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Latest Updates

The following distributions have reached end of life and are deprecated as of 10 August 2022:
- Debian 9
- Ubuntu 21.10
These images will be removed from the control panel starting on 10 August 2022 but will remain accessible for Droplet creation via the API for 30 days after the initial deprecation. If you need to use these distribution versions after the images have been fully deprecated, you can create Droplets from a snapshot of a Droplet with that version or from a custom image.

Rocky 8.6 (rockylinux-8-x64) base image is now available in the control panel and via the API.

You can now upgrade your App Platform app’s and its components’ buildpacks to their latest version. For detailed steps, see our guide, How to Upgrade Buildpacks in App Platform.

For more, see our full release notes.