August 2020

Deployments

The Node.js version available to newly created Deployments was bumped from 12.16.2 to 12.18.3. No changes to your code are required – you only need to create a new one.
The RedwoodJS framework is now automatically detected when creating new Vercel Projects using the Dashboard or Vercel CLI.
When redeploying a Deployment or promoting it to Production, a new pipeline is used, which drastically increases the reliability of the features.
Custom uploaded SSL Certificates will now take precedence over SSL Certificates that were generated by the system.
If a Runtime fails to install from npm during the Build Step of a Deployment, the error will now be surfaced in the build logs.
For new Projects, selecting "Other" as the framework preset in the Project Settings will no longer auto-detect the Next.js framework. Existing Projects are not affected.
If a vercel-build script is present in package.json, that will be now be preferred over an existing build script.

Dashboard

The "Visit" button on the Deployment View now always links to the URL of the Deployment – no matter which other Domains were assigned to it.
Every Project listed the Dashboard now has a "Updated" indicator, which reflects when the Project's settings were last changed and when a Deployment was created for it the last time.
The Production Deployment card on the Project View now uses a deterministic way of deciding your "Primary Domain", which is the Domain that serves your visitors. This is done by finding a Domain in the Project Settings that neither has a Redirect, nor a Git Branch and that is the shortest (alphabetically sorted). Based on that Domain, your current Production Deployment will be resolved.
The "Visit" button on the Project View now uses the same logic as described above to determine which Domain to link to.
Below the Production Deployment card on the Project View, the upcoming Deployment that will become your current Production Deployment is now rendered.
It's now possible to select RedwoodJS as a framework preset in the Project Settings.
Toggling the Logs and Source Protection field in the Project Settings will now effect all Deployments created before July 9th, 2020 at 7:05 AM (UTC) too. Deployments created before this date used to be excluded.
Screenshots of Deployments will no longer mistakenly render a login screenshot.
Creating a new Project from a public GitLab repository will no longer require the destination Vercel scope to be connected to GitLab. Instead, you can also use GitHub or Bitbucket.
Creating a new Project will now render a regular text field for the Environment Variable value. It will only change into a larger text field if a multi-line string is pasted or if the shift key is held while pressing enter.
It's now possible to create a new Project from a GitLab repository located within a GitLab subgroup.
Adjusted Build and Development Settings while creating a new Project from a Git repository or Template will now be retained when changing the viewport width.
It's now possible to create a new Team with special characters in its name (such as umlauts) while creating a new Project from a Git repository or Template. Previously, a duplicate Team with a different name was created.
Creating a new Project from a Git repository will no longer indefinitely render loading indicators in place of the framework logos within the Root Directory selection page the second time the same Git repository is used.
Creating a new Project from a Git repository will no longer retain any errors for subsequent times the same Git repository is used.
Updating the Git Integration configuration in the Project Settings will no longer render an empty confirmation toast.
It's no longer possible to leave a Team if you're the last confirmed Team Member. In that case, you will be prompted to delete it instead.
The buttons for redeploying or deleting a Deployment will no longer be visible for public Deployments that are accessed by someone that is not the owner.
When taking a screenshot of a Deployment, the Dashboard will now set a special user agent that allows customers to filter out the request in analytics.
The confirmation message that shows up when requesting the deletion of a Personal Account or Team was adjusted to reflect the new deletion buffer time of 4 days.

Domains

A more helpful "Name" column will now be rendered for CNAME and A DNS Record suggestions on the Domains page in the Project Settings.
Whenever a Domain is configured using a CNAME or A DNS Record, but also contains a conflicting CAA or AAAA record, a helpful message will be rendered on the respective Domain entry in the Project Settings.

Integrations

Whenever a Deployment created by a Git Integration fails or is canceled, the respective comment on the Pull Request will now reflect the new state.
Pull Requests augmented by the Git Integrations will no longer render "In Progress" for both the "Inspect" and the "Preview" URL.

Command-Line

All commands related to Domains were adjusted to match the Dashboard's behavior.
When uploading files for a Deployment, Vercel CLI will now try to re-use existing connections instead of opening many new ones.
All the features and behavior related to ZEIT Now 1.0 was removed from Vercel CLI.
Whenever vercel dev is invoked for a local directory that is not yet linked to a Vercel Project, the command will automatically offer linking it.
A new vercel link command was added for linking your local directory to a Vercel Project.
The Development Command invoked by vercel dev will now receive a x-vercel-deployment-url header with every incoming request again.
The message that recommends upgrading Vercel CLI will no longer be displayed if the installed version is already the most recent one.

Other

All documentation pages related to ZEIT Now 1.0 were removed.
Tokens will now expire after 10 days of inactivity.
All packages owned by Vercel that have names starting with now- or @now were marked as deprecated on npm.