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Federated client authentication - no more secrets

calendar_today January 25, 2026 person Stian Thorgersen domain keycloak

Keycloak has from day one supported identity brokering, allowing users to authenticate via an external OpenID Connect or SAML 2.0 identity provider. With federated client authentication it is now possible to authenticate OpenID Connect clients through external identity providers as well. Depending on the environment the clients is running in this can eliminate the need for managing secrets for clients altogether.

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