What Netlify shipped in May 2026

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Pricing updated for Netlify: - Personal: annual price $7.2/mo → $7/mo - Pro: promotion ended (was: for unlimited members)

Claude Opus 4.8 now available in AI Gateway and Agent Runners

Netlify now offers Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4.8 model through its AI Gateway and Agent Runners, enabling zero-configuration access via the Anthropic SDK in Netlify Functions. The integration includes a…

Unified access to AI models, built in.

Netlify introduced AI Gateway, a unified service enabling developers to access AI models from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google without managing API keys or separate accounts. The feature integrates with …

Pricing updated for Netlify: - Personal: annual price $7/mo → $7.2/mo

Pricing updated for Netlify: - Free: new promotion — forever - Personal: annual price $7.2/mo → $7/mo - Pro: new promotion — for unlimited members

Build Plugins: End of support for Node.js 18 + Node.js 20

Netlify will stop supporting Node.js versions 18 and 20 in its build plugins starting June 16, 2026, to adopt newer features and security fixes. Plugin authors must migrate to Node.js v22 by this date…

Common vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)

Gemini 3.5 Flash now available in Agent Runners

Gemini 3.5 Flash now available in AI Gateway

Netlify now offers Google’s Gemini 3.5 Flash model through its AI Gateway, enabling zero-config access via the Google GenAI SDK in Netlify Functions. The integration includes automatic handling of API…

Security update: multiple vulnerabilities in Nuxt

Netlify disclosed four Nuxt security vulnerabilities impacting its customers. The most critical (CVE-2026-47200) allows unauthenticated access to pages by bypassing route middleware when component isl…

How to build a real-time AI chatbot in minutes with Netlify Agent Runners (no backend)

Netlify introduced Agent Runners, a prompt-based tool that automatically generates and deploys real-time AI chatbots without backend setup. Users can refine the app via additional prompts, adding feat…

Tracking AI Search Traffic: How to use Netlify Log Drains to maximize AEO

Netlify introduced Log Drains to provide server-level visibility into AI crawler activity (e.g., GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot) that traditional analytics tools filter out. This enables teams to tr…

How we built Netlify Database for AI-native development

Netlify introduced Netlify Database, an AI-native database designed to integrate seamlessly into AI-driven development workflows. It provisions, branches, and operates databases programmatically with …

Agent Runners workflow improvements

Netlify Image CDN now supports on-demand image transformations (resize, crop, format conversion) via query parameters at `/.netlify/images`, with automatic format negotiation to AVIF/WebP based on cli…

Block project transfers out of your team

Netlify introduced a feature allowing Team Owners to block project transfers out of their team to meet compliance or ownership requirements. Once enabled, even Team Owners cannot transfer projects wit…

Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite Preview now available in AI Gateway

Netlify now offers Google’s Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite Preview through its AI Gateway, enabling direct model calls from Netlify Functions without API key management. The integration supports all function t…

My experience building and deploying a project with Netlify Agent Runners

Netlify introduced Agent Runners, an AI-driven tool that lets users describe a project, select an AI coding agent (e.g., Claude, OpenAI Codex, or Gemini), and deploy the result directly on Netlify. Th…

Security Update: Multiple vulnerabilities in Next.js and React

Netlify warns customers of 12 security vulnerabilities in Next.js and React, patched in versions 15.5.18/16.2.6 and React 19.0.6+, urging immediate upgrades to mitigate DoS, XSS, SSRF, and cache poiso…

OpenAI GPT-5.5 Instant now available in AI Gateway

Netlify added OpenAI’s GPT-5.5 Instant model to its AI Gateway, enabling developers to use the model in Netlify Functions without managing API keys or authentication. The integration provides automati…

New `netlify logs` CLI command

Netlify introduced a new `netlify logs` CLI command enabling developers to filter, stream, and query logs from functions, edge functions, and deployments with color-coded output and JSON Lines support…