Key Auth Changelog
Released changes to the Key Auth plugin (`key-auth`), newest release first.
15 released changes name key-auth, newest release first — 7 in Apache APISIX, 8 in API7 Gateway. Each row links to the change itself.
Apache APISIX
| Release | Date | Type | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.18.0 | 2026-08-18 | Fix | Propagate the real auth error to the multi-auth orchestrator |
| 3.17.0 | 2026-06-11 | Change | Require configured jwt claims, harden empty claims_to_verify and key-auth anonymous fallback |
| 3.13.0 | 2025-06-27 | Change | Improve key-auth docs and update docs for anonymous consumer |
| 2.8.0 | 2021-07-26 | Feature | Supporting key-auth plugin to get key from query string |
| 2.6.0 | 2021-05-21 | Feature | Allow customizing header |
| 1.0.0 | 2020-01-07 | Change | Add test cases for key-auth plugin under normal circumstances. |
| 0.9.0 | 2019-11-15 | Fix | key-auth plugin cannot run accurately in the case of multiple consumers. |