Provider news · June 2026
What the providers shipped
June 2026 was a bit of a mixed bag for our VPS providers. DigitalOcean, ever the cautious innovator, finally brought Private Droplets to general availability (finally) in a VPC-only mode that's as isolated as their infamous latency—across all regions. The serverless folks are still asking you to prepay for inference, now requiring a positive account balance for those queries. Meanwhile, the control panel’s got light/dark themes for those who need it. Linode, on the other hand, has been quietly updating its monitoring and Kubernetes services, now with the shiny addition of Kubernetes v1.33 support in LKE Enterprise and password-less Linodes. UpCloud has thrown its hat into the workspace ring with an Open Beta of their new Organization framework, and expanded its NFS-based File Storage to more regions. It’s all looking good for them—if you’re into that kind of thing. Vultr cranked out updates with VKE now supporting Kubernetes v1.36, and they're still selling that GPU overkill at bargain-basement prices.
DigitalOcean
- Jun 30 Private Droplets GA — VPC-only networking Droplets now generally available across all regions.
- Jun 29 Serverless Inference prepayment required — Positive account balance now required before inference requests.
- Jun 29 Control panel light/dark themes — Users can configure control panel appearance preference.
- Jun 25 NFS multi-VPC attachment — Network File Storage shares can attach to up to 10 VPCs with access-point isolation.
- Jun 24 DOKS SSO with OIDC GA — Kubernetes user authentication via identity providers now GA.
- Jun 24 Fedora 44 Droplet image — New Fedora base image available for Droplet creation.
- Jun 18 Peru VAT applied — VAT charged for customers with tax location in Peru.
- Jun 17 CentOS Stream image min size — Updated CentOS Stream images require minimum s-1vcpu-1gb Droplet size.
- Jun 10 Debian 12 end of life — Image deprecated; available via API only.
- Jun 3 Dedicated inference endpoint private by default — Public endpoint disabled by default for security.
Linode
- Jun 30 Monitoring updates — Enhancements to cloud monitoring capabilities.
- Jun 22 LKE updates — Updates to the Linode Kubernetes Engine service.
- Jun 5 Metrics and alerts updates — Improvements to observability metrics and alerting.
- Jun 4 LKE Enterprise Kubernetes v1.33 support — LKE Enterprise adds support for Kubernetes v1.33.
- Jun 4 Password-less Linodes support — Support for provisioning Linodes without a root password.
UpCloud
- Jun 24 Workspaces available in Open Beta — New Organization framework replaces subaccounts with multi-workspace architecture and SSO/OIDC.
- Jun 18 File Storage now available in new locations — NFS-based File Storage expanded to six additional regions across Europe and North America.
- Jun 8 New Developer API Documentation (Beta) — Redesigned API reference portal built from OpenAPI spec with improved developer experience.
Vultr
- OIDC Refresh Token Support — Added OIDC refresh tokens for longer-lived sessions with secure token rotation.
- Monaco VAT Notification — Advance notice to Monaco customers of upcoming French VAT requirements.
- Faster Bare Metal Provisioning — Bare Metal deploys faster via an optimized OS boot process.
- VKE v1.36 Available — VKE now supports Kubernetes v1.36 with latest upstream features and security updates.
- OpenBSD Image Updates — OpenBSD 7.9 added for deployment; 7.7 removed after end of life.
- Fedora 42 End of Life — Fedora 42 reached EOL and is no longer available for new deployments.