Provider news · February 2025
What the providers shipped
In February 2025, DigitalOcean tiptoed into IPv6 territory with a reserved IPv6 public preview that'll likely do little to excite most developers, but they've also saddled their Load Balancer with IPv6 in its GA release. They're pushing their managed databases further with 2,000 trusted IP sources, and finally gave the App Platform a custom maintenance page option, which should be a welcome update. Linode, ever the eager follower, upgraded its Cloud Manager with new interface and feature updates, and nudged LKE to Kubernetes v1.32, while UpCloud continued its push into the cloud-native space with additional configs and expanded memory ranges, along with Kubernetes v1.30 now being available in its managed offerings. If nothing else, it's clear that Kubernetes version upgrades are a priority for all, but the real question remains: who's actually going to pay for all this IPv6 nonsense?
DigitalOcean
- Feb 28 Reserved IPv6 (public preview) — Static public IPv6 in preview via feature program.
- Feb 28 Load balancer IPv6 GA — IPv6 for regional LBs GA; DOKS HTTPS LBs dual-stack by default.
- Feb 28 Managed DBs: 2,000 trusted IP sources — All engines except MongoDB (MongoDB added 2025-03-27).
- Feb 19 App Platform custom maintenance page — Specify a custom maintenance page for users.
Linode
- Feb 25 Cloud Manager updates — Interface and feature updates to Cloud Manager.
- Feb 11 LKE now supports Kubernetes v1.32 — Kubernetes Engine adds support for Kubernetes v1.32.
- Feb 5 LKE updates — Linode Kubernetes Engine improvements deployed.
UpCloud
- Feb 28 More Cloud Native plans — Additional Cloud Native configs launched, expanding the 16-64 GB memory range.
- Feb 27 Kubernetes v1.30 now available — Managed Kubernetes certified and now supports Kubernetes 1.30.