# Changelog Sep 18, 2026 - Neon

## The Neon backend is generally available

Neon started as serverless Postgres. Now you get the whole backend, and all of it branches. Every branch is a full copy, so a PR, preview, or agent session gets your entire backend, not just the database. Evolve your schema, storage, auth, and functions together on a preview branch, isolated from production.

▶️ [Watch the walkthrough](https://youtu.be/3NSc8rZJkec) to see how it all fits together.

- [<img src="../img/site-assets/neon.com/_next/static/immutable/media/pattern.2qd_7vmtgnbf6.png" alt=""> Lakebase Postgres 100% Postgres on the Lakebase architecture: autoscaling, scale to zero, and a branch for every PR, preview, or agent session.](/guides/postgres-index)
- [<img src="../img/site-assets/neon.com/_next/static/immutable/media/pattern.2qd_7vmtgnbf6.png" alt=""> Object Storage S3-compatible object storage that branches with your data, so files and rows stay in sync across branches.](/guides/object-storage-index)
- [<img src="../img/site-assets/neon.com/_next/static/immutable/media/pattern.2qd_7vmtgnbf6.png" alt=""> Auth Managed Better Auth: users and sessions live in your neon\_auth schema, queryable with SQL and protected by RLS.](/guides/auth-index)
- [<img src="../img/site-assets/neon.com/_next/static/immutable/media/pattern.2qd_7vmtgnbf6.png" alt=""> Functions Long-running Node.js compute next to your database, now with triggers and custom domains.](/guides/neon-functions-index)
- [<img src="../img/site-assets/neon.com/_next/static/immutable/media/pattern.2qd_7vmtgnbf6.png" alt=""> AI Gateway One credential for frontier and open-weight models at provider prices with no markup. Buy prepaid credits to use it.](/guides/ai-gateway-index)
- [<img src="../img/site-assets/neon.com/_next/static/immutable/media/pattern.2qd_7vmtgnbf6.png" alt=""> Data API An instant REST endpoint over your Postgres tables, no backend server required.](/guides/postgres-data-api-overview)

**How to get started**

Building with a coding agent? `neon skills` installs the [Neon agent skills](/guides/ai-agents-on-neon-ai-agent-skills) into your assistant (Cursor, Claude Code, Codex, and more), so it knows how to provision and wire the whole backend.

```bash
neon skills
```

However you build, your whole backend is declared in one [`neon.ts`](/guides/apis-sdks-reference-neon-ts) file and applied with [`neon deploy`](/guides/apis-sdks-cli-deploy), whether your agent writes it or you do:

```typescript
// neon.ts
import { defineConfig } from '@neon/config/v1';

export default defineConfig({
  auth: true, // managed authentication
  buckets: { uploads: {} }, // S3-compatible object storage
  functions: { api: { source: './functions/api.ts' } }, // serverless compute
  aiGateway: true, // one API for many LLMs
});
```

Get started with [How a Neon backend fits together](/guides/neon-docs-get-started-backend-overview) or the [full-stack quickstart](/guides/neon-docs-get-started-full-backend-quickstart), or scaffold a working example with [`neon bootstrap`](/guides/apis-sdks-cli-bootstrap). Read the [launch blog post](https://neon.com/blog/neon-backend-is-ga) for the full story.

## New with the GA release

### Function Triggers

Turn an upload into a pipeline or run a job on a schedule, without standing up a queue or a cron server. A Function Trigger invokes a deployed Function on a schedule or an event, and fires even when the compute is scaled to zero. Two trigger types are available now, with more on the way:

- **Schedule:** a UTC cron expression, for recurring work like a nightly rollup or a health check.
- **Object created:** fires when a file lands in an [Object Storage](/guides/object-storage-index) bucket (optionally under a key prefix), so an upload can kick off processing like generating a thumbnail.

Declare a trigger in `neon.ts`, or use the Console, CLI, or API:

```typescript
// neon.ts
functions: {
  reports: { name: 'Reports', source: './functions/reports.ts' },
},
triggers: {
  nightly: {
    type: 'schedule',
    function: 'reports',
    cron: '0 6 * * *',
  },
},
```

See [Function Triggers](/guides/neon-functions-triggers-overview).

### Custom domains for Functions

Ship your public API or webhook on a domain you own, like `api.example.com`, instead of the native Neon URL. Point a CNAME at the target Neon gives you, and Neon provisions the TLS certificate automatically. Declare it in `neon.ts`:

```typescript
// neon.ts
functions: {
  api: {
    source: './functions/api.ts',
    customDomains: ['api.example.com'],
  },
},
```

Domains are branch-scoped, so a preview branch can serve from its own hostname while production keeps yours. See [Custom domains](/guides/neon-functions-custom-domains).

### Prepaid credits for the AI Gateway

You can now buy prepaid credits for the AI Gateway from the Console. Credits draw down as you send inference requests, at provider list prices with no markup. See [AI Gateway prepaid credits](/guides/ai-gateway-prepaid-credits).

### More regions

Object Storage, Functions, and AI Gateway now run in four AWS regions: US East (Ohio), US East (N. Virginia), Europe (Frankfurt), and Asia Pacific (Singapore), with [more coming](/guides/manage-operate-introduction-regions#product-availability).

## Turn on the backend when you create a project

Adopting the backend now starts at project creation. You can now enable Object Storage, Functions, AI Gateway, and Auth alongside Postgres when you first create your project, so it comes up with your whole stack already wired. You will only see services that are supported in your selected region.

<img src="../img/site-assets/neon.com/docs/changelog/new_create_project-wmtmo7.png" alt="The create-project dialog with the Services section">

## A redesigned project settings page

The project **Settings** page has a cleaner, tabbed layout (**General**, **Postgres**, **Networking**, **Credentials**, **Auth**, **Functions**, **HIPAA compliance**, and **Sharing**) that groups related controls and labels project-wide settings as **Applies to all branches**. Setting your default branch on the **General** tab is now project-scoped: use **Change default branch** to pick any branch.

<img src="../img/site-assets/neon.com/docs/changelog/new_project_settings-wmtmo7.png" alt="The redesigned, tabbed project Settings page">

## Organizations and account settings moved to the profile menu

Switching and creating organizations, organization management, account settings, theme, Neon status, and help now live in one profile menu in the top-right corner of the Console.

<img src="../img/site-assets/neon.com/docs/changelog/new_org_account_settings-wmtmo7.png" alt="The profile menu with organization switching and account settings">

## Fixes & improvements

:::accordion{title="SDK"}
- **`@neon/sdk` uses named parameters.** Resource methods now take a single named parameter object, for example `neon.branches.get({ projectId, branchId })`, instead of positional arguments. This is a breaking change; the SDK is now on v6. See the [TypeScript SDK reference](/guides/apis-sdks-reference-typescript-sdk).
- **Parse trigger deliveries with `@neon/functions`.** `parseTriggerDelivery` and `parseTriggerInvocation` from `@neon/functions/triggers` validate schedule and `storage_object_created` deliveries, so handlers don't hand-check headers.
:::

:::accordion{title="neon.ts config"}
- **Backend services are GA in `neon.ts`.** Declare `aiGateway`, `functions`, and `buckets` as top-level keys in `defineConfig`, alongside `auth` and `dataApi`. The old `preview` block still works but is deprecated and warns on `neon deploy`. See the [`neon.ts` reference](/guides/apis-sdks-reference-neon-ts).
- **Declare Function triggers and custom domains in `neon.ts`.** Custom domains and `storage_object_created` and schedule triggers can be declared in `neon.ts` and reconciled by `neon deploy`.
:::

:::accordion{title="CLI"}
- **`neon init` scaffolds the Data API.** You can now include the Data API when scaffolding a `neon.ts`. See the [`neon init` reference](/guides/apis-sdks-cli-init).
:::

:::accordion{title="New NAT gateway IPs and Private Networking endpoints in sa-east-1"}
- Added NAT gateway IP addresses and a Private Networking VPC endpoint service name in AWS South America (São Paulo) (`sa-east-1`). If you allowlist Neon's outbound IPs, add the new addresses from the [Regions](/guides/manage-operate-introduction-regions#nat-gateway-ip-addresses) page, or outbound connections can fail intermittently. If you use Private Networking in this region, add the new service name from the [Private Networking guide](/guides/resilience-architecture-guides-neon-private-networking).
:::

## Related pages

- [Add users and authentication](./auth-index.md)
- [AI tools for Agents](./ai-agents-on-neon-index.md)
- [APIs & SDKs](./apis-sdks-index.md)
- [Changelog](../changelog.md)
- [Explore the full platform: functions, object storage, AI Gateway, and more](./neon-docs-index.md)
- [Integrating with Neon](./building-on-neon-index.md)
- [Lakebase Postgres](./postgres-index.md)
- [More](./more-index.md)
- [Neon AI Gateway](./ai-gateway-index.md)
- [Neon community](./community-index.md)

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