Changelog

November 2026

New regions: Global (Frankfurt), Singapore, Japan (Tokyo), Hong Kong

2026-11-10. DockHive now runs in fourteen regions. New: global-1 (Global, Frankfurt), singapore (Singapore), tokyo (Japan, Tokyo) and hongkong (Hong Kong), with apps, databases, n8n workspaces, HivePods, tunnels, Hive Realtime and Hive Functions. Pick one in the console, use --region tokyo with hivepod or dockhive, or send X-Region: tokyo to the API. The asia region is now shown as Singapore (Asia). See Regions.

HivePods see their own limits

2026-11-04.

free, top and nproc show your pod’s own memory and CPUs, not the whole machine’s, so build tools, databases and language runtimes size themselves for the pod. df /home/hivepod/data and df /home/hivepod/projects show each folder’s size. See Your pod’s limits.
Disk sizes are hard limits: the pod’s folders can’t grow past its size; writing more fails with No space left on device. See Disk usage.
A clearer page on a pod’s address: when nothing is listening, visitors see This pod is running, but nothing is answering on port N instead of a generic error, and stopped or starting pods say so. See Connect.

October 2026

Automatic database backups, users and roles, container images, approvals and larger apps

2026-10-29.

Automatic database backups: daily or weekly, at the hour you choose, keeping up to 30. Backups can now be downloaded too. See Backups and restore.
Database users and password rotation: rotate a database’s password in one click (MySQL can keep the old one working for a grace period), and add users with read-only, read/write or admin roles to PostgreSQL, MySQL and MariaDB databases. See Users and passwords.
Deploy a container image: deploy a prebuilt image from any registry, pinned to its digest, with an optional private-registry login. See Deploy a container image.
Approvals for push to deploy: make pushes wait for a workspace owner or admin to approve them. See Push to deploy.
Larger app sizes: run apps with 1 GB, 2 GB or 4 GB of memory and up to 2 vCPU, at $2 per vCPU-month while running. See App sizes.
Team audit log: owners and admins can see invitations, role changes, removals, API keys and member access, filter them and download them as CSV. See Team audit log.

New regions: India (Mumbai) and United States (Virginia)

2026-10-25. DockHive now runs in ten regions: us, eu, asia, africa, de, ng, abuja, pt and, newest, mumbai (India, Mumbai) and virginia (United States, Virginia). Apps, databases, n8n workspaces, HivePods, tunnels, Hive Realtime, Hive Functions and Hive Buckets are available there too: pick mumbai or virginia in the console, use --region mumbai or --region virginia with hivepod or dockhive, or send X-Region: mumbai to the API. Hive Buckets adds the regional endpoints https://s3-mumbai.dockhive.io and https://s3-virginia.dockhive.io, and Hive Realtime the hosts realtime-mumbai.dockhive.io and realtime-virginia.dockhive.io. See Regions.

$1 card check for Free accounts

2026-10-23. Free Tier accounts confirm a card once, with a one-time $1 check, before creating anything. You can still look around the console first. See Create an account.

Hive Functions

2026-10-20. Hive Functions is live: run code at https://<name>.fn.dockhive.app on every request or on a schedule, written in Rust, Go, TypeScript, JavaScript or Python. Per-function storage, outbound HTTP, secrets, logs and one-click rollback to the last 10 versions. Every plan, including Free, has a monthly allowance. Start with the quickstart.

Hive Realtime

2026-10-18. Hive Realtime is live: realtime messaging for live updates, chat, presence and notifications, compatible with Pusher libraries (pusher-js, Laravel Echo and the Pusher server libraries). Moving from Pusher is a change of host and keys. Start with the quickstart or move from Pusher.

HivePods App Marketplace and lower pod prices

2026-10-12. Start a pod from a ready-made app: WordPress, Uptime Kuma and hundreds more, or any image from Docker Hub. See App Marketplace. Pod compute beyond your plan’s allowance now costs $2 per vCPU-month, billed by the hour, with memory included. See Usage and overage.

Hive Buckets: S3-compatible object storage

2026-10-11. Hive Buckets is live: S3-compatible object storage at https://s3.dockhive.io, with regional endpoints. Use the AWS CLI, boto3, the AWS SDK for JavaScript, Laravel, Django or any S3 tool. Buckets are private by default, with public buckets, presigned URLs, CORS, versioning, object lock, bucket policies and lifecycle rules. Your files are encrypted and stored across multiple regions, so a whole region can go down without losing data. No request fees, and uploads are free. Start with the quickstart and see Pricing and allowances.

New region: Portugal (Lisbon)

2026-10-11. DockHive now runs in seven regions: us, eu, asia, africa, de, ng and, newest, pt (Portugal, Lisbon). Apps, databases, n8n workspaces, HivePods and tunnels are available there too: pick pt in the console, use --region pt with hivepod or dockhive expose, or send X-Region: pt to the API. See Regions.

API host is now api.dockhive.io

2026-10-10. API host is now api.dockhive.io: all API requests go to https://api.dockhive.io/api/v1. The old host gw.dockhive.sh stops accepting public API calls on 2026-10-17, so update any scripts, CI jobs and integrations that call it. Update your CLIs too: hivepod 0.4.3 and dockhive 0.2.5 use the new host by default and move a saved old address over for you. See Using the API.

New region: Nigeria (Lagos)

2026-10-10. DockHive now runs in six regions: us, eu, asia, africa, de and, newest, ng (Nigeria, Lagos). Apps, databases, n8n workspaces, HivePods and tunnels are available there too: pick ng in the console, use --region ng with hivepod or dockhive expose, or send X-Region: ng to the API. See Regions.

HivePods for CI/CD

Background jobs: hivepod exec --detach runs long commands in a pod, for up to 6 hours. They keep running when you disconnect. hivepod job status --follow streams a job and exits with its exit code, so it’s ready for CI. See CI/CD to a pod.
Temporary files on the data volume: TMPDIR and the npm and pip caches now live in /home/hivepod/data, so pip, npm and native builds no longer fail on /tmp.
Real limits inside a pod: run hivepod-info to see your pod’s CPU, memory and disk. free and df show the whole machine. hivepod status shows disk used against the pod’s size.
Disk sizes are enforced: a pod more than 10% over its size is stopped until you free space. See Disk usage.
~/.ssh is kept when the pod is re-created, and the CLI says clearly what applying settings resets. See Files, limits and environment.
hivepod deploy --region puts a new app in the region you choose, for example next to its pod.
The CLI retries temporary errors on safe requests, and error messages now include the HTTP status and a request id.

Database firewall: default deny, visible and app-aware

Databases are never reachable before their firewall is in place, and DockHive re-checks every database’s rules every minute. A database that any internet address can reach now carries a red Open to the internet badge in the console, hivepod db list and the MCP tools. You can allow your own apps and pods in the database’s region by name (they keep access when redeployed), manage the firewall with hivepod db firewall, and let AI agents manage it through MCP. Viewers and read-only API keys can no longer read database passwords. See Firewall and allowlist.

Pay as you go

A new way to pay with no monthly fee: top up prepaid credits and pay only for usage beyond the free allowances. See Pay as you go.

New documentation

These docs replace the old documentation. Hive proposals, the node-provider program and Seacure Weave are retired; see Deprecated and legacy.

Five regions

DockHive now runs in five regions: us, eu, asia, africa and, newest, de (Frankfurt). Apps, databases, n8n workspaces, HivePods and tunnels are available in all of them, and your plan’s limits count across all regions combined. See Regions.

Custom domain protection

A custom domain can belong to only one app or pod, is only routed after its TXT record checks out, and an unverified claim lapses after 72 hours. Root domains use ALIAS, ANAME or flattened CNAME records. See Custom domains.

Branded error pages

Addresses that aren’t connected to anything now show Nothing is live here, and apps that aren’t responding show This app is unreachable right now, across apps, workspaces, pods and tunnels. See what they mean in Limits and troubleshooting.

DockHive Tunnel v0.2

Automatic region failover that keeps your URL (--no-failover to opt out).
dockhive doctor checks your sign-in, regions and local app.
--log and --log-level for connection logs.
Sign in with an API key (dockhive login --token, DOCKHIVE_TOKEN).
Tunnels appear in the console under Tunnels.

See DockHive Tunnel.

Drone improvements

Drone tells you when code isn’t a web app (and doesn’t charge build minutes for it), lists the environment variables your app needs, and can check your code before you deploy.

Bandwidth metering

Bandwidth is measured across apps, databases, n8n workspaces, HivePods and tunnels, with one allowance per plan. See Usage, overage and bandwidth.

Account security

Email verification for every new account, bot protection on sign-up and sign-in, and API keys with read-only scope. See Account security.

Drone launch

Drone, DockHive’s AI deploy agent, is live: pick it when you create an app and it reads your code, builds your app and deploys it, fixing problems along the way. See Drone and frameworks.

HivePods CLI and MCP

The hivepod CLI deploys a folder with hivepod deploy, and hivepod mcp lets Claude Code, Cursor and other MCP clients deploy and manage DockHive for you. See CLI and MCP.

Push to deploy

Turn on GitHub auto-deploy and every push to your branch goes live, with status on the commit. See Push to deploy.