What DigitalOcean shipped in 2026

Now Generally Available: DigitalOcean Evaluations

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Now Available: OIDC Authentication for Managed Kubernetes

Now Available: GLM-5.1 and GLM-5.2 from Z.ai

Now in Public Preview: DigitalOcean Server-Side Tools

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DigitalOcean launches managed vector database service with full API suite

DigitalOcean introduced a new managed vector database service via its API, enabling users to provision, manage, and scale vector databases through endpoints like `/v2/vector-databases`. The service su…

DigitalOcean Evaluations: Production Model and Router Testing for the Inference Stack

DigitalOcean introduced Evaluations, a native feature in its Inference Engine, enabling teams to validate any model or inference router configuration on their own data before production. The tool supp…

Built for Mass Scale: Hard-Won Lessons from Teams Running High Volume Inference Workloads in Production

DigitalOcean hosted a panel at Deploy 2026 featuring Workato, Hippocratic AI, and ISMG, highlighting challenges in scaling AI inference workloads to production. Key issues included P99 latency spikes,…

DigitalOcean launches MCP tools for AI agent and model evaluations

DigitalOcean introduced a suite of MCP tools for its GenAI platform, enabling end-to-end evaluation of AI agents and raw models. The tools allow users to manage datasets, create test cases, run evalua…

Run Codex in the cloud – DigitalOcean for Codex is now available

DigitalOcean introduced a Public Preview integration with Codex, enabling developers to provision persistent cloud development environments (Droplets) directly from Codex using natural language. The p…

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DigitalOcean to charge 18% VAT in Peru starting June 2026

DigitalOcean will begin charging 18% VAT to customers with a tax location in Peru effective 1 June 2026, with charges appearing on invoices from 1 July 2026. Customers with a valid Peruvian RUC can av…

Server-Side Tools Are Now Available for DigitalOcean Inference Engine

DigitalOcean introduced Server-Side Tools for its Inference Engine, enabling AI models to access web search, web fetch, Knowledge Bases, MCP servers, and Anthropic/OpenAI tools directly within inferen…

DigitalOcean to force MySQL 8.0 upgrades to 8.4 by Oct 30 2026

DigitalOcean announced MySQL 8.0 will reach end of life on October 30, 2026, triggering forced upgrades to MySQL 8.4 for all managed clusters during maintenance windows. No downtime is expected, but l…

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