Custom metrics are now supported in Vercel Observability

UpdateAug 20, 2026VerifiedAdded Sep 22, 2026

You can now emit your own metrics directly from your Vercel Functions and analyze them alongside Vercel's built-in observability data. Use the metric() function from the @vercel/functions package to record any value you care about, like request latency or business events, and attach attributes to filter and group by: Once emitted, your custom metrics are...

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Vercel platformAug 20, 2026

Manage Vercel Toolbar comments from the CLI

You can now use the Vercel CLI to manage Vercel Toolbar comments. vercel comments covers the full triage loop: List and filter unresolved comments for the linked project, scoped to your current Git branch Inspect a full thread with every message and its IDs Reply, resolve, reopen, edit, or delete from the terminal --format json output for scripts and agents...

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Vercel platformAug 20, 2026

Manage Vercel Container Registry with Vercel CLI

You can now manage Vercel Container Registry with Vercel CLI . The new vercel vcr command group lets you: Connect your existing container tooling Build and push images in one step Create and inspect repositories, images, and tags Authenticate your container tooling, such as Docker, Podman, or Buildah, with a short-lived token scoped to your project.

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Vercel platformAug 20, 2026

Bun 1.4 is now available in Vercel Functions

Vercel Functions now support the new Bun 1.4 release , a rewrite of Bun from Zig to Rust, with over 2,900 issues resolved, more than 1,500 additional Node.js compatibility tests passing, and new features and performance improvements.

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Vercel platformAug 21, 2026

Deployment Storage keeps your deployments rollback-ready

Every deployment produces a set of files, including the pages, functions, and assets Vercel serves. Deployment Storage keeps those files available so you can inspect previous deployments and roll back when needed.

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Vercel platformAug 21, 2026

GPT-5.6 Sol is now 50% off a lower price

OpenAI lowered list pricing for GPT-5.6 Sol , and the 50% AI Gateway discount now applies to the new, lower price through September 18. Input drops 20%, output drops a third.

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Vercel platformAug 21, 2026

Always-on tracing for production and preview traffic

With always-on tracing, you can now debug your real user requests without reproducing them. Always-on tracing continuously collects traces from your production and preview traffic. Unlike session tracing , which only captures requests from your own browser, it samples your live traffic. You control what's collected with sampling rules.

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Vercel platformAug 21, 2026

Microfrontends previews now link across repositories

Microfrontends can now link Preview Deployments across repositories when their Git branch names match exactly. In a monorepo, projects share the same Git repository, commits, and branches, so Vercel can automatically link their previews. Cross-repository projects have separate commit histories and branches in separate repositories.

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Vercel platformAug 19, 2026

Algolia joins the Vercel Marketplace

You can now provision and manage Algolia directly from the Vercel Marketplace. Algolia is a hosted search platform. You send it your content, it builds an index, and your app queries that index instead of your database. Results come back in milliseconds, with typo tolerance, synonyms, and facet counts built in.

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Cortex Agent code execution tool (Preview)

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Databricks LakeflowAug 20, 2026

Salesforce connector mTLS authentication is now generally available

Mutual TLS (mTLS) authentication for the Salesforce connector in Lakeflow Connect is now generally available. With mTLS, Databricks and Salesforce exchange and verify client certificates to establish two-way trust, combined with the OAuth client credentials flow. Choose it for API-only users or when your organization requires mTLS.

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