboard.
A new report on the dashboard shows the all time sign-ups for your application.
We're launching a fresh new look for the dashboard overview, making it easier to monitor what matters.
We're excited to announce that Clerk Billing now supports international Stripe accounts.
Announcing the release of Session Token JWT v2, featuring a more compact and structured claim format.
Integrate Clerk with Supabase as a third-party authentication provider.
Protect sensitive actions by prompting users to reverify their identity.
We're excited to announce the beta release of our official Flutter SDK, bringing Clerk's powerful authentication and user management capabilities to Flutter applications.
Introducing a new email template when your users sign-in with an unrecognized device
Add Clerk to your agentic workflows with our new agent toolkit.
Use your Clerk instance as an OpenID Connect provider (OIDC).
Enable seamless, passwordless authentication in your Expo apps with Passkeys.
Introducing SAML Native Flows for Expo and iOS SDKs, enabling secure enterprise authentication directly within your mobile apps
With expanded support for Rails, Rails API, Sinatra, Rack and more
Easily find organization members on <OrganizationProfile /> by searching for any information related to them.
The React Router SDK is no longer in beta.
Start collecting sign-in and sign-ups within a single flow.
Completing transition period for Clerk Node SDK
We've released a new backend SDK for C#! Here's a quick overview of its capabilities and some resources to help you get started.
A community SDK gets its graduation day 🎓
Use an organization slug in your application URL to automatically set the active Clerk organization.
Link Organizations to SSO Connections, allowing users to authenticate with their IdP and join organizations seamlessly.
A better experience for your Expo apps.
Add authentication and authorization to your React Router application in minutes with this new Clerk SDK.
Configure enterprise single sign-on through any custom OAuth provider
Reverification protects sensitive actions by prompting users to confirm their identity when needed.
We've released version 2.0 of the Chrome Extension SDK. Learn about the SDK's new features and get started building your Chrome Extension today.
Get your product launch off to a smooth start with Waitlist Sign-up mode.
Customize your Sign Up with a Terms of Service and Privacy Policy checkbox.
Export your users whenever you need to. They're yours, after all.
Introducing @clerk/nextjs v6, with support for Next.js 15.
Introducing Clerk's Fastify SDK 2.0 with support for Fastify v5
Add authentication and authorization to your Express application in minutes with the new Clerk SDK
We've released a new backend SDK for Python! Here's a quick overview of its capabilities and some resources to help you get started.
A more intuitive way to add SSO Connections.
Improve your Web3 application development experience using Clerk and Coinbase
More granular control for your users who sign-in via Enterprise Connections.
Introducing sign-up modes, starting with Restricted mode. Take control of who can join your app and prevent unexpected sign-ups.
Add authentication and authorization to your TanStack Start application in minutes with the new Clerk SDK.
We are thrilled to introduce a highly anticipated feature that allows multiple applications to be hosted under the same domain.
Enable users to sign in to your application using their Hugging Face accounts.
Use biometric authentication for returning users in your Expo application.
Instantly add and configure any OpenID Connect (OIDC) compliant OAuth provider
Our new iOS SDK is here to ensure that your users enjoy a smooth, integrated sign-in experience, whether they're on an iPhone, iPad, or any other Apple device.
More granular control over organization creation limits
With our latest release, you can now add custom menu items to <UserButton /> component.
It is now possible to set an active organization by URL slug, making it easier to use the URL as the source of truth for the active organization.
Seamlessly migrate AWS Cognito user passwords into Clerk
Initiating transition period for Clerk's official Gatsby SDK
Introducing Clerk Expo SDK v2 with support for Expo Web
Passkeys are now generally available for all Clerk users
Enhanced end-to-end testing with Clerk using Cypress
Our community SDK is all grown up 🧑🚀
@clerk/remix now supports Remix SPA Mode
Keys and options passed to clerkMiddleware() at runtime are available in Clerk’s server-side helpers.
Introducing support for Google One Tap for seamless, one-click user sign-ins and sign-ups!
Introducing Clerk Elements, a new set of unstyled UI primitives that make it easy to build completely custom user interfaces on top of Clerk's API.
Unlocking end-to-end testing in Clerk applications
Passkeys are a simple-to-use and secure passwordless way to authenticate your users. Now available for your applications in Beta.
Our latest major release (Core 2) is now Generally Available. Enjoy the new foundation of Clerk - featuring refreshed UI components, improved middleware helpers, and enhanced overall performance.
Fight bot detection false positives by showing a visual captcha challenge
SAML Enterprise Connections are now GA and we've added IdP Initiated SSO
You can now secure your Astro website with Clerk!
Our latest beta release ships with an improved design and UX for built-in components, new middleware for Next.js, a CLI tool to help you upgrade, and a lot of bug fixes, DX improvements, and deprecation removals.
The DPF bridges the gap between US businesses and GDPR compliance.
A beta release of our Golang SDK featuring improved API architecture and package structure
As of Apr 1, 2024, SAML Enterprise Connections will be exiting Beta and become Generally Available
X (formerly Twitter) created a new version of their OAuth Provider and Clerk now supports it
Efficiently track and manage their organization's expenses from a single location
Timeline of events for finding and fixing CVE-2024-22206
Please upgrade immediately to 4.29.3
Enforce the usage of your IdP even when customer's initiate using SSO
More control to operate your B2B SaaS via Custom Roles and Permissions
Get a better understanding of your user's activity by using our updated Backend API endpoints which are now filterable by activity
Introducing a better pricing structure for all companies, and a better way to see your usage.
Fight back against bots and protect your users from brute-force attacks with Account Lockout
Hono is a great minimal web framework for building applications across any edge runtime and now with Hono's middleware and our community SDK, you can secure it with Clerk.
Customize your user and organization profiles by adding custom pages and external links to the navigation sidebar.
Interested in checking out something new from the Clerk team? Well you're looking at it; our fancy new dedicated Changelog
This week, we released prefill support for the <SignUp /> and <SignIn /> components, improved SAML account linking, and shipped an update for Remix v2.
This week, we shipped an improved account portal, added support for swapping keys in Expo, and shipped several quality-of-life enhancements across the stack.
This week, we shipped the ability to add satellite domains to your app and upgraded our org's product with auto-invite & auto-suggestions for admins.
This week we shipped a feature to block sign ups using email subaddressing, new email templates for magic links, and support for repo based config with Remix!
This week we shipped Disposable Email Blocking, Mitigation for Unvalidated Redirect Vulnerabilities, a new JWT template for WunderGraph, and more!
This week we shipped support for JWT shortcode interpolation, filtering and sorting for users, orgs & members, and a new UK +44 number for SMS OTP verification.
This week, we shipped enhanced bot detection for UI Components, improvements to search query performance, and infrastructure updates for increased stability.
This week, we released Self Service Delete, Organization Creation Permissions, Enhanced Bot Protection, and various security and performance enhancements.
This week, we shipped a public beta for SAML and several updates and improvements to localization, multidomain support, password imports, and more.
This week, we launched a major upgrade to avatars, enabled domain updates in the dashboard, improved backend sorting capabilities, password features, and more.
A new change password flow, bulk invites for organizations, hosted pages in the dashboard!
Expo 48 support, Improving our components, Runtime keys for Next.js...
Improved Web Vitals, Official Chrome Extension Support, OIDC Provider beta, Cross-Origin Embedder Policy Support
Series A announcement, improved email templates and dashboard improvements
You can find us at clerk.com, sign in with Linear, add scopes to users, beta docs updates
Organizations improvements, new Ruby SDK and Next.js route handler support
New docs, appearance and localization for Next.js App Router, Hydration improvements for remix, Spanish and German localization.
Introducing @clerk/fastify , Redwood v4 support, Next.js Middleware page protection and improvements to components.
Refactored API keys, Gatsby V5, Dynamic documentation, and migration support for Redwood self-hosted Auth.
Clerk has gone isomorphic, updated organization details page, and two deprecated packages
New backend API reference documentation, useAuth improvements and Italian language support
No more third-party cookies, pricing updates, and an educational youtube channel.
6.2 million dollars in funding, Support for Cloudflare workers, Localization improvements, Invite your team to Clerk and new social logins
Next.js app updates, improvements in appearance, and localization in Org components. TRPC support
New components for B2B SaaS: CreateOrganization, OrganizationProfile, OrganizationSwitcher! See the demo at Modern Frontends Live
Add OAuth connections after Sign Up, revamped Next.js documentation, and a Product Hunt relaunch
Refreshed branding, improved Next.js authentication SDK, MFA backup codes, and Sign in with Coinbase
We launched safe and auditable User Impersonation!
Component localization, integrations with Grafbase, Convex, and Nhost, blocklist and bans
MFA w/ Authenticator apps, and introducing a new settings page, with some new options.
Customizable Session tokens, Clerk playground, and an updated Data Processing Agreement.
Redesigned components enter beta with improved default styles and vastly more customizability! Plus, we're migrating free plans and we upgraded our WAF.
Next.js 12.2, Emails with high deliverability, Sign in with Line, Odds and ends.
Organizations, "verify after sign up", and big email upgrades.
Side-by-side Web2 & Web3 auth, strict sign up requirements, brand new documentation, use-stripe-subscription, inaugural weekly office hours
Updated pricing, Organizations hooks, AppSync support
Embeddable Magic Links, E2E Testing, The New Wave Remix Stack. Updated pricing coming soon.
Discover the latest updates including our public roadmap launch, resilience enhancements, and advanced bot detection upgrades.
Announcing our roadmap as a Customer Identity Platform, managing over 250,000 users. Plus, a new homepage and improved documentation.
Continued organization management improvements, update domain in production, and a community spotlight on the Chop Suey Remix stack
SOC2 and HIPAA certifications, Organizations updates, Email deliverability, and test mode.
React 18 support, Remix & Fauna tutorial, email deliverability updates, organization deletion, and a community spotlight on Cypress testing!
Expo / React Native support, "slug" field for organizations, usernames in JWT templates, and a bucket o' Remix updates
This week we launched alpha support for authenticating Gatsby SSR, webhooks and metadata for Clerk-managed organizations, and improved observability.
OAuth after Sign Up, mergeable custom metadata, improved observability, and optional usernames - plus, try our Clerk x RedwoodJS authentication integration!
Instant Component previews, in-house docs, email deliverability improvements, plus Supabase Launch Week!
Bring-your-own IdP with Sign in Tokens, new allowlist for sign ups, Sign in with Apple, and a user.organizations shortcode for custom JWT templates.
Server-side JWTs for Supabase and custom integrations, Firebase Authentication password migrations, toggleable hosted components, and a community spotlight!
Try our new and improved Remix integration! Plus, we refactored our authentication settings, and moved JWT templates into general availability.
Organization management API, custom OAuth scopes, application/json support, Microsoft and Notion Social Login, FaunaDB JWT template, and more!
A new Redwood guide and Remix SDK. Plus, our Organization management features are coming very soon!
We launched our Remix SDK, a new Fauna integration, instant development instances, and quick links for customization!
Usernames from social logins, a suite of frontend-accessible database integrations, Dropbox and Bitbucket social logins, BCrypt and Django password migrations
Open source javascript, an improved Supabase integration, LinkedIn social login, metadata for invitations, and credit where credit is due!
SSR for Next.js, improved Hasura integration, custom JWT signing keys + a community-built Web3 guide
Open-source Javascript, Web3 authentication, easier onboarding, cross-origin auth docs, and the ultimate guide to Next.js auth - what a week!
Chore week! Email deliverability, NPM sourcemaps, and a new product page on one-time passcodes.
Beta for our Supabase integration (our most requested integration of Q4!), more about our security practices, and a new community contribution
We've launched custom JWTs for authentication, improved security for magic links, easier onboarding and productionizing, and a new homepage! Happy holidays!
Happy holidays, we're launching customizable email and SMS templates!
Our new dashboard has launched! Plus new <SignInButton> and <SignUpButton> utilities
Clerk supports Expo, React Native, Invitations, new Allowlist options, and much more. Authentication for the modern Web, now natively supporting mobile.
Rolling sessions, beta for our new dashboard, and a simple CNAME change for new production applications
New magic link API and docs, DIY session token validation docs, Twitch SSO support, and a new information page on OAuth SSO
Magic links have launched! Plus Twitter social sign-in, a new guide on passwordless authentication, and a new starter with Fastify, React, and Prisma
Session management as-a-service, a more extensible <UserProfile/>, Discord and GitLab sign in, and a new guide on data-syncing
Next.js authentication at the edge and bug fixes for our upcoming magic link launch
Faster, faster, faster! Sub-millisecond auth in your backend, faster sign-in, and faster loading. Plus, community Ember.js and Next.js support.
Announcing Authentication v2 - from our first company retreat in Greece
Style with the theme prop, set a custom session duration, startup pricing, and beta for "magic links"
Price drop to 2¢ per MAU, a new guide to customization, a new Google Analytics integration, and a complete API reference.