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AI Agent Identity: What Changed and What You Can't Skip

AI agents didn't reinvent identity. AAA still decides everything. What changed: scoped delegation and per-agent audit are no longer optional

Your coding agent will happily build you an auth system. That's the Problem.

Agents make it faster to build your own auth, but they don't make it safer. Someone still has to secure, audit, and maintain code no one on the team actually wrote.

Next Zitadel preview: Your user model, not ours

Zitadel's roadmap: building the next iteration in the open

We’re building the next iteration of Zitadel in the open. Explore our community roadmap and see how we’re rethinking identity—from getting started in under a minute to enterprise scale and AI-native identity.

AI agents don't need to break in. That's the real problem.

AI agents don't need to break in to cause damage. When an agent is handed broad credentials for a narrow task, the identity layer can't tell the difference, and that's a structural problem with how access control was built.

I asked Claude to add auth to a Next.js app. Here's the exact prompt, and exactly what happened.

Next Zitadel preview: Control your login from code, starting in a minute

Authentication that starts locally in about a minute, then moves login flows, user schemas, and identity configuration closer to the application workflow, where developers and coding agents can inspect, review, and change them.

Theory, Practice, and AI: Our highlights from HackingLab Day 2026

ZITADEL joined HSG and Gobugfree at HackingLab Day 2026 to bridge the gap between academic theory and real-world security. From the ethics of hacking and AI vulnerabilities to high-stakes CTF challenges, we explored the evolving threat landscape. Read our highlights on why transparency, proactive incident response, and creative thinking are the keys to a resilient future.

Streamlining Our Terminology for a Sharper Developer Experience

No more naming inconsistencies. Explore ZITADEL’s comprehensive terminology update designed to reduce cognitive load and streamline your integration process without breaking existing APIs.

IMO: Open Source in the AI Era, why Risk Transfer Became the Product

AI is commoditizing code and collapsing the open source funnel. Discover how Zitadel uses AGPL 3.0 and "risk transfer" to build a sustainable model for infrastructure software in 2026.

Scaling Cloud-Native Identity: Optimizing Performance with Caching

Discover how Zitadel's Go-based architecture and flexible caching (Redis, Postgres, In-Memory) deliver low latency and reliability at scale for B2B SaaS