---
title: "DigitalOcean API changes, deprecations and deadlines | Harbyn"
description: "DigitalOcean: 1 upcoming deadline and 42 recorded changes as of 2026-10-25, each with its source."
canonical: "https://harbyn.com/vendors/digitalocean"
last-updated: 2026-10-25
---

# DigitalOcean: API changes and deadlines

Markdown version of <https://harbyn.com/vendors/digitalocean>.

Cloud. 1 upcoming deadline, 42 recorded changes. Every entry cites the DigitalOcean page we read it from.

## What we read

The DigitalOcean pages and feeds our ingestion visits, politely and on a schedule.

- **Changelog**: <https://docs.digitalocean.com/release-notes/index.xml>
- **Changelog**: <https://api.github.com/advisories?affects=@digitalocean/dots,pydo&per_page=20&sort=published&direction=desc>

## What the scanner looks for

How `harbyn scan` recognises DigitalOcean in a repository, on your machine. Nothing leaves it.

- **Packages**: `npm @digitalocean/dots`, `pypi pydo`
- **API hosts**: `api.digitalocean.com`

## Upcoming deadlines

| Deadline | Change | Use instead | Details | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Nov 30, 2026 | PostgreSQL and MySQL Standard Edition drop plans above 4 GiB RAM and standby/read-only nodes | - | <https://harbyn.com/changes/digitalocean/2026-09-30-30-september-2026-postgresql-mysql-upcoming.md> | <https://docs.digitalocean.com/release-notes/index.xml> |

## Change history

Newest first, by the date DigitalOcean announced it. This is the archive: past changes are not warnings, and changes we recorded after they took effect are marked as such.

### October 2026

- Oct 23, 2026, Feature: [MiniMax M3.1-Flash public preview](https://docs.digitalocean.com/notes/2026/inference-minimax-m3-1-flash-model/)
- Oct 22, 2026, Feature: [App Platform PHP buildpack 298 adds PHP releases](https://docs.digitalocean.com/notes/2026/app-platform-buildpacks-2026-10-22/)
- Oct 21, 2026, Feature: [DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 available for serverless inference](https://docs.digitalocean.com/notes/2026/inference-deepseek-v4-1-flash-1017-model/)
- Oct 20, 2026, Feature: [Beam available on DigitalOcean Inference](https://docs.digitalocean.com/notes/2026/inference-beam-model/)
- Oct 15, 2026, Feature: [NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Super VL available for serverless inference](https://docs.digitalocean.com/notes/2026/inference-nvidia-nemotron-3-5-super-vl-model/)
- Oct 13, 2026, Feature: [Spend alerts for Serverless Inference model access keys](https://docs.digitalocean.com/notes/2026/inference-model-access-key-spend-thresholds/)
- Oct 12, 2026, Feature: [Harness Runtime supports OpenHands agents](https://docs.digitalocean.com/notes/2026/harness-runtime-openhands/)
- Oct 12, 2026, Feature: [Inference Router redesigned as a single managed router](https://docs.digitalocean.com/notes/2026/inference-router-updates/)
- Oct 12, 2026, Feature: [Simulation for agent evaluations enters public preview](https://docs.digitalocean.com/notes/2026/simulation/)
- Oct 9, 2026, Feature: [MicroVMs available in public preview in MKC1](https://docs.digitalocean.com/notes/2026/microvms-public-preview/)
- Oct 9, 2026, Feature: [Claude Haiku 5.5 available for serverless inference](https://docs.digitalocean.com/notes/2026/inference-claude-haiku-5-5-model/)
- Oct 8, 2026, Feature: [Prompt caching for DigitalOcean-hosted models is generally available](https://docs.digitalocean.com/notes/2026/inference-prompt-caching-ga/)
- Oct 8, 2026, Behavior change: [DOKS enables the CoreDNS Cluster Proportional Autoscaler during upgrades](https://harbyn.com/changes/digitalocean/2026-10-08-8-october-2026-kubernetes.md)
- Oct 8, 2026, Feature: [Signals enters public preview for Harness Runtime agents and Serverless Inference](https://docs.digitalocean.com/notes/2026/signals-public-preview/)
- Oct 8, 2026, Behavior change: [DOKS 1.37 no longer enables GPU device plugins by default](https://harbyn.com/changes/digitalocean/2026-10-08-starting-with-doks-1-37-gpu-device-plugins-are-no-longer-enabled-by-default-on-c.md)
- Oct 7, 2026, Feature: [Managed database availability in Memphis](https://docs.digitalocean.com/notes/2026/dbaas-mem1-availability/)
- Oct 6, 2026, Breaking change: [Harness Runtime BYOT registration requires a recommended base template](https://harbyn.com/changes/digitalocean/2026-10-06-6-october-2026-managed-agents-agent-harness-runtime.md)
- Oct 6, 2026, Feature: [PostgreSQL Advanced Edition adds extension support](https://docs.digitalocean.com/notes/2026/dbaas-postgresql-advanced-extensions-available/)
- Oct 6, 2026, Feature: [Harness Runtime supports CrewAI agents](https://docs.digitalocean.com/notes/2026/harness-runtime-crewai/)
- Oct 1, 2026, Deprecation: [Agent Development Kit (ADK) deprecated](https://harbyn.com/changes/digitalocean/2026-10-01-1-october-2026-inference.md)
- Oct 1, 2026, Feature: [Insights API available in public preview](https://docs.digitalocean.com/notes/2026/digitalocean-insights-api/)

### September 2026

- Sep 30, 2026, Feature: [GPT-6.1 Sol available on DigitalOcean Inference](https://docs.digitalocean.com/notes/2026/inference-gpt-6-1-sol-model/)
- Sep 30, 2026, Breaking change: [PostgreSQL Advanced Edition no longer supports installing extensions](https://harbyn.com/changes/digitalocean/2026-09-30-30-september-2026-postgresql.md)
- Sep 29, 2026, Deprecation: [doctl gradient commands deprecated](https://harbyn.com/changes/digitalocean/2026-09-29-29-september-2026-doctl-inference.md)
- Sep 29, 2026, Feature: [Isolated Worker Nodes for DigitalOcean Kubernetes are generally available](https://docs.digitalocean.com/notes/2026/kubernetes-isolated-worker-nodes-ga/)
- Sep 28, 2026, Feature: [Claude Sonnet 5.5 is now available](https://docs.digitalocean.com/notes/2026/inference-claude-sonnet-5-5-model/)
- Sep 28, 2026, Behavior change: [Valkey 9 available for database clusters](https://harbyn.com/changes/digitalocean/2026-09-28-28-september-2026-valkey.md)
- Sep 25, 2026, Feature: [Nemotron 3 Diarization is now available](https://docs.digitalocean.com/notes/2026/inference-nemotron-3-diarization-model/)
- Sep 23, 2026, Feature: [Jev model available on DigitalOcean Inference](https://docs.digitalocean.com/notes/2026/inference-jev-model/)
- Sep 22, 2026, Feature: [GPT-6 Sol and GPT-6 Luna available on DigitalOcean Inference](https://docs.digitalocean.com/notes/2026/inference-gpt-6-sol-and-luna-model/)
- Sep 22, 2026, Behavior change: [Insights enabled by default for new Managed Agents resources](https://harbyn.com/changes/digitalocean/2026-09-22-22-september-2026-insights.md)
- Sep 22, 2026, Feature: [VPC subnets and routes in public preview](https://docs.digitalocean.com/notes/2026/vpc-subnets-routes-public-preview/)
- Sep 22, 2026, Feature: [Claude Opus 5.5 is now available](https://docs.digitalocean.com/notes/2026/inference-claude-opus-5-5-model/)
- Sep 21, 2026, Feature: [Managed Agents public preview](https://docs.digitalocean.com/notes/2026/managed-agents-public-preview/)
- Sep 17, 2026, Feature: [PostgreSQL Advanced Edition and MySQL Advanced Edition are generally available](https://docs.digitalocean.com/notes/2026/dbaas-advanced-edition-ga/)
- Sep 14, 2026, Feature: [DeepSeek V4.1 Flash available on DigitalOcean Inference](https://docs.digitalocean.com/notes/2026/inference-deepseek-v4-1-flash-model/)
- Sep 9, 2026, Feature: [Spot GPU node pools for DOKS in public preview](https://docs.digitalocean.com/notes/2026/doks-spot-gpu-node-pools-public-preview/)
- Sep 8, 2026, Retirement: [Kimi K2.5, GLM 5, GLM-5.1 and Nemotron-3-Super-120B retired from DigitalOcean Inference](https://harbyn.com/changes/digitalocean/2026-09-08-8-september-2026-inference.md)
- Sep 4, 2026, Feature: [GPT-6 Astra available on DigitalOcean Inference](https://docs.digitalocean.com/notes/2026/inference-gpt-6-astra-model/)
- Sep 1, 2026, Feature: [Claude Fable 5.1 available on DigitalOcean Inference](https://docs.digitalocean.com/notes/2026/inference-claude-fable-5-1-model/)
- Sep 1, 2026, Feature: [Peer-to-peer OCI registry plugin for DOKS is generally available](https://docs.digitalocean.com/notes/2026/kubernetes-p2p-oci-registry-ga/)
