Several specific modifications since version 10.0 might affect existing deployments.

Microsoft Internet Explorer 11
Ping Identity commits to deliver the best experience for administrators and users. As we continue to improve our products, we encourage our customers to migrate off of Microsoft Internet Explorer 11. We intend to remove Internet Explorer 11 from our qualification process in December 2021.
Expression Admin role
When upgrading to PingFederate 10.1 or higher from a previous version, administrative users who were granted the Admin role in the earlier installation are granted the Expression Admin role automatically. You can achieve the same result by using the /bulk/import administrative API endpoint to bulk-import a configuration that was bulk-exported from PingFederate 10.0.
Additionally, all four administrative roles, namely User Admin, Admin, Expression Admin, and Crypto Admin, are required to access and make changes through the following services:
  • The /bulk, /configArchive, and /configStore administrative API endpoints
  • The System > Server > Configuration Archive window in the administrative console
  • The Connection Management configuration item on the Security > System Integration > Service Authentication window
Authentication session created after user registration
As of PingFederate 10.1, an authentication session is automatically created for a user after registration, preventing the user from having to log in again during the next SSO transaction. This feature is enabled by default for all new and existing local identity profiles. However, if needed, you can disable it through the /localIdentity/identityProfiles administrative API endpoint by setting the createAuthnSessionAfterRegistration attribute to false.
Authorization endpoint
Before version 10.2, PingFederate did not validate the NumericDate value of exp claims in a signed request object's JWT. To ensure the JWT does not expire too far in the future, PingFederate 10.2 and later do validate the value. PingFederate rejects any JWT that expires more than 720 minutes later. You can change that default value in <pf_install>/pingfederate/server/default/data/config-store/jwt-request-object-options.xml.
Note: PingFederate interprets the NumericDate value as seconds, not milliseconds. So PingFederate 10.2 will reject a JWT that has the NumericDate value based on milliseconds, because PingFederate calculates the JWT to live more than 720 minutes.
Configuration change necessary for MFA adapters
As of PingFederate 10.2, when you define policies using multi-factor authentication (MFA) adapters, you must select the User ID Authenticated check box in the Incoming User ID popup to allow users to register as a new MFA user. You should only select this check box if the previous authentication source has verified the Incoming User ID. You should not select the check box if the MFA adapter is part of a policy used for password reset or password change. For more information, see Defining authentication policies.
Important: Administrators using the PingID adapter must review existing policies and select this check box if appropriate. Otherwise, the adapter will prevent new user registration.
AWS CloudHSM
If PingFederate is running on Linux and uses AWS CloudHSM, when administrators upgrade from PingFederate 10.0 or earlier to PingFederate 10.0.1 or later, they must also upgrade the CloudHSM client to version 3.2.0.
Template html.form.login.template.html
Starting with PingFederate 10.0, the html.form.login.template.html template no longer includes the $forgotPasswordUrl variable.