January & February 2026 | Product releases
Observability & Metrics
The metrics system has been substantially rebuilt.
New grid layout with collapsible categories. Metrics are now organised into named, collapsible sections. The collapsed/expanded state and any custom focus selection you make are persisted between page visits.
Per-pod and per-container breakdowns. CPU and memory charts now break down data by individual pod and container, making it easier to identify outliers across multi-replica deployments.
Deployment view metrics. The deployment overview now shows live CPU and memory charts inline, consistent with individual pod views.
Volume charts. Volume metrics charts have been added and improved.
Chart quality improvements:
- Y-axis scaling can now be toggled between capacity-based and data-based
- Charts with very small values (sub-1 units) no longer collapse to a flat line
- Stats table legend and tooltip are now visually consistent; series can be toggled by clicking
- Some charts now offer additional context via description text
Available GPUs visibility. Northflank regions with GPUs now list which GPU SKUs are available in the UI and if there is available capacity or if workloads will be queued and spawned as soon as capacity is available.
Compute & Deployments
Consistent replica routing for internal traffic. Internal traffic can now be routed to a consistent replica rather than load-balanced, useful for session-affinity requirements on internal endpoints.
Networking
Static Egress IPs. You can now provision dedicated egress IPs directly from the UI or API, without contacting Northflank. This gives your services a stable outbound address you can allowlist in external firewalls, databases, and third-party APIs that restrict access by IP.
Dedicated Load Balancers. You can now provision dedicated load balancers directly from the UI or API, without contacting Northflank. This lets you serve TCP and UDP traffic independently of your HTTP/HTTPS ingress, or bring your own HTTPS load balancer for advanced routing requirements useful for databases, game servers, or custom traffic configurations that go beyond standard web ingress.
Templates & Pipelines
Workflow and Preview Blueprint APIs. New API endpoints for workflows and preview blueprints are now available, following the shape of existing pipeline endpoints.
Template navigation context. Templates now correctly return to project or team context after viewing, depending on where you navigated from.
Template run logs. Build nodes and job run nodes now display relevant logs when viewing a template run. Nodes can be clicked to open a dedicated logs pane.
Developer Experience
Workload Identities
Workload identities allow your Northflank services and jobs to authenticate directly to external cloud resources, such as AWS S3, GCP storage, or other cloud APIs, without storing long-lived credentials as secrets. Northflank acts as an OIDC identity provider, issuing short-lived tokens that your workload uses to assume a role in the target cloud. The workload identity management UI is available as a dedicated sub-page on services and jobs, showing identity metadata and current status.
SSH Identities
SSH identities let you attach SSH public keys to Northflank services and jobs, enabling direct SSH access to running workloads. Key changes take effect without redeployment. SSH identities can also be added as nodes in templates, enabling automated provisioning of SSH access as part of environment setup. You can now easily use coding agents or IDEs with Northflank’s SSH capability and other tools built on the SSH protocol like: scp and rysnc. This complements Northflank’s existing exec feature.
Environment editor rebuild. The environment variable editor has been fully rebuilt. Local changes are no longer lost when switching between views.
OpenTofu: Azure provider. Azure is now available as an OpenTofu provider.
OpenTofu: cross-account AWS roles. Cross-account role assumption (STS AssumeRole) is now supported for AWS OpenTofu providers.
Microsoft Teams Workflows notification integration. Microsoft Teams Workflows (TEAMS_WORKFLOWS) is now a supported notification integration type.
CLI login timeout fix. Improved HTTP error handling during the CLI login flow.
Redesigned project dashboard. The project dashboard has been redesigned to display a unified resource list with more useful information, as well as a new project activity log.
Permissions & RBAC
Team RBAC role refactor. Team roles and permissions have been substantially refactored. Legacy permission mappings have been consolidated and API token creation flows updated throughout.
API token permission view. The token detail page now shows permissions pulled from the associated role, with a direct link to that role.
Addons
PostgreSQL v18 support. PostgreSQL 18 is now available. New addons default to scram-sha-256 password encryption.
New MySQL versions. Additional MySQL versions have been added.
PostgreSQL: replication lag metric. A missing replication lag metric has been added to PostgreSQL addon monitoring.
RabbitMQ cluster size hint. The RabbitMQ creation form now shows a cluster size hint.
PgPooler external access fix. Fixed an issue with PgPooler and external access configuration.
MongoDB fork-of-fork fix. Fixed restoring a fork of a forked MongoDB backup.
Team-level backups UI. Added a new view of backups across all projects and addons at the team level for better visibility.
Import backup UI improvements. When uploading backups from your machine, the UI now displays useful information like upload speed and estimated time remaining.
BYOC
CoreWeave: periodic CA cert regeneration. CoreWeave clusters automatically regenerate their CA certificate on a schedule to prevent expiry-related failures.
Stack Templates
New one-click templates added: Docuseal, Notifuse, Dify, and openclaw.