* **New Features**
* SSH server JWT validation now accepts multiple audiences with backward-compatible handling of the previous single-audience setting and a guard ensuring at least one audience is configured.
* **Tests**
* Test suites updated and new tests added to cover multiple-audience scenarios and compatibility with existing behavior.
* **Other**
* Startup logging enhanced to report configured audiences for JWT auth.
Embed Dex as a built-in IdP to simplify self-hosting setup.
Adds an embedded OIDC Identity Provider (Dex) with local user management and optional external IdP connectors (Google/GitHub/OIDC/SAML), plus device-auth flow for CLI login. Introduces instance onboarding/setup endpoints (including owner creation), field-level encryption for sensitive user data, a streamlined self-hosting provisioning script, and expanded APIs + test coverage for IdP management.
more at https://github.com/netbirdio/netbird/pull/5008#issuecomment-3718987393
