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NEWSLETTER

ISSUE #34 | August 5, 2025

Looking for your insights 

This month will be the last of the Summer 2025 break for many COmanage users. We invite you to join us for today’s Open Office Hours to chat with the development team about whatever is most helpful to you! We have also been preparing for a “new school year” with some planned new deep dive documentation resources. We seek your input about the topics that are of most interest to you!

Open Office Hours - August 8

Do you have a question about deploying or configuring Registry or Match? Would you like to receive some input on a solution architecture design? Want to hear how your colleagues in the community are solving problems similar to yours? Each month, we gather for the Open Office Hours, a platform where you can bring your topics for discussion to the call. No need to register or prepare a presentation (but feel free if it suits you); just show up! A brief conversation starter begins each session to help initiate the discussion. This is an excellent opportunity to connect with your peers, share your experiences, and learn from others.

Friday, August 8
9:00 AM (San Francisco) | 12:00 PM (New York) | 17:00 (London)
(no registration necessary)

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86226181846?pwd=T2VCIHTbdCEuiJyHF2avVuD0FwkZGe.1

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Topic Aperitif: Registry v5.1

Learn about the new functionality from Registry v5.1. We will also be available for your other questions and topics.

Help Shape COmanage’s Next Resources

We’re creating a new series of in-depth “deep dives” on key Registry and Match features—packed with practical guidance, case studies, and insights from the development team. Tell us which topics matter most to you, and help us make resources that meet your needs. 

Take the survey →

RELEASED: Registry v4.5.0

Registry v4.5.0 was recently released. (ANNOUNCEMENT) v4.5.0 is a feature release that introduces several new capabilities and improvements: 

✅ Token expiration time in OAuth2 responses

Version 4.5.0 adds support for storing Access Token expiry dates when using an OAuth Server configuration | Documentation

The OAuth2 Registry Server now supports the storage of the Access Token field,m [expires_in], in the OAuth2 Server data model. This information is stored when available upon successful OAuth2 responses as specified by RFC 6749. This improvement enables those using the COmanage Registry API to more efficiently identify expired tokens.

✅ Pipeline configuration to establish cluster objects

Version 4.5.0 adds support for establishing cluster objects via a pipeline when the CO Person is created | Documentation

Registry pipelines now allow a sync strategy that will establish cluster accounts when creating new CO Person records. Sync strategies are used to determine when a CO Person record should be created or updated by a pipeline, as well as the related objects. 

✅ Requiring MFA for Registry login

Version 4.5.0 allows a configuration to require MFA for those signing into Registry | Documentation

MFA requirements can be set at the Registry platform level through a configuration of Apache environment variables. When set, MFA is not required to access Mostly Static Public Content or when running an Enrollment Flow.

✅ Option to delete all JobShell locks

Version 4.5.0 enables one to delete all JobShell locks with a single command | Documentation

This feature adds a variable to the JobShell argument that removes a locked job. Now, in addition to the ability to add a specific lock ID to be removed, one may specify “all” to remove all locks. 

See more information in the release history.

Funding for Registry v4.5.0 has been provided by

• Internet2

• The CILogon Project and the University of Illinois

COmanage News

Do you have news to share? Let us know on the #incommon-comanage Slack channel or by !

That’s it for this month’s newsletter. We hope to see you at our next Open Office Hours!

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About The COmanage Project

COmanage is an Open Source Project that is focused on streamlining digital lifecycle management for your populations. It consists of two tools: Registry and Match. 

COmanage Registry is an identity registry with flexible enrollment and lifecycle management capabilities that helps you meet your identity management objectives using standardized tools and approaches. It can be used as a central person registry, a guest management system, or a collaboration hub for scholarly collaborations.

COmanage Match performs identity de-duplication in order to help minimize the creation of duplicate accounts for the same individual. It provides a heuristic-based system for matching identity records across multiple authoritative systems of record. Match can be used with Registry or as a standalone product complementary to your other tools.

Learn more about the project and its supporters at https://incommon.org/software/comanage/.

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