Reserved IPs Release Notes
Validated on 28 Feb 2025 • Last edited on 27 Sep 2023
February 2025
28 February
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Reserved IPv6 addresses are now available in public preview. Reserved IPv6 addresses are publicly-accessible static IPv6 addresses that you can assign to Droplets and instantly remap to other Droplets in the same datacenter. You must opt-in to the public preview to create reserved IPv6 addresses.
September 2022
23 September
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We have added the
project_id
field to the Reserved IP service’s API. Theproject_id
field allows you to create and associate Reserved IPs with a DigitalOcean Project.Use the
project_id
andregion
fields in a Create a new Reserved IP request to create a Reserved IP within a project. You can assign the IP address to a Droplet later using a Reserved IP action request.We have added the
project_id
field to the following Reserved IP API responses:
July 2022
1 July
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The following pricing changes are now in effect:
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A new $4 Droplet with 512MB of memory, 10GB of storage, 1 vCPU, and 500GB of outbound data transfer is now available in NYC1, FRA1, SFO3, SGP1, and AMS3. The slug is
s-1vcpu-512mb-10gb
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We have simplified pricing for DigitalOcean Kubernetes and some managed databases for better accuracy and predictibility.
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The prices of Droplets, Snapshots, Load Balancers, Reserved IPs, and Custom Images have increased.
There is no change to pricing for Spaces, backups, volumes, DigitalOcean Container Registry, or App Platform. There are also no changes to inbound data transfer or bandwidth pricing.
This is our first major price change in 10 years, and we believe the new model better fits our understanding of our customers and the expanded breadth of our offerings. For a more detailed breakdown of the changes, see our blog post on our new pricing.
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June 2022
27 June
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To improve security, DigitalOcean no longer accepts TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1 connections. This includes connections to
www.digitalocean.com
,cloud.digitalocean.com
, andapi.digitalocean.com
.
16 June
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We have renamed the Floating IP product to Reserved IPs. The Reserved IP service retains the same functionality as the prior service.
We have added new API endpoints and fields (
reserved_ips
) to reflect the name change, but the service’s original Floating IP endpoints and fields (floating_ips
) will remain available until the fall of 2023. Please update any automation, scripts, or services that use these endpoints to reflect these changes.If you are using the Projects API to query Reserved IP resources, the endpoint still returns reserved IP addresses in the
floating_ips
field.
August 2021
31 August
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You can now assign floating IP addresses to Droplets that use custom images.
May 2021
5 May
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We have updated the Floating IP API responses to better align with our newer API models. The
droplet
andregion
fields now use the same response models used in the/v2/droplets
and/v2/regions
endpoints. Specifically:- The
private_networking
feature is now displayed under thefeatures
field underdroplet
instead of thefeatures
field underregion
. - The
vpc_uuid
field now populates with the correct values. - The Droplet’s
type
displaysbase
when the Droplet uses a base image (i.e. Ubuntu, CentOS). - The Droplet’s
networks
field now includes private and floating IP addresses, if applicable.
- The
May 2020
15 May
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Unassigned floating IP charges will now appear on invoices. The first charge will appear on July 2020 invoices for all floating IPs that were not assigned to Droplets during the month of June.
August 2019
19 August
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Floating IP Address rate limit information was added to the DigitalOcean API Documentation.
June 2018
11 June
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Expanded Droplet View allows customers using the Dashboard to click a Droplet and quickly view additional information about the Droplet without having to go to the Droplet Page. It also updates the list of Droplets to display at a glance whether Backups are on/off and if a Floating IP is attached.