MySQL 8.4 is now available for database clusters
MySQL 8.4 is now available for database clusters. New clusters use MySQL 8.4 by default. For version support and MySQL 8.0 end of life, see MySQL Limits.
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Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Now Available
gemini-3.1-flash-lite is now available as a managed Google LLM in the Voice Agent API. This Standard tier model replaces the preview version. Set the model in your agent configuration: { "agent": { "think": { "provider": { "type": "google", "model": "gemini-3.1-flash-lite", "temperature": 0.5 } } } }
Deprecations
- gemini-3.1-flash-lite-preview is deprecated and will be removed on May 26, 2025. Migrate to gemini-3.1-flash-lite . For more details on Gemini model deprecations, see Google's Gemini deprecations page . For the full list of supported models and pricing tiers, see the Voice Agent LLM Models documentation .
Screenshot thumbnails for browser checks in Synthetic Monitoring Timepoint Explorer
When debugging browser check failures like “timeout waiting for a selector”, you previously had to rely on text logs alone to understand what the browser rendered. Now, with screenshot thumbnails in the Timepoint Explorer and ad-hoc test panel, you can see exactly what the page looked like at the moment the check ran.
Search volume for AI Visibility [Beta]
Description: AI Visibility now includes Search Volume so you can prioritize topics and prompts based on real demand, not just where your brand appears. Use it to identify high-volume content opportunities and focus optimization where it matters most. Where: Access via AI Visibility → Prompts tab, Topic-level visibility, and When: Open beta, available now.
Cog 0.20.0
New features cog run command. The cog predict command has been renamed to cog run with full backward compatibility. cog predict still works as an alias. ( #3015 ) Model refs for cog push and weights commands. You can now reference models by name (e.g., r8.im/user/model ) instead of full image URLs when pushing or managing weights.
Dify 1.14.2 - Security fixes, agent groundwork, workflow reliability, and deployment updates
🚀 What's New in v1.14.2? v1.14.2 is a patch release focused on security hardening, workflow and knowledge reliability, observability fixes, agent groundwork, and deployment/runtime tuning after v1.14.1.
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DigitalOcean Kubernetes (DOKS) now supports single sign-on (SSO) with OIDC in public preview
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Request-based autoscaling for App Platform is now in general availability
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Fedora 42 has reached end of life
Fedora 42 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.
The following DeepSeek model is now available on DigitalOcean Inference for serverless inference, dedicated...
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You can now use the DigitalOcean Control Panel to create, connect to, tag, resize, and restore Managed...
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The public endpoint when creating a dedicated inference deployment is now disabled by default
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The following NVIDIA model is now available on DigitalOcean Inference for serverless inference, dedicated...
The following NVIDIA model is now available on DigitalOcean Inference for serverless inference, dedicated inference, Agent Development Kit, and agents: Nemotron 3 Ultra For more information, see the Available Models page.