---
title: "DigitalOcean Valkey 9 available for database clusters: 2026-09-28 | Harbyn"
description: "DigitalOcean Valkey 9 available for database clusters, announced Sep 28, 2026."
canonical: "https://harbyn.com/changes/digitalocean/2026-09-28-28-september-2026-valkey"
last-updated: 2026-10-08
---

# DigitalOcean Valkey 9 available for database clusters

Markdown version of <https://harbyn.com/changes/digitalocean/2026-09-28-28-september-2026-valkey>.

Behavior change - DigitalOcean. low severity. In effect.

Valkey 9 is now available for database clusters and is the default for new clusters. Valkey 8 remains available for new and existing clusters.

## Facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Vendor | [DigitalOcean](https://harbyn.com/vendors/digitalocean.md) |
| Kind | Behavior change |
| Severity | low |
| Status | In effect |
| Announced | Sep 28, 2026 |
| Added to Harbyn | Oct 8, 2026 |
| Lead time | No dated deadline |
| Vendor page | <https://docs.digitalocean.com/notes/2026/dbaas-valkey-9/> |
| Review | Reviewed by a person, extracted by a model |

## Find it in your code

```sh
npx harbyn scan
```

This change names no identifier the scanner can match line by line, so the scan tells you whether your repository uses DigitalOcean, from its packages and API hosts. Nothing leaves your machine.

## Sources

Where this event comes from: the page we read, when we read it, and the hash of that snapshot.

- <https://docs.digitalocean.com/release-notes/index.xml> (changelog, fetched 2026-10-08 17:16 UTC, sha256 `c711ab94f99b3edb57573774e37592e4f972a0cd524d036451419fa210fac9dc`)

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