June 26, 2026 - July 3, 2026
Top Highlights
- Vercel Services enables full-stack deployment of multiple frameworks and backends (Go, Rails, FastAPI, etc.) within a single project, with Docker support and secure service-to-service communication via Service Bindings.
- AI Gateway now supports realtime voice, speech-to-text, and text-to-speech capabilities with routing rules and observability, including new models like xAI Grok audio and Claude Sonnet 5.
- Vercel Functions now support Dockerfiles up to 5GB in package size (20x increase from 250MB), allowing teams to deploy complex containerized HTTP servers with custom dependencies on Vercel’s infrastructure.
Community Projects
- vercel eating your logs before you can read them? i built an open-source OTel SDK that sends traces to whatever backend you own
- Skyplume: a polished Next.js 15 MDX blog template with SEO, RSS, search, and static export
- Request-scoped DI containers in App Router / RSC
Don’t forget to visit the Showcase to see what else everyone is building
Weekly Leaderboard
Congrats to last week’s leaderboard champions
Resources
- Build realtime voice agents on AI Gateway
- Vercel Open Source Program: Spring 2026 cohort
- Vercel Services: Run full stack on Vercel
- Vercel and Shopify are rebuilding Hydrogen
- Vercel Ship 2026 recap
- Run any Dockerfile on Vercel
More Updates
- Realtime voice, speech, and transcription now supported on AI Gateway
- xAI Grok audio models now available on Vercel AI Gateway
- Sandboxes now expire based on last use
- Query Speed Insights from the Vercel CLI
- Vercel Functions can now be up to 5GB in package size
- Expanded Audit Log coverage, now delivered through Vercel Drains
- Bring your Dockerfile to Vercel Functions
- Run multiple frameworks in one project with Vercel Services
- Introducing VCR: Vercel Container Registry
- Vercel Sandbox now support Custom Images
- Nano Banana 2 Lite (Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Image) now on AI Gateway
- An expanded Vercel Agent: chat, investigations, and approved actions, now in public beta
- Vercel Private Blob is now generally available
- Claude Sonnet 5 now available on Vercel AI Gateway
- Vercel Agent has updated pricing
- Resend joins the Vercel Marketplace
- Vercel Security Dashboard is in private beta
- Dry-run deployments with Vercel CLI
- Enforce consistent code for agents and humans with konsistent
- Claude Fable 5 access restored on AI Gateway
- Secure internal communication between services
- Routing rules now available on AI Gateway
- Manage Vercel Flags segments with Vercel CLI
