Releasesby GlyphGPT-5.3 Instant now available in AI Gateway
OpenAI’s GPT-5.3 Instant model is now available through Netlify’s AI Gateway with zero configuration required. Use the OpenAI SDK directly in your Netlify Functions without managing API keys or authentication. The AI Gateway handles everything automatically.
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Actions - Transaction Metadata - GA
We are excited to announce that __Actions Transaction Metadata__ is now GA. This feature allows you to set, share, and access, custom data between Actions run in the same `post-login` execution.
Modal 1.3.5
- We've added a modal changelog CLI for retrieving changelog entries with a flexible query interface (e.g. modal changelog --since=1.2, modal changelog --since=2025-12-01, modal changelog --newer). We expect that this will be a useful way to surface information about new features to coding agents.
Workflows, Workers - Workflows step limit increased to 25,000 steps per instance
Each Workflow on Workers Paid now supports 10,000 steps by default, configurable up to 25,000 steps in your wrangler.jsonc file: { "workflows" : [ { "name" : "my-workflow" , "binding" : "MY_WORKFLOW" , "class_name" : "MyWorkflow" , "limits" : { "steps" : 25000 } } ] } Previously, each instance was limited to 1,024 steps.
Agents - Real-time file watching in Sandboxes
Sandboxes now support real-time filesystem watching via sandbox.watch() . The method returns a Server-Sent Events ↗ stream backed by native inotify, so your Worker receives create , modify , delete , and move events as they happen inside the container. sandbox.watch(path, options) Pass a directory path and optional filters.
Radar - Network Quality Test on Cloudflare Radar
Radar now includes a Network Quality Test ↗ page. The tool measures Internet connection quality and performance, showing connection details such as IP address, server location, network (ASN), and IP version. For more detailed speed test results, the page links to speed.cloudflare.com ↗ .
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Deploy Preview screenshots in agent runs
Starting today, all completed agent runs show a screenshot of your Deploy Preview. This makes it easier to quickly see the result of an agent run and keep track of agent run sessions without opening the full preview.
Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite Preview now available in AI Gateway
Google’s Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite Preview is now available through AI Gateway. You can call this model from Netlify Functions without configuring API keys; the AI Gateway provides the connection to Google for you.
OpenAI GPT-5.4 and GPT-5.4 Pro Now Available in AI Gateway and Agent Runners
OpenAI’s GPT-5.4 and GPT-5.4 Pro models are now available through Netlify’s AI Gateway and Agent Runners with zero configuration required. Use the OpenAI SDK directly in your Netlify Functions without managing API keys or authentication. The AI Gateway handles everything automatically.
Limit AI usage on your team
Team Owners can now set a credit limit on AI inference usage to keep Agent Runners and AI Gateway costs within budget. When your team’s usage hits the credit cap you define, active agent runs stop, new agent runs are blocked, and continued AI Gateway usage is paused to help you keep more of your credit balance.
Use Netlify Agent Runners from Linear
Linear users can now launch Netlify Agent Runners directly from any Linear issue, allowing you to seamlessly share context with your AI agent of choice. If you have your Linear issue synced with related Slack messages, this context will also be included in your agent run prompt. Before starting your agent run, you can review and edit your prompt.
Automatic PHP bot scan blocking now live on all plans
Netlify now automatically blocks bot scans targeting PHP paths across all plans , no configuration required. Previously, these bots generated noise in Observability logs and metrics. They showed up without a User-Agent header. Netlify now blocks them at the edge.
Support for stale-while-revalidate in Cache API
The Netlify Cache API now has full support for stale-while-revalidate (SWR). This was a previous limitation of the Cache API that has now been lifted, thanks to a request from a customer. When using fetchWithCache with the swr option, background revalidation is handled automatically.
Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview now available in AI Gateway
Google's Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Preview, also known as Nano Banana 2, is now available through AI Gateway. You can call this image generation model from Netlify Functions without configuring API keys; the AI Gateway provides the connection to Google for you.