ST-2026-182 · Authentication & identity
Auth0 Flexible Password Policy reaches general availability
Auth0 made Flexible Password Policy generally available on 13 August 2026 for database connections, with new connections using the current options.password_options policy model while existing connections remain unchanged.
Previous state
Auth0 database connections used the legacy password-policy configuration model, while Flexible Password Policy had not yet reached general availability.
Current state
Flexible Password Policy is generally available and new database connections use the options.password_options configuration model for current password-policy controls.
Affected users
Who needs to care
Auth0 administrators and automation that create or update database connections and manage password-policy settings.
Required response
What to do
Update connection-management automation to use options.password_options for new Flexible Password Policy configuration and avoid sending the current and legacy password-policy fields together in one update.
Evidence boundary
What the source does not prove
Existing database connections are unchanged. Auth0 continues to support legacy password policies and states no end-of-life date for them; this event is general availability and a configuration-model transition for new connections, not a legacy-policy retirement.
Lifecycle history
Dated event sequence
- Flexible Password Policy reached GA
Auth0 announced general availability and documented the current options.password_options model for new database connections.
Evidence ledger
First-party sources
- 01Auth0 — Flexible Password Policy is now Generally Available
Official Auth0 changelog · 2026-08-13
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