For AI agents: The documentation index is at https://docs.digitalocean.com/llms.txt. Markdown versions of pages use the same URL with index.html.md in place of the HTML page (for example, append index.html.md to the directory path instead of opening the HTML document).

August 2026

4 August

• Cloud firewall rules now support an action of allow or deny. Deny rules let you block traffic from specific sources, such as known malicious IP addresses, while allowing broader access to your services. Deny rules take precedence over allow rules that match the same traffic. For rule actions and configuration steps, see How to Configure Firewall Rules.

June 2026

30 June

• Private Droplets are now generally available in all regions. Private Droplets have no public network interface and no public IP address, using VPC-only networking with automatic integration with VPC NAT gateway, VPC peering, and VPC private DNS. See the Private Droplets documentation for setup instructions and limitations.

March 2026

30 March

• Private Droplets are now in public preview. Private Droplets have no direct public connectivity by default, using VPC-only networking with automatic integration with VPC NAT gateway, VPC peering, and VPC private DNS.

  All customers can opt in from the Feature Preview page. Create Private Droplets by setting public_networking: false in the Create Droplet API.

December 2025

5 December

• Remote MCP servers are now available, providing API-based access for AI tools to manage DigitalOcean resources.