Changelog

Snapshots now in Beta with automated scheduling

The Backup & Restore page in the Neon Console is now available to all users. It combines instant point-in-time restore with snapshots to help you protect your data and recover from accidental changes, data loss, or schema issues. The snapshots feature is now in Beta with new capabilities for automated snapshot management. Use the Enhanced view toggle to access the new Backup & Restore page with snapshot capabilities, or toggle it off to return to the previous Restore page.

Snapshots (Beta):

• Scheduled snapshots — Automate snapshots with daily, weekly, or monthly schedules (available on paid plans, excluding the Agent plan)

• Flexible retention — Configure how long to keep automated snapshots before they're automatically deleted

Instant restore improvements:

• Preview data before restoring — The instant point-in-time restore feature now includes a Preview data button that lets you browse tables, run queries, and compare schemas at the selected restore point before committing to the restore operation
• Improved timezone display — The date/time picker for instant restore now shows times in your project's region timezone, and snapshot names include the region timezone for clarity

Together, these features help you maintain reliable recovery points for your production databases without manual intervention.

Postgres extension updates

We've expanded extension support for Postgres 18.

Now available on Postgres 18:

For a complete list of Postgres extensions supported by Neon, see Postgres extensions.

100x smaller Docs pages served to LLMs

We've updated the serving logic in our documentation, guides, and PostgreSQL Tutorial sites to serve raw markdown in response to web requests from user-agents we can identify as LLM Agents (like ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot, etc...)

The result is 80-100x smaller page sizes, 6x speed-up, and most importantly fewer tokens costing you money and occupying your context windows as you work with codegen agents to ship faster.

AI-ready prompts for faster setup

We've added pre-built AI prompts to our integration guides to help you get started with Neon faster in your AI-enabled code editor. Simply copy a prompt from any guide and paste it into your AI assistant (Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, etc.) for step-by-step setup assistance tailored to your stack.

Guides with AI prompts:

• ORMs & Drivers: TypeORM, SQLAlchemy, Neon Serverless Driver, Prisma
• JavaScript/TypeScript Frameworks: Next.js, Astro, SvelteKit, Nuxt, Solid Start, Express, NestJS, Hono, RedwoodJS, Node.js
• Python Frameworks: Django, Reflex
• PHP Frameworks: Laravel, Symfony
• Ruby: Ruby on Rails
• Java Frameworks: Quarkus (JDBC), Quarkus (Reactive), Micronaut (Kotlin)
• Languages: Python, JavaScript, Go, Java, Rust, Elixir, Elixir with Ecto, .NET, .NET Entity Framework

Each prompt provides your AI assistant with the context it needs to configure dependencies, set up environment variables, establish database connections, and create working examples.

We're actively improving these prompts based on your feedback. Share your experience through the Feedback form in the Neon Console or join the conversation on Discord.

Neon Open Source Program

We've recently launched a Neon Open Source Program to support Postgres-powered open source projects. If your open source project uses Postgres and is ready to grow, we'd love to hear from you.

Visit the Neon Open Source Program page to learn more about the benefits and apply.

Claude Code plugin for Neon

We've launched a new plugin that brings Neon's capabilities directly into Claude Code. The new plugin includes:

• Claude Skills to streamline key workflows:

  • neon-drizzle: Set up Drizzle ORM with Neon
  • neon-serverless: Configure connections with Neon's serverless Postgres driver
  • neon-toolkit: Manage databases, projects, and branches using the Neon API
  • add-neon-knowledge: Access Neon documentation snippets and usage examples

• Neon MCP server integration that lets Claude interact with Neon in real time to query projects, manage databases and branches, and run SQL or migrations

• Context rules (.mdc files) that can be used in other AI tools like Cursor

Install it from our marketplace:

/plugin marketplace add neondatabase-labs/ai-rules
/plugin install neon-plugin@neon

For more information, see Claude Code plugin for Neon.

MCP server: Schema diff and migration generation

Our MCP server now supports schema diff generation and zero-downtime migration creation. Ask your AI assistant:

Can you generate a schema diff for branch br-feature-auth in project my-app?

The assistant will compare the branch schema with its parent, show what changed, and offer to generate a zero-downtime migration to apply those changes to the parent branch.

This makes it easier to develop schema changes on feature branches and promote them when ready. For more information, see Neon MCP Server.

Storage quota doubled to 16TB

We've doubled our default storage quota from 8TB to 16TB. This means you can now run databases up to 16TB without contacting us to increase your limit. If you need to run larger databases, please reach out to our team.

Branch navigation improvements

We've added breadcrumb navigation to branch pages, making it easier to understand and navigate your branch hierarchy. When viewing a child branch, you'll now see the full lineage path (e.g., production / development / feature-branch) with visual branch indicators. The page heading has also been updated to "Child branch overview" for better clarity when working with nested branches.

Postgres extension updates

We've expanded extension support for Postgres 18 and updated several extension versions.

Now available on Postgres 18:

Version updates across all supported Postgres versions:

To upgrade from a previous version of an extension, follow the instructions in Update an extension version.

For a complete list of Postgres extensions supported by Neon, see Postgres extensions.

Configure scale to zero in the console

Scale plan users can now adjust their scale to zero timeout directly in the Neon Console. Simply select Edit compute from the menu on the Compute tab to set a custom timeout. The Scale plan allows you to set this as low as 1 minute, a setting that was previously only available via the Neon API.

Scale to zero helps minimize costs by automatically placing inactive databases in an idle state. The timeout setting controls how fast that happens. To learn more, refer to our Scale to zero guide.

Quick presets for branch expiration

Managing your project's branches is now easier with convenient preset options. When creating or configuring a branch, choose to automatically expire it after 1 hour, 1 day, or a week. No need to manually calculate and select a specific date and time.

Setting branch expiration times can help reduce costs. To learn more, check out our Branch expiration guide.

New NAT gateway IP addresses

We've added new NAT gateway IP addresses in the AWS US East (N. Virginia) region to expand infrastructure capacity. If you have external IP allow lists that enable connections from external services into Neon, update those allow lists soon to include the new addresses to avoid connectivity issues.

See our Regions documentation for the complete list of NAT gateway IPs for all regions.

New VPC endpoint service for Private Networking

We've added a new VPC endpoint service address for Private Networking in the AWS US East (N. Virginia) region. If you're setting up Private Networking in the us-east-1 region, you can now use the additional endpoint service address for enhanced infrastructure capacity and reliability.

For the complete list of VPC endpoint service addresses by region, see our Private Networking guide.

E2E testing with Neon branches

Run end-to-end tests using isolated database branches. We've published guides showing how to use Neon's database branching with Playwright and Cypress to create isolated test environments for every pull request. Each PR gets its own database branch with automated schema migrations, ensuring your E2E tests run against the exact schema changes you're testing.

• Automated E2E Testing with Neon Branching and Playwright
• Automated E2E Testing with Neon Branching and Cypress