Changelog

Changelog

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The AML service is running as a separate service and has its own release cycle different from the rest of the OIDC platform. See separate changelog for changes in the Anti-money laundering product.

The following tables summarizes changes in the releases of the OIDC Service:

OIDC 2023-11

Release date: 2023-08-29

Change

Change

1

Add support for API versioning - introducing version 2 of BankID OIDC

2

Returns any BankID Error codes triggered during user session in error_description on callback to merchant.

Here is an example where BID-20b0 was observed on the session:

https://example.org/callback?error=access_denied&error_description=bankid_error_codes%3A20b0&state=6c1ae8be-add4-4e62-80f7-dce31a3b4bfd

3

Moves static error page path from https://login.bankid.no/error/* to https://login.bankid.no/err/*

4

(Version 2) Change format of AMR claim from an uppercase String to an array of lowercased Strings.

5

(Version 2) Introduce new claim api_ver in Tokens to indicate the BankID OIDC API version used to generate tokens.

OIDC 2023-10

Release date: 2023-06-21

 

Change

 

Change

1

Fixed issue in Fraud Data RS service.

OIDC 2023-09

Release date: 2023-06-22 (delayed)

 

Change

 

Change

1

Internal improvements and bug fixes.

OIDC 2023-08

Release date: 2023-05-02

 

Change

 

Change

1

Removed 1881 integration in additional user information step.

2

Updated the consent screen for sharing NNIN.

OIDC 2023-07

Release date: 2023-04-17

No

Change

No

Change

1

Fixed a bug in JWKS uri responses where the EC keypairs occasionally returned less bytes than expected.

2

Update error messages to include a longer reference ID and the date. 

OIDC 2023-06

Release date: 2023-03-10

 

Change

 

Change

1

Fixed a bug where users could get stuck if cancelling BankID Biometrics and cancelling the following BankID authentication in the same session.

OIDC 2023-05

Release date: 2023-03-13

 

Change

 

Change

1

PDF documents uploaded to Sign Document RS will be automatically converted to PDF/A to be compliant with BankID Document Signing.

OIDC 2023-04

Release date: 2023-03-08

 

Change

 

Change

1

Internal improvements and bug fixes

OIDC 2023-03

Release date: 2023-02-28

 

Change

 

Change

1

Bring back support for legacy logout method using only redirect_uri query param. We recommend all merchants using our logout endpoint to switch to RP-initiated logout.

2

Internal improvements and bug fixes

OIDC 2023-02

Release date: 2023-02-01

 

Change

 

Change

1

Fixed an issue causing occasional 404 responses to OpenID Configuration and JWKS endpoints.

OIDC 2023-01

Release date: 2023-01-11

 

Change

 

Change

1

Upgrade internal components

OIDC 2022-09

Release date: 2022-12-13

 

Change

 

Change

1

Upgrade internal components

OIDC 2022-08

Release date: 2022-11-15

 

Change

 

Change

1

Trust CA certificates for preprod, current and production x5c validation, see Key validation public certificates

2

Mobile keyboard overlaps "Next" button in NNIN view

OIDC 2022-07

Release date: 2022-09-06

 

Change

 

Change

1

Support key rotation (disabled)

2

Fix, ignore unrecognized request parameters

3

Improve user experience on wrong/invalid NNIN

4

Use text "National ID number" instead of "User ID"

OIDC 2022-06

Release date: 2022-06-21

 

Change

 

Change

1

Signing sessions now have a minimal timeout of 5 minutes.

2

Unified loading spinners across user interfaces.

3

Updated redirect chain to use automatic form POST instead of GET redirect in some places.

4

Favicon is back.

OIDC 2022-05

Release date: 2022-05-31

 

Change

 

Change

1

Added support for display parameter in the Authorization Request to provide merchants ways to display BankID user interface that is more consistent with the type of user agent. E.g. better fit for mobile apps or window popups.

OIDC 2022-04

Release date: 2022-05-11

No

Change

No

Change

1

Added BankID method selector and NNIN input with new look-and-feel

2

Updated look-and-feel of error pages

OIDC 2022-03

Release date: 2022-04-21

 

Change

 

Change

1

Added chgpwd scope used to initiate an end-user change of password in the BankID netcentric web client

2

Support signing sessions up to 1 hour before timeout

3

Internal improvements and bug fixes

OIDC 2022-02

Release date: 2022-02-15

 

Change

 

Change

1

Added sid to tokens. See depreciation notice session state replaced by sid in tokens

2

Internal improvements and bug fixes

OIDC 2021-10

Release date: 2021-10-28

 

Change

 

Change

1

Changed path for IDP view

2

Internal improvements and bug fixes

OIDC 2021-09

Release date: 2021-09-06

 

Change

 

Change

1

Add BankID Proof token

2

Internal improvements and bug fixes

OIDC 2021-08

Release date: 2021-08-10

 

Change

 

Change

1

Add favicon to BankID OIDC client

2

Changes related to supporting old and new domains

3

Internal improvements and bug fixes

OIDC 2021-07

Release date: 2021-07-08

 

Change

 

Change

1

Signdoc RS returns HTTP 403 Forbidden instead of HTTP 500 if missing scope signdoc/read_write

2

Changes related to supporting old and new domains

3

Internal improvements and bug fixes.

OIDC 2021-06

Release date: 2021-06-07

 

Change

 

Change

1

Fixed issue causing BankID on mobile not working on Safari on Mac and iOS browsers.

2

Internal improvements and bug fixes.

OIDC 2021-05

Release date: 2021-05-18

 

Change

 

Change

1

Support encryption of login hint by using encryption key from "jwks_uri_enc" in OpenID configuration

2

Internal improvements and bug fixes.

OIDC 2021-04

Release date: 2021-04-20

 

Change

 

Change

1

Resolved issue that caused resource servers to respond with 401 Unauthorized even if the access token used is valid

2

Internal improvements and bug fixes.

OIDC 2021-03

Release date: 2021-03-23

 

Change

 

Change

1

Userinfo now returns all given names

2

BankID OIDC now returns error with value invalid_request instead of server_error
when sign scope was used, but sign_id or sign_txt was missing from the request.
HTTP response status is changed from 302 to 303 for consistency.

3

BankID OIDC now returns error with value invalid_scope instead of server_error
when sign scope was used, but client does not have access to the signing service.
HTTP response status is changed from 302 to 303 for consistency.

4

Add support for encryption of login_hint

5

Internal improvements and bug fixes.

OIDC 2021-02

Release date: 2021-03-18

 

Change

 

Change

1

Scheduled maintenance: https://bankid-services.statuspage.io/incidents/076b2wwy996j

2

Internal improvements and bug fixes.

OIDC 2021-01

Release date: 2021-01-28

 

Change

 

Change

1

BID signing view is now bigger and resizable to improve user experience.

2

Removed Norwegian Nynorsk, i.e. "nn", from ui_locales_supported in OpenID configuration as it was never supported.

3

Internal improvements and bug fixes.

OIDC 2020-11

Release date: 2020-12-02

 

Change

 

Change

1

Internal bug fix

OIDC 2020-09/10

Release date: 2020-11-19

 

Change

 

Change

1

Fixed bug causing birthdate claim to be off-by-one day for some users.

2

Internal improvements

OIDC 2020-08

Release date: 2020-09-16

 

Change

 

Change

1

Fixed bug that was causing birthdate claim to be absent from tokens for users that was authenticating through OIDC for the first time.

2

Internal improvements

OIDC 2020-07

Release date: 2020-06-25

 

Change

 

Change

1

Maintenance update to internal systems. All authorization and authentication services was affected.

Estimated downtime: 5-15 minutes.

OIDC 2020-06

Release date: 2020-05-11

 

Change

 

Change

1

Fixed spelling mistake in originator claim in tokens:
OrginatorId is renamed OriginatorId

This change was reverted on 2020-05-14 due to it's backwards incompatible changes in token payload.

2

Added support for specifying OTP mechanism in login hint

3

Internal improvements and bug fixes

OIDC 2020-05

Release date: 2020-04-15

 

Change

 

Change

1

Internal improvements and bug fixes

OIDC 2020-04

Release date: 2020-04-02