Engineering Insights

Bot Protection is now in public beta

Vercel Web Application Firewall now includes a new , available in for all users.Bot Protection managed rulesetpublic beta Bot Protection helps reduce automated traffic from non-browser sources and allows you to respond based on two action choices: To avoid disrupting legitimate automated traffic that's not already covered by Verified Bots, you can configure using the bypass action for specific requests.custom WAF rules To enable the ruleset: Bot Protection complements Vercel's existing mitigat

Prisma joins the Vercel Marketplace

is now available as aon the Vercel Marketplace, offering Prisma Postgres, a serverless database optimized for fullstack and edge applications.Prisma storage provider With automated account creation, integrated billing through Vercel, and a generous free tier, developers can now get started with Prisma Postgres in just a few clicks, no separate signup required. With the Prisma native integration, Vercel users get: on the Vercel Marketplace. Available to customers on all plans.Get started with P

Node.js Vercel Functions now support request cancellation

can now detect when a request is cancelled and stop execution before completion. This includes actions like navigating away, closing a tab, or hitting stop on an AI chat to terminate compute processing early.Vercel Functions using Node.js This reduces unnecessary compute, token generation, and sending data the user never see. You can listen for cancellation using or the event:Request.signal.abortedabort If you're using the , forward the to your stream:AI SDKabortSignal Learn more about .cance

Fluid compute is now the default for new projects

New Vercel projects now run on by default.Fluid compute This update follows , its adoption across large-scale production apps, and all deployments by default.Fluid’s general availabilityv0.devshipping with Fluid enabled Fluid compute reuses existing instances before spawning new ones, cutting costs by up to 85% for high-concurrency workloads. It combines the efficiency of servers with the flexibility of serverless: for your existing projects, and learn more in our and .Enable Fluidblogdocum

Introducing our latest image generation model in the API

Our latest image generation model is now available in the API via ‘gpt-image-1’—enabling developers and businesses to build professional-grade, customizable visuals directly into their own tools and platforms.

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AI Search - Metadata filtering and multitenancy support in AutoRAG

You can now filter AutoRAG search results by folder and timestamp using metadata filtering to narrow down the scope of your query. This makes it easy to build multitenant experiences where each user can only access their own data. By organizing your content into per-tenant folders and applying a folder filter at query time, you ensure that each tenant retrieves only their own documents. Example folder structure: customer-a/logs/ customer-a/contracts/ customer-b/contracts/ Example query:

React Labs: View Transitions, Activity, and more

In React Labs posts, we write about projects in active research and development. In this post, we're sharing two new experimental features that are ready to try today, and updates on other areas we're working on now.