27 July 2026 (inference)
The following Moonshot AI model is now available on DigitalOcean Inference for serverless inference, dedicated inference, Agent Development Kit, and agents: Kimi K3 For more information, see the Available Models page.
The following Moonshot AI model is now available on DigitalOcean Inference for serverless inference, dedicated inference, Agent Development Kit, and agents: Kimi K3 For more information, see the Available Models page.
The following Anthropic model is now available on DigitalOcean Inference for serverless inference, Agent Development Kit, and agents: Claude Opus 5 For more information, see the Available Models page.
The following OpenAI model is deprecated from DigitalOcean Inference as of 23 July 2026: GPT-5.1-Codex-Max Migrate to GPT-5.3-Codex (openai-gpt-5.3-codex) to avoid service disruption. For information on our model deprecation policy and …
The server-side model synthesis tool is available in public preview on DigitalOcean Inference. The model synthesis tool is an API-only multi-model tool that runs up to eight analysis models in parallel on the same task, compares their …
We now support prompt caching for Gemma 4 for serverless inference.
Released v1.164.0 of doctl, the official DigitalOcean CLI. This release adds commands for managing Secrets Manager secrets and Network File Storage access points.
We have updated the following buildpack for App Platform: Node.js buildpack: We added the following Node.js versions and updated the buildpack to version 342. Visit the Node.js buildpack to learn more about specifying a Node.js engine …
The Gradient AI Go Library is deprecated. Use the official DigitalOcean Go SDK (Godo) or the DigitalOcean API directly. For installation and quickstart examples, see SDK and Client Libraries.
The Gradient AI Python SDK is deprecated. Use the official DigitalOcean Python SDK (PyDo) or the DigitalOcean API directly. For installation and quickstart examples, see SDK and Client Libraries.
The Gradient AI TypeScript SDK is deprecated. Use the official DigitalOcean TypeScript SDK (DoTs) or the DigitalOcean API directly. For installation and quickstart examples, see SDK and Client Libraries.
The following OpenAI models are now available on DigitalOcean Inference for serverless inference: GPT-5.6 Sol GPT-5.6 Terra GPT-5.6 Luna For more information, see the Available Models page.
Ubuntu 25.10 has reached end of life. Per our image deprecation policy, this image is available exclusively via the API for the next 30 days before we remove it from our platform.
DigitalOcean Kubernetes (DOKS) now supports automatic node remediation in public preview. DOKS can automatically replace worker nodes that stay unhealthy, based on Kubernetes node conditions and rules you define. The Data Plane Operator …
DigitalOcean Kubernetes (DOKS) now runs a node readiness controller in public preview. The controller watches node conditions and holds NoSchedule taints on nodes until required components, including GPU drivers on GPU nodes, report …
DigitalOcean Managed Weaviate is now in public preview and enabled for all users. Weaviate is a fully managed vector database for retrieval-augmented generation and semantic search workloads. Create clusters from the Vector Databases page, …
Claude Fable 5 is available again on DigitalOcean Inference for serverless inference, Agent Development Kit, and agents. For more information, see the Available Models page.
Prompt caching for open-source models in serverless inference chat completions and responses API is now in public preview. Open-source models cache context automatically, so you do not need to set the cache_control or prompt_cache_retention …
The Ubuntu 26.04 LTS (ubuntu-26-04-x64) base image is now available in the control panel and via the API.
Invoice and Billing Insights CSV files now include a tag_name column that lists the tags applied to each resource. Tag information is included only for resource usage on or after 1 July 2026.
DigitalOcean Managed Valkey database clusters now support custom CNAME records, allowing clients to connect through your own hostname instead of the default *.db.ondigitalocean.com address. Custom CNAMEs are available through the API when …
Private Droplets are now generally available in all regions. Private Droplets have no public network interface and no public IP address, using VPC-only networking with automatic integration with VPC NAT gateway, VPC peering, and VPC private …
The following agent evaluation metrics are deprecated and should no longer be used: Tone Retrieved Chunk Usage Prompt Perplexity Use the currently supported metrics listed in Agent Evaluation Metrics instead. To monitor deployed agent …
The following Anthropic model is now available on DigitalOcean Inference for serverless inference, Agent Development Kit, and agents: Claude Sonnet 5 For more information, see the Available Models page.
Agent evaluations support for the Agent Development Kit (ADK), previously in preview, is now removed. To evaluate agents, use agent evaluations via the DigitalOcean Control Panel for supported agent types. To monitor ADK agent behavior, use …
Insights, agent tracing, and conversation logs are deprecated for all agents, including agents created through the Control Panel, CLI, API, and Agent Development Kit (ADK). To monitor deployed agent behavior, use Agent Metrics and Runtime …
The Agent Evaluations MCP server tool has been renamed to Evaluations.
Custom metrics are now available for DigitalOcean Evaluations. You can define your own metrics to evaluate model behavior against criteria specific to your use case.