---
title: "Clerk API changes, deprecations and deadlines | Harbyn"
description: "Clerk: 0 upcoming deadlines and 12 recorded changes as of 2026-10-25, each with its source."
canonical: "https://harbyn.com/vendors/clerk"
last-updated: 2026-10-25
---

# Clerk: API changes and deadlines

Markdown version of <https://harbyn.com/vendors/clerk>.

Developer tools. 0 upcoming deadlines, 12 recorded changes. Every entry cites the Clerk page we read it from.

Alert-only: Harbyn tells you what changed and where, and never edits Clerk code for you.

## What we read

The Clerk pages and feeds our ingestion visits, politely and on a schedule.

- **Changelog**: <https://clerk.com/changelog/atom.xml>
- **Releases**: <https://api.github.com/repos/clerk/javascript/releases?per_page=20>
- **Changelog**: <https://api.github.com/advisories?affects=@clerk/nextjs,@clerk/backend,@clerk/react,@clerk/express,@clerk/clerk-react,clerk-backend-api&per_page=20&sort=published&direction=desc>

## What the scanner looks for

How `harbyn scan` recognises Clerk in a repository, on your machine. Nothing leaves it.

- **Packages**: `npm @clerk/nextjs`, `npm @clerk/backend`, `npm @clerk/react`, `npm @clerk/express`, `npm @clerk/clerk-react`, `pypi clerk-backend-api`
- **API hosts**: `api.clerk.com`, `clerk.accounts.dev`

## Upcoming deadlines

No upcoming Clerk deadline in the feed right now.

## Change history

Newest first, by the date Clerk announced it. This is the archive: past changes are not warnings, and changes we recorded after they took effect are marked as such.

### October 2026

- Oct 23, 2026, Feature: [Agent feedback from the MCP server](https://clerk.com/changelog/2026-10-23-agent-feedback)
- Oct 23, 2026, Feature: [Introducing Clerk Protect](https://clerk.com/changelog/2026-10-23-introducing-clerk-protect)
- Oct 23, 2026, Feature: [Merge two users into one](https://clerk.com/changelog/2026-10-23-merge-users)
- Oct 20, 2026, Breaking change: [Expo native components move to their own package](https://harbyn.com/changes/clerk/2026-10-20-expo-native-components-move-to-their-own-package.md)
- Oct 15, 2026, Feature: [MCP server connects to your Clerk account](https://clerk.com/changelog/2026-10-15-revamped-clerk-mcp-server)
- Oct 6, 2026, Deprecation: [SAML connections accept multiple signing certificates and idp\_certificate is deprecated](https://harbyn.com/changes/clerk/2026-10-06-multiple-signing-certificates-for-saml-connections.md)

### September 2026

- Sep 30, 2026, Feature: [Self-serve Directory Sync](https://clerk.com/changelog/2026-09-30-self-serve-directory-sync)
- Sep 29, 2026, Feature: [SSO bypass](https://clerk.com/changelog/2026-09-29-sso-bypass)
- Sep 24, 2026, Notice: [Multiple enterprise connections per Organization](https://clerk.com/changelog/2026-09-24-multiple-enterprise-connections-per-organization)
- Sep 21, 2026, Notice: [Client ID Metadata Documents are now generally available](https://clerk.com/changelog/2026-09-17-client-id-metadata-documents-ga)
- Sep 17, 2026, Notice: [Trace SMS delivery in Application Logs](https://clerk.com/changelog/2026-09-17-sms-logs)
- Sep 8, 2026, Notice: [OAuth Device Authorization Grant](https://clerk.com/changelog/2026-09-08-device-authorization-grant)