What Render shipped

November 2026 (1 update)

Render will extend existing preview settings to every pull request in a GitHub stack starting November 18, 2026, which may raise preview-related costs.

• November 4, 2026 · Upcoming service preview and preview environment support for GitHub stacked PRs

  Starting November 18, 2026, Render will apply existing preview settings to every PR in a GitHub stack, not just the bottom PR. Automatic previews may increase preview-related costs.

October 2026 (3 updates)

Default Node.js and Bun versions updated, Bun canary builds supported, and new Key Value plans added with lower prices on larger existing plans.

• October 22, 2026 · Updated default versions of Node.js and Bun

  New services using Node.js or Bun now default to Node.js 24.22.1 and Bun 1.4.4. Existing services keep their original default versions.

• October 16, 2026 · Added support for Bun canary builds

  Canary builds for Bun are now supported, letting you preview upcoming Bun features. Enable them via the BUN_VERSION variable or a .bun-version file; they are not intended for production.

• October 1, 2026 · Added two Key Value plans and lowered prices for larger existing plans

  Render added two Key Value compute plans: 3 GB RAM supporting up to 3,000 simultaneous connections, and 50 GB RAM supporting up to 50,000 connections. Pricing was also reduced for existing Key Value plans with at least 1 GB RAM, effective October 1.

September 2026 (4 updates)

• September 16, 2026 · Added Blueprint support for Render Workflows

  Workflow services can now be managed with Blueprints, defined alongside other service types in Blueprint YAML. Workflows do not yet support preview environments.

• September 3, 2026 · See your service's deploys on a new page

  Services now have a Deploys page showing full deploy history with a Live badge, in-progress status, and an auto-deploy disabled banner. Cron jobs also get separate Builds and Runs pages.

• September 1, 2026 · Added usage telemetry to the Render CLI

  The Render CLI now collects usage telemetry by default in version 2.26.0 and later, covering commands run, performance, CLI version, and system information. Sensitive data such as command arguments and environment variable values is not collected, and telemetr

• September 1, 2026 · Introduced the Flex compute plan for Render Workflows

  Render Workflows now defaults to the new flex compute plan, billed only for CPU and RAM actually used, replacing the starter and standard plans. Higher-resource tasks can use a different plan.

August 2026 (2 updates)

• August 26, 2026 · New compute plans, and new IDs for existing plans

  New compute plans were introduced, including memory-optimized plans and a 12-CPU tier, and plan IDs changed to a spec-based format. Old plan IDs still work, and existing plans need no action.

• August 7, 2026 · Reduced median service build time by 40% (all runtimes)

  Service builds moved to nodes with faster CPU and disk, cutting median build time by 40% across all runtimes. Since July 27, the highest weekly median was 21 seconds, down from 38 seconds before the rollout.

July 2026 (1 update)

• July 24, 2026 · Managed OIDC now supports Anthropic and OpenAI

  Managed OIDC authentication now supports Anthropic and OpenAI alongside AWS, issuing short-lived, automatically rotated tokens so services avoid storing long-lived API keys. It requires a Pro workspace or higher.