Releasesby GlyphRailway plugin for ChatGPT, dev.new preview, new observability panels
ChatGPT learns to drive a train this week: the official Railway plugin is live, so you can deploy and operate your projects from a chat window. We're also sharing an early preview of [dev.new](http://dev.new), a new way to go from prompt to production on Railway. And the Observability dashboard picks up six new panels, synced cursors, and drag-to-zoom.
Also shipped Jul 31, 2026Railway in July 2026 →
Web terminal on serverless GPU compute (AI Runtime) is in Public Preview
The web terminal in notebooks connected to serverless GPU compute (AI Runtime) is now in Public Preview . Use it to run shell commands, monitor GPU usage with nvidia-smi , install libraries, and manage files directly on the compute. This requires serverless GPU environment version 5 or above. See Run shell commands in Databricks web terminal .
Packaged clean rooms are now generally available
Packaged clean rooms are now generally available. In a packaged clean room, a provider supplies notebooks, JARs, and data that a consumer runs against their own data without seeing the provider's code or data assets. See Packaged clean rooms .
OpenAI connector (Beta)
The OpenAI connector is now available in Lakeflow Connect in Beta . Workspace admins can control access to this feature from the Previews page. The connector uses the OpenAI Organization Admin API to ingest organization administration data, such as users, projects, API keys, usage, costs, and audit logs, from OpenAI into Databricks.
[In preview] Public Preview: Azure SQL updates for late-July
In late-July 2026, the following update and enhancement was made to Azure SQL: Regex-based dynamic data masking (DDM) extends the built-in DDM feature with pattern‑based masking to hide sensitive data like emails, phone numbers, and identifiers, centrally
Upcoming August 2026 model deprecations in GitHub Copilot
We will deprecate the following models across all GitHub Copilot experiences (including Copilot Chat, inline edits, ask and agent modes, and code completions), on September 1st, 2026: Model Deprecation date Suggested alternative Gemini 3.1 Pro 9-1-2026 Gemini 3.6 Flash Claude Opus 4.5 9-1-2026 Claude Opus 4.7, Claude Opus 4.8, or Claude Opus 5 Claude Opus...
Gemini 2.5 Pro and Gemini 3 Flash deprecated
As of today, July 31, 2026, we have deprecated the following models across all GitHub Copilot experiences (including Copilot Chat, inline edits, ask and agent modes, and code completions).
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Cloud Agents Beta, Postgres Automatic CVE Patching, Railway Mobile App for Android
A burrito in the U.S. is $20, but Railway still starts at $5. That burrito? The same, made expensive. Railway? Continuously evolving. Adding features. Moisturized. Speaking of moisturized, these new features in this very Changelog help you stay that way. This set of features are focused on how you can work and relax, all at the same time.
DNS logs, query the Railway API from the CLI
They say it's always DNS. This week it actually is: DNS logs land in the dashboard, so you can watch every lookup your services make. The CLI also picks up `railway api`, an escape hatch for running any Railway API operation from your terminal. And one more thing: this is our 300th changelog!
Access Groups, better template editing, Railway Agent Connectors
The best infrastructure changes are reviewable, reversible, and visible to the right people. This week, Access Groups bring project-level controls to Enterprise workspaces, templates gain Agent-assisted editing with staged review and rollback, and Railway Agent Connectors bring external tools into the conversation. Let's get into it!
Railway plugin for Grok, manage CDN caching in the CLI
Your agents multiply, and Railway follows them around. The official Railway plugin lands in the Grok Build plugin marketplace this week, so xAI's coding agent can deploy and operate your projects out of the box. The CLI also picks up CDN cache controls with the new `railway cdn` command. Let's get into it!
Railway for Everyone, Cloud Agents Everywhere, Edge Rules, Redis HA
Good morning, afternoon, and evening, and tomorrow! We aim to please here at the Railway corporation and we hope that this Changelog will make you happier than baseline. A macro note, we hear you on the annoyance about builds. We've been scaling that Infra up with demand, a lot of the new announcements we have here use pure VMs for your workloads.
Feature flags, Railway Agent in Slack & Discord, usage limits in the CLI
Merge on Friday, launch on Monday. Feature flags land on Railway this week, so you can ship code dark and flip it on when you're ready, from the dashboard, the CLI, or the SDK. The Railway Agent also joins you in Slack and Discord, and the CLI learns to estimate your bill and set usage limits. Let's get into it!
Railway plugin for Grok Bot, MySQL High Availability, favorite projects
The best infrastructure keeps the important work moving without constantly asking for your attention. This week, the Railway plugin lands in [Grok Bot](https://x.ai/bot), giving bots an authenticated way to deploy, configure, monitor, and troubleshoot Railway infrastructure.
The peaceful way to ship software, static outbound IPs and IPv6 in the CLI
Take a deep breath, drop your shoulders, and unclench your jaw. We launched a new campaign to help developers like you find your peace: [The peaceful way to ship software](https://railway.com/peace). The Railway CLI also picked up outbound networking controls, with new commands for static outbound IPs and outbound IPv6. Let's get into it!