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DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 Ultrafast now available on AI Gateway

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 Ultrafast, offering over 1,000 tokens per second, is now available via Fireworks' accelerated serverless endpoint on Vercel's AI Gateway. The model features a 1M-token context window and is optimized for interactive coding, reasoning, and agentic workflows. It is in public preview with no waitroom or session time limits. Developers can use it by specifying the model name in their code or through tools like Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor after setting up the latest Vercel CLI. AI Gateway provides unified API access, usage tracking, cost management, and performance optimizations without markup or platform fees.

@GitHub in Slack and Teams is generally available and more

Turn conversations into code with @GitHub in Slack and Teams! Investigate bugs, create issues, implement changes, and open pull requests—all without leaving your conversation. What’s new Build and review together… The post @GitHub in Slack and Teams is generally available and more appeared first on The GitHub Blog.

Usage metrics API adds code review details and addressed rate

The enterprise and organization repository-level Copilot usage metrics reports now show what happens to Copilot code review feedback. A new copilot_code_review object on each repos-1-day row reports how many Copilot-reviewed… The post Usage metrics API adds code review details and addressed rate appeared first on The GitHub Blog.

Vercel Schedules is now in public beta

Vercel Schedules is now available in public beta across all plans, enabling users to run tasks on a recurring basis or at a specific time in production, preview, or custom environments. It supports targeting private Vercel Functions, HTTP paths, or Queue topics, with schedules definable in vercel.json or created at runtime. Static schedules use cron expressions and require an experimental trigger to make functions private, while runtime schedules dispatch to Queue topics. Schedules replace Cron Jobs, with billing starting at $5 per 1M runs and $10 per 1M creations on Pro and Enterprise plans, and Hobby plan includes 500 schedule creations and 5,000 runs monthly.

Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash now available on AI Gateway

Google's Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash is now accessible via AI Gateway, enabling users to generate 3–15 second videos from text prompts using a single API key without needing a separate Google account. The model supports video generation with native audio, editing clips using up to six reference images, extending videos by 3–10 seconds per call (up to 30 seconds total), and refining outputs via previousInteractionId. Output resolutions include 360p, 720p, 1080p, and 4K in 16:9 or 9:16 aspect ratios. Videos can be retrieved via generateText or streamText in the AI SDK as MP4 files. AI Gateway offers unified API access, usage tracking, cost monitoring, retry configurations, failover, performance optimization, custom reporting, Zero Data Retention, budget controls, and routing rules, reflecting provider pricing with no markup or platform fees, including for BYOK requests.

Workflow SDK adds idempotent starts

The Workflow SDK's start() function now allows initiating a workflow run and claiming a hook atomically, eliminating the race condition present in the previous getHookByToken()-then-start() pattern. This change ensures idempotency using a token derived from domain-specific identifiers like order or invoice IDs. Duplicate starts fail safely with a HookConflictError, which includes the conflicting run's ID. The claimed hook is available immediately, enabling early payload buffering and ordered delivery even before execution begins. Inside workflows, createHook with the same token binds to the existing hook without conflict or additional steps. Experimental settings like minRetention prevent late duplicates by keeping tokens reserved after run completion.

Introducing Vercel Schedules

Vercel Schedules enables applications and agents to create, modify, or cancel one-time and recurring tasks dynamically through code without redeployment. It supports both static schedules defined in configuration files and dynamic schedules managed via SDK, CLI, or API during runtime. The service integrates with Vercel Queues to trigger tasks at specified times, allowing apps to handle work like data cleanup or AI-driven summaries securely and efficiently. Users can test schedules in preview environments before production, and the feature is now available in Public Beta.

Vercel Security Review now in public beta

Vercel Security Review is now available in public beta for Pro and Enterprise teams, automatically scanning code pushes to connected GitHub repositories for vulnerabilities. Reviews trigger on every push, including direct and force pushes, and findings are reported in a dashboard with details like project, environment, branch, commit, summary, suggested fix, and AI-generated severity. Findings appear as GitHub checks or review comments, and users can fix issues via Vercel Agent or CLI. Teams can set security policies for context, but the tool does not perform runtime or penetration testing. Pricing follows Vercel Agent rates, with free access until November 10, 2026.

Vercel token scanning expands to more public sources

Vercel has partnered with Truffle Security to enhance automated detection and revocation of exposed Vercel tokens across public platforms like GitHub, GitLab, npm, and others. A new scanner also checks monthly Common Crawl data, automatically revoking any found tokens. Revoked tokens trigger an email notification explaining the action.

Evaluate Vercel Flags from another project without sharing SDK keys.

Project Connections allow applications to evaluate flags from another Vercel project within the same team without managing SDK keys, using deployment identity for authentication. Access is managed via the Connections page or CLI, grants read-only access across all environments, and can be revoked without redeployment. Requires @flags-sdk/vercel 1.6.0 or later, or @vercel/flags-core 1.11.0 or later, and Vercel CLI 63.0.0 or later for CLI management.

How Mercor ships internal apps and billions of production tokens on one platform

Mercor reduced batch job processing time from 12 hours to 2–3 hours by using Vercel AI Gateway, which provided increased inference capacity and failover routing across providers. In its first 10 days on the platform, Mercor routed 18 million requests and 63 billion tokens without hitting rate limits. The company also leveraged Vercel Passport and its internal Audiences product to provision secure access for hundreds of business teams and over 2,000 projects in seconds, enabling rapid deployment of client-specific applications while maintaining strict usage controls and automated offboarding.

How OpenEvidence scales medical search for 650K doctors

OpenEvidence, a platform helping physicians access peer-reviewed medical evidence at the point of care, leverages Vercel to deploy updates in minutes, handle traffic spikes without additional provisioning, and reduce serverless costs by 90% through Fluid compute. The platform supports over 20 million clinical consultations monthly and serves more than 100 million Americans annually, with its small engineering team managing independent deployments for doctor- and patient-facing applications using Next.js and Vercel's infrastructure.

How Zapier turns ideas into working software in hours with Vercel

Zapier leverages Vercel to rapidly develop interactive partner demos in under two hours, build internal applications like Marketing Hive and Marketing OS in a day each, and securely share sensitive data through SSO-protected deployments. The platform enables non-developers to deploy applications, supports AI orchestration via AI Gateway, and facilitates scalable, secure code execution with 3.3 million sandboxes created monthly. Vercel's speed, security, and ease of use have become central to Zapier’s innovation across engineering, marketing, and sales teams.

Tencent Hy4 now available on AI Gateway

Hy4, Tencent's latest AI model with vision capabilities, is now available on Vercel's AI Gateway at 50% off through December 31, 2026. It supports reasoning, tool calling, structured outputs, image input, and a 1M-token context window. Hy4 excels in detailed image analysis, complex chart reading, and computer use across command-line and graphical interfaces. It outperforms its preview version in instruction following, long-context handling, and deep research tasks. Users can access it via the model name 'tencent/hy4' in supported tools like Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor after setting up the Vercel CLI. AI Gateway offers unified API access, usage tracking, cost management, and performance optimizations with no markup or platform fees.

Vercel MCP now renders deployments as an interactive card

Vercel MCP introduces an interactive card feature for ChatGPT and compatible chat clients, displaying live deployment status, build logs, source details, and a Visit button upon completion. Users can debug via logs shared in chat or view full logs in fullscreen mode. For repositories with multiple projects, a project selector is available. The feature leverages the MCP Apps extension, with fallback text-only display for unsupported clients. The open_deployments tool enables lookups by project, repository, or commit with environment filtering, accessible through ChatGPT's Connectors setup.

Vercel MCP now supports Client ID Metadata Documents

Vercel MCP now allows any client to connect by publishing a Client ID Metadata Document (CIMD), eliminating the need for manual review. Clients use a JSON file's HTTPS URL as their OAuth client_id, with consent screens displaying the client's name, logo, and hostname for transparency. Verified badges are not granted to CIMD clients, so users must trust the hostname when approving access. Existing registered apps remain unaffected.

Blocking malicious npm packages before and during installation

Vercel now proactively checks for and blocks malicious npm packages before and during dependency installation in builds using a dynamic blocklist, preventing harmful scripts from executing. The system scans supported lockfiles and public npm downloads, automatically failing deployments if a blocked package is detected, identifying the problematic package and version, and attempting to invalidate the build cache. Users must update to a safe dependency version and regenerate the lockfile before redeploying. These security measures apply automatically to all plans without requiring configuration.

Introducing Vercel Security Review

Vercel introduces Security Review, a new feature in Vercel Agent that automatically scans for vulnerabilities in code changes pushed to connected GitHub repositories. It provides real-time findings via pull request comments, a Security dashboard, and CLI access, with options to auto-fix issues using Vercel Agent or integrate with custom coding agents. The tool checks for logic flaws, enforces team-specific security policies, tracks vulnerabilities across deployments, and supports audit logging for Enterprise users. Available now in public beta for Pro and Enterprise teams, it is free until November 10, 2026.

GitHub Copilot Fusion Launches with Dual Capabilities: Intelligent Model Orchestration and Local Model Routing

On October 28, 2026, GitHub released the official version of Copilot Fusion, simultaneously introducing an experimental local model routing feature. This capability enables automatic invocation of local models such as MAI Code 1.1 Flash on Windows devices and activates intelligent routing within VS Code, the CLI, and the Copilot App. The system automatically selects and combines cloud models—like those from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google—based on three effort levels: Standard, High, and Max, achieving performance close to Claude Code while cutting costs in half during coding evaluations.

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