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Ability to select the version of YugabyteDB to install on a cluster when creating standard clusters.
Automated notifications of upcoming database upgrades. The notification email includes the date and time of the upgrade window. An Upcoming Upgrade badge is also displayed on the cluster. You can start the upgrade any time by signing in to Yugabyte Cloud, selecting the cluster, clicking the Upcoming Upgrade badge, and clicking Upgrade Now. To change the upgrade window, contact Yugabyte Support.

Instance type for new free clusters on AWS updated to EC2 T3.small. Existing free clusters retain their EC2 T2.small instance type for their lifetime.
Instance type for new standard clusters on GCP updated to n2-standard.

Edge release updated to version 2.11.1. New free clusters automatically use the new version. Existing clusters will be upgraded in the coming weeks.
Stable release updated to version 2.8.1 for standard clusters. New standard clusters use the new version by default. Existing clusters will be upgraded in the coming weeks.

Support for alerts to notify you and your team members when cluster and database resource usage exceeds predefined limits, or of potential billing issues. Configure alerts and view notifications on the Alerts page. When an alert triggers, Yugabyte Cloud sends an email notification and displays a notification on the Notifications tab. When the alert condition resolves, the notification dismisses automatically. Alerts are enabled for all clusters in your cloud.
Free clusters are now paused after 21 days of inactivity. Yugabyte Cloud sends a notification when your cluster is paused. To keep a cluster from being paused, perform an action as described in What qualifies as activity on a cluster? Free clusters are deleted after 30 days of inactivity.
Ability to see the version of YugabyteDB that your cluster is running on.

Self service Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) networking. Use VPC networks to lower network latencies and make your application and database infrastructure more secure. Create VPCs in AWS or GCP and peer them with application VPCs in the same cloud provider. VPC networking is managed on the VPC Network tab of the Network Access page.
Ability to enable pre-bundled extensions using the CREATE EXTENSION command. YugabyteDB includes pre-bundled PostgreSQL extensions that are tested to work with YSQL. Admin users now have additional permissions to allow them to enable these extensions in databases. (If you need to install a database extension that is not pre-bundled, contact Yugabyte Support.)

Additional performance metrics. The new cluster Performance Metrics tab features new metrics including YSQL and YCQL operations per second, YSQL and YCQL latency, network bytes per second, and more. Use these metrics to ensure the cluster configuration matches its performance requirements.
Ability to review running queries using the Live Queries on the cluster Performance tab. Use this information to visually identify relevant database operations and evaluate query execution times.
Ability to review slow YSQL queries using the YSQL Slow Queries on the cluster Performance tab. You can use this information to identify slower-running database operations, look at query execution times over time, and discover potential queries for tuning.

YugabyteDB updated to version 2.8. New clusters automatically use the new version. Existing clusters will be upgraded in the coming weeks.

Support for auditing cloud activity using the new Activity tab on the Admin page. The tab provides a running audit of activity on your cloud, including backups, cluster creation and modification, changes to cloud users and their roles, billing changes, and allow list changes.
Support for multiple Admin users on your cloud account, and Admin users can now change the role of existing users. You can also invite multiple users to your cloud at once, and assign them a role (Developer or Admin) when you invite them. You manage cloud users using the Users tab on the Admin page.
Additional charts on the Invoices on the Billing tab, which break costs down by cluster and infrastructure (instance costs, storage, and data transfer) so that you can quickly evaluate your cloud costs.

The Yugabyte Cloud Status page shows the current uptime status of Yugabyte Cloud and the Yugabyte Support Portal, along with maintenance notices and incident reports.
Ability to review cluster activity using the new cluster Activity tab.

Ability to create clusters suitable for production workloads. Yugabyte Cloud clusters support horizontal and vertical scaling, VPC peering, and scheduled and manual backups.
Billing support. Set up a billing profile, manage payment methods, and review invoices on the Billing tab. (You must create a billing profile and add a payment method before you can create any clusters apart from your free cluster.)

This release includes the following features:

The following GCP regions are available:

The following AWS regions are available:

Tables - In some instances in free clusters, the Tables tab will show all tables with a size of 0B.
Clusters - No support for scaling vCPUs on single node clusters.
Metrics - The View Full Screen option in charts on the cluster Overview and Performance Metrics pages does not work in some versions of Safari 14.0 (Big Sur).
Metrics - Some clusters in European regions may show occasional spikes in the YSQL Operations/sec chart. This is due to cluster health checks and can be ignored.
Invoices - Redundant "Disk Storage (Paused)" entry on invoices for paused clusters. The entry has no effect on your invoice.

At this time, we recommend running only a single Cloud Shell session. Running more than one session may produce unexpected results.
If Cloud Shell stops responding, close the browser tab and restart Cloud Shell.
Cloud Shell is unavailable for clusters in a VPC.
Cloud Shell is unavailable during any edit and backup/restore operations. Wait until the operations are complete before you launch the shell.