History

5.0.1 (2025-12-18)

• Update PyPI release action.

5.0.0 (2025-12-18)

• Add support for Django 5.0, 5.1, and 5.2

• Update minimum Django version to 4.2

• Add support for Python 3.13 (Django 5.1+ only)

• Add support for Python 3.14 (Django 5.2+ only)

• Replace josepy with PyJWT (also eliminates josepy-related circular import error). Thanks @tonial

• Add support for JWT UserInfo response. Thanks @ikarius and @escattone

• Resolve LOGOUT_REDIRECT_URL for compatibility with django.contrib.auth. Thanks @akatsoulas

• Fix SECP256R1 instance in test_auth.py. Thanks @janbrasna

• Add OIDC_REDIRECT_ALLOWED_HOSTS to settings documentation. Thanks @myleskeeffe

• Replace setup.py with pyproject.toml

Backwards-incompatible changes:

• Drop support for Django 3.2

• Drop support for Python 3.8

• Drop support for Python 3.9

4.0.1 (2024-03-12)

• Update configuration for readthedocs.

• Point HEAD to main branch.

• Update project’s README file.

4.0.0 (2024-01-11)

• Added PKCE support in the authorization code flow. Thanks @themooer1 and @escattone

• Added support for Elliptic Curve JWT signing algorithms Thanks @atanunq

• Replace mock with unittest.mock Thanks @traylenator

• Add pre-commit hooks

• Add support for Python 3.11 and 3.12

• Add support for Django 4.2

• Document OIDC_USERNAME_ALGO Thanks @polyccon

• Add claims to custom username algorithm Thanks @EduardRosert

• Formatting fixes in the Documentation Thanks @EduardRosert

• Update token error response handling Thanks @dopry <https://github.com/dopry>

Backwards-incompatible changes:

• Drop Python 3.7 support

• Drop Django 4.1 support

3.0.0 (2022-11-14)

• Gracefully handle www-authenticate header with missing error_description. Thanks @vinitsharswat and @adamj9431

• Lint project with black.

• Add support for Django 4

• Document OIDC_OP_JWKS_ENDPOINT. Thanks @yoctozepto

• Update typo in comments. Thanks @rabbit-aaron

• LOGIN_REDIRECT_URL now accepts a named url pattern. Thanks @dispiste

• Pass OIDC_AUTH_REQUEST_EXTRA_PARAMS to SessionRefresh Thanks @melanger

• Remove state from from session after failed authentication attempts Thanks @cfra

• Do not call auth.login() on session refresh. Thanks crgwbr

Backwards-incompatible changes:

• Drop Python 3.6 support

• Drop Django 2.x Support

• Drop Django 3.1 support

2.0.0 (2021-07-27)

• Make get_or_create_user compatible with custom scope configuration by moving scope specific code to describe_user_by_claims Thanks @cfra

• Add support for Django 3.2 Thanks @jannh

• Add configuration to opt in logout using GET

• Fix url encoding using escaped space characters

• Pass email as named argument in create_user

• Do not fail if JWK does not have a key ID Thanks @cfra

• Update middleware init to configure settings Thanks @dreynolds

• Add SessionAuthentication to DRF auth class Thanks @SpyTec

Backwards-incompatible changes:

• Drop Django 1.x support

• Drop Python2 support

1.2.4 (2020-08-19)

• Fix error in README.rst Thanks @der-gabe

• Fix JWKS handling when the same kid value is used across JWKs with different alg specified Thanks @davidjb

• Support regex patterns in OIDC_EXEMPT_URLS, to allow exempting session refreshes in SessionMiddleware for URLs matching the pattern Thanks @jwhitlock

• Move nonce outside of add_state_and_noce_to_session method.

• Change log level to info for the add_state_and_verifier_and_nonce_to_session.

• Session save/load management Thanks @Flor1an-dev

• Allow multiple parallel login sessions Thanks @istreeter

1.2.3 (2020-01-02)

• Add support for Django 3.x Thanks @jaap3

• Use new E2E testing images from mozilla namespace

• Remove support for EOL’ed Django versions

1.2.2 (2019-04-18)

• Add Mozilla code of conduct

• Allow overriding OIDC settings per class

1.2.1 (2019-01-22)

• Make verify_claims compatible with custom scope configuration.

1.2.0 (2019-01-09)

• Improve travis automation for PyPI releases

• Allow basic auth for OIDC token endpoint requests Thanks @anttipalola

• Replace phantomjs with firefox headless for e2e testing

• Add default email verification claim check Thanks @kerrermanisNL

• Remove compatibility code for unsupported Django versions

• Add settings to control redirect behavior Thanks @chrisbrantley

1.1.2 (2018-08-24)

• Fix JWKS handling when OP returns multiple keys Thanks @JustinAzoff

1.1.1 (2018-08-09)

• Fix is_safe_url on Django 2.1

• Fix signature in authenticate method to be compatible with Django 2.1

• Remove legacy code for unsupported Django < 1.11 Thanks @SirTyson

1.1.0 (2018-08-02)

• Installation doc fixes Thanks @mklan

• Drop support for unsupported Django 1.8 and Python 3.3.

• Refactor authentication backend to make it easier to extend Required by DRF support feature.

• Add DRF support Thanks @anlutro

• Improve local docker environment setup

• Add flag to allow using unsecured tokens

• Allow using JWK with optional alg Thanks @Algogator

1.0.0 (2018-05-09)

• Add OIDC_AUTHENTICATION_CALLBACK_URL as a new configuration parameter

• Fail earlier when JWS algorithm does not OIDC_RP_SIGN_ALGO. Thanks @anlutro

• RS256 verification through settings.OIDC_OP_JWKS_ENDPOINT Thanks @GermanoGuerrini

• Refactor OIDCAuthenticationBackend so that token retrieval methods can be overridden in a subclass when you need to.

Backwards-incompatible changes:

• OIDC_OP_LOGOUT_URL_METHOD takes a request parameter now.

• Changed name of RefreshIDToken middleware to SessionRefresh.

0.6.0 (2018-03-27)

• Add e2e tests and automation

• Add caching for exempt URLs

• Fix logout when session refresh fails

0.5.0 (2018-01-10)

• Add Django 2.0 support

• Fix tox configuration

Backwards-incompatible changes:

• Drop Django 1.10 support

0.4.2 (2017-11-29)

• Fix OIDC_USERNAME_ALGO to actually load dotted import path of callback.

• Add verify_claims method for advanced authentication checks

0.4.1 (2017-10-25)

• Send bytes to josepy. Fixes python3 support.

0.4.0 (2017-10-24)

Security issues:

• High: Replace python-jose with josepy and use pyca/cryptography instead of pycrypto (CVE-2013-7459).

Backwards-incompatible changes:

• OIDC_RP_IDP_SIGN_KEY no longer uses the JWK json as dict but PEM or DER keys instead.

0.3.2 (2017-10-03)

Features:

• Implement RS256 verification Thanks @puiterwijk

Bugs:

• Use settings.OIDC_VERIFY_SSL also when validating the token. Thanks @GermanoGuerrini

• Make OpenID Connect scope configurable. Thanks @puiterwijk

• Add path host injection unit-test (#171)

• Revisit OIDC_STORE_{ACCESS,ID}_TOKEN config entries

• Allow configuration of additional auth parameters

0.3.1 (2017-06-15)

Security issues:

• Medium: Sanitize next url for authentication view

0.3.0 (2017-06-13)

Security issues:

• Low: Logout using POST not GET (#126)

Backwards-incompatible changes:

• The settings.SITE_URL is no longer used. Instead the absolute URL is derived from the request’s get_host().

• Only log out by HTTP POST allowed.

Bugs:

• Test suite maintenance (#108, #109, #142)

0.2.0 (2017-06-07)

Backwards-incompatible changes:

• Drop support for Django 1.9 (#130)

  If you’re using Django 1.9, you should update Django first.

• Move middleware to mozilla_django_oidc.middleware and change it to use authentication endpoint with prompt=none (#94)

  You’ll need to update your MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES/MIDDLEWARE setting accordingly.

• Remove legacy base64 handling of OIDC secret. Now RP secret should be plaintext.

Features:

• Add support for Django 1.11 and Python 3.6 (#85)

• Update middleware to work with Django 1.10+ (#90)

• Documentation updates

• Rework test infrastructure so it’s tox-based (#100)

Bugs:

• always decode verified token before json.load() (#116)

• always redirect to logout_url even when logged out (#121)

• Change email matching to be case-insensitive (#102)

• Allow combining OIDCAuthenticationBackend with other backends (#87)

• fix is_authenticated usage for Django 1.10+ (#125)

0.1.0 (2016-10-12)

• First release on PyPI.