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Vercel Blog

Deploy Cursor Origin repositories with Vercel in public beta

Pro customers can now connect repositories to Vercel. Origin Once connected, pull requests on Origin will automatically generate Preview deployments on Vercel, and merging will trigger a Production deployment. You can connect Origin through , , or by clicking "Continue with Origin" when . Team settingsProject settingscreating a new project You can also connect Vercel to a repository from within Origin by adding Vercel in the repo's Apps tab. Vercel's integration is in public beta and Origin is

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Vercel Blog

GPT-5.6 Sol is 50% off on AI Gateway for the next month

, the flagship of OpenAI's GPT-5.6 series, is 50% off on AI Gateway through September 18. The discount applies on the OpenAI provider to all token types, tiers, regions, and modes, and it is available only on requests running directly through AI Gateway (not BYOK).GPT-5.6 Sol The discount applies on the same terms everywhere else the model is priced: across every service tier, including fast mode, and to cached tokens, cache writes, long-context requests, and different regions. It covers request

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Cloudflare Changelog

Load Balancing - Load balancing analytics now filters by pool name

Load balancing analytics now filters traffic data by pool name instead of pool ID, aligning the query behavior with the pool names displayed in the filter dropdown. Previously, the analytics pool filter queried by internal pool ID while displaying pool names in the UI dropdown. This mismatch caused filtering issues when pools shared similar names or when you expected results based on the visible pool name. Because the underlying query used a different identifier than what appeared on screen, the

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Cloudflare Changelog

R2 - New `us` jurisdiction for R2

R2 now supports a us jurisdiction, which guarantees that bucket data is stored and processed within the United States. Use this jurisdiction when you need explicit US data residency guarantees. Use the jurisdiction-specific S3 endpoint to create and access buckets in the us jurisdiction: https://<ACCOUNT_ID>.us.r2.cloudflarestorage.com To access a bucket in the us jurisdiction from Workers, set jurisdiction in your R2 binding: { "r2_buckets": [ { "binding": "MY_BUCKET", "bucket_name"

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Cloudflare Changelog

WAF - WAF Release - 2026-08-17

This release updates WordPress remote code execution rule metadata in the Cloudflare Managed Ruleset and Cloudflare Free Ruleset to identify CVE-2026-65640. Key Findings CVE-2026-65640: A remote code execution vulnerability affecting WordPress core and plugin components. Remote, unauthenticated attackers can execute arbitrary system commands to gain unauthorized access or establish backdoors on host servers. Impact The WordPress changes update rule metadata only; detection behavior and actions r

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Cloudflare Changelog

Workers AI - Qwen 3.8 27B now available on Workers AI

@cf/qwen/qwen3.8-27b is now available on Workers AI. Qwen 3.8 27B is a 27-billion-parameter instruction-tuned vision language model from Alibaba's Qwen family. It processes images and text together, with reasoning and function calling for agentic workflows. Key capabilities: Vision: Accept image and text inputs and generate text responses. Reasoning: Support thinking mode for complex, step-by-step problem-solving. Function calling: Build agents that invoke tools and APIs across multiple conversa

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Redis Blog

Metadata filtering: boost search precision as data grows

Vector search is great at finding things that are semantically similar, but similarity isn't the same as correctness. A pure vector query doesn't know that a product is out of stock, that a document belongs to a different customer, or that a policy wa...

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Redis Blog

Choosing & integrating LLM APIs: a practical guide

Making your first LLM API call is easy: with most provider SDKs, it's about five lines of code. Keeping that call fast, affordable, and reliable once real users show up is where the actual engineering happens: costs can compound as conversations grow,...

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