Vault 1.15.0 release notes

GA date: 2023-09-27

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.

Known issues and breaking changes

Version	Issue
1.15.0+	Vault no longer reports rollback metrics by mountpoint
1.15.0	Panic in AWS auth method during IAM-based login
1.15.0+	UI Collapsed navbar does not allow certain click events
1.15	Vault file audit devices do not honor SIGHUP signal to reload
1.15.0 - 1.15.1	Vault storing references to ephemeral sub-loggers leading to unbounded memory consumption
1.15.0 - 1.15.1	Internal error when vault policy in namespace does not exist
1.15.0+	Sublogger levels not adjusted on reload
1.15.0+	URL change for KV v2 plugin
1.15.1	Fatal error during expiration metrics gathering causing Vault crash
1.15.0 - 1.15.4	Audit devices could log raw data despite configuration

Vault companion updates

Companion updates are Vault updates that live outside the main Vault binary.

Release	Update	Description
Vault Secrets Operator	GA	Run the Vault Secrets Operator (v0.3.0) on Red Hat OpenShift. Learn more: Vault Secrets Operator

Core updates

Follow the learn more links for more information, or browse the list of Vault tutorials updated to highlight changes for the most recent GA release.

Release	Update	Description
Vault Agent	ENHANCED	Updated to use the latest Azure SDK version and Workload Identity Federation (WIF). Learn more: What is Vault Agent?
Vault Agent	GA	Fetch secrets directly into your application as environment variables. Learn more: Process Supervisor Mode
External plugins	BETA	Run external plugins in their own container with native container platform controls. Learn more: Containerize Vault plugins
Eventing	BETA	Subscribe to notifications for various events in Vault. Includes support for filtering, permissions, and cluster configurations with K-V secrets. Learn more: Events
Vault GUI	GA	New LDAP secrets engine GUI. Learn more: Vault UI guide
Vault GUI	ENHANCED	• New landing page dashboard. • View secrets you have read access to under your directory. • View diffs between previous and new secret versions. • Copy and paste secret paths from the GUI to the Vault CLI or API. Learn more: Vault UI guide
Secrets management	GA	Connect to Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Cloud SQL instances using native IAM credentials. Learn more: Google Cloud Platform Secret Manager
Secrets management	ENHANCED	Improved TTL management for database credentials with configurable credential rotation. Learn more: Secrets engines

Enterprise updates

Release	Update	Description
Secrets syncing	BETA	Sync Key Value (KV) v2 data between Vault and secrets managers from AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), GitHub, and Vercel. Learn more: Secrets Sync
Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)	GA	Control Vault PKI issued certificates with the Certificate Issuance External Policy Service (CIEPS) to ensure consistency and compliance to enterprise standards. Learn more: Certificate Issuance External Policy Service (CIEPS)
Replication	ENHANCED	Holistic improvements to cluster replication including problem detection and remediation. Learn more: Vault Enterprise replication
Seal High Availability	BETA	Enables Vault administrators to configure multiple KMS for seal keys to ensure Vault availability in the event a single KMS becomes unavailable. Learn more: Seal wrap
Authentication	GA	Authenticate to Vault with your SAML identity provider. Learn more: SAML auth method

Feature deprecations and EOL

Deprecated in 1.15	Retired in 1.15
None	None

Please refer to the Deprecation Plans and Notice page for up-to-date information on feature deprecations and plans or the Feature Deprecation FAQ for general questions about our deprecation process.