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Custom OIDC Token Audiences

Vercel's OIDC issuer () now supports custom audiences. Deployments can request OIDC tokens with a specific audience claim, enabling secure service-to-service authentication with third-party providers.oidc.vercel.com Vercel OIDC tokens are issued with a fixed audience (). While most cloud providers don't require a specific audience value, using a unique audience per provider is a security best practice. If a provider is compromised, an attacker cannot replay the token against a different provider

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Redesigned trace viewer for Vercel Workflows

The trace viewer for and has been redesigned to better support inspecting runs from start to finish. Search across spans, zoom into any section of the timeline, and step through with the keyboard to find what you're looking for fast, then click into any step to see its inputs, outputs, and run metadata.Vercel WorkflowsWorkflow SDK The trace viewer is also available locally through with to inspect runs during development.Workflow SDKnpx workflow@beta web Learn more about .Vercel Workflows Rea

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Four travel and hospitality trends from HITEC 2026

More than 6,000 hospitality executives and operators gathered in San Antonio last week for the HITEC conference. The big topic: whether the industry’s AI investment is actually working. Across four days and over 50 meetings, four trends stood out.

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Preserve local environment variables when linking with the Vercel CLI

The Vercel CLI now preserves your file when running . Previously, linking could overwrite variables already in the file. The CLI now updates if it exists, or appends it if missing, without touching anything else..env.localvercel linkVERCEL_OIDC_TOKEN Run to update, then run to get started. Learn more in the .pnpm i -g vercel@latestvercel linkvercel link documentation Read more

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