PlainID Platform - January 2026 Release

The January 2026 version release of the Platform includes product enhancements, UI/UX updates, and bug fixes.

AI-driven Policy Intelligence

• Automatically generate Policy descriptions based on the set of rules that construct each one, providing clear explanations that improve understanding across both technical and non-technical teams.

• Identify Policy compatibility with major regulations such as GDPR, HIPAA, and others, enabling faster compliance validation and audit readiness while helping your organization maintain alignment with key standards.

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Management APIs

An optional query parameter allows Policy Import and Validation by Building Block name. Existing Building Blocks can now be updated instead of recreated, preventing duplicates and orphaned objects.

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Administration Audit

Tenant-level administration audit is now available in the UI, providing visibility into administrative actions and improving governance and accountability.
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PIP OAuth

• The PDP request ID is now propagated through the PIP execution flow, improving end-to-end traceability across authorization decisions and downstream REST calls.
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• Header configuration for PIP REST translators has been enhanced, making it easier to define fixed and dynamic values without complex escaping, improves reliability when integrating with downstream services.
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• PIP REST Translator now supports AWS SigV4 Authentication flow, enabling secure access to AWS services with signed requests.
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• REST translator headers can now inject values directly from Secrets Management, eliminating hardcoded secrets in configuration, simplifying secure integration with downstream services.
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Access File Authorizer

• Access File Authorization now supports configurable Operational Database Tables by setting up a table prefix, enabling support for multiple Access File Authorizer instances utilizing same Operational Database.
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• PDP request processing has been enhanced with configurable retries and error-aware handling, enabling optional skipping of file generation when processing failures occur.
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Secret Management

Support for Microsoft Entra–Based Authentication as a new Secret Store is now available, strengthening security and reducing reliance on static credentials when authenticating to Azure Services like the Azure Managed Redis.

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Policy Authorization Agent (PAA)

This release includes security enhancements for the PAA.

For upgrade instructions, refer to the Admin Portal at https://docs.plainid.io

See our Technical Release Notes for more feature details.

We're happy to hear about your experiences with these new features and look forward to hearing more about what you want to see in the Platform.
For more information, visit the PlainID Documentation Portal.