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newsSECONDARY2026-05-26
Firecrawl integrates into Vercel Marketplace with scraping, search, and dynamic-site access

Firecrawl is now available through Vercel Marketplace and Agent Marketplace for apps and agents that need live web data. The integration reduces setup friction for teams adding scraping, search, and structured retrieval to deployed AI workflows.

releaseSECONDARY2026-05-19
Claude Managed Agents adds self-hosted sandboxes and MCP tunnels for private networks

Anthropic added self-hosted sandboxes in public beta and MCP tunnels in research preview to Claude Managed Agents. Use the new options to keep agent execution inside your perimeter or private cloud and reach internal MCP servers without public exposure.

newsPRIMARY2026-05-18
Vercel cuts firewall-mitigated request charges to $0 for denied, challenged, and rate-limited traffic

Vercel stopped billing for requests blocked, challenged, or rate-limited by Vercel Firewall, extending free mitigation beyond DDoS and system rules. Teams can tighten custom edge protections without paying for attack traffic they reject.

newsSECONDARY2026-04-29
Stripe Projects adds OpenRouter, Daytona, Vercel, and Render provisioning commands

Stripe Projects added agent-friendly provisioning commands for OpenRouter, Daytona, Vercel, Render, and related tools. That lets agents buy model access, sandboxes, and hosting from the terminal instead of dashboard-driven setup.

newsPRIMARY2026-04-20
Vercel updates breach bulletin: npm packages stayed untampered

Vercel said no npm packages were compromised in the OAuth-linked incident and updated its security bulletin with MFA and environment-variable auditing guidance. Treat credential deletion as separate from rotation and follow the bulletin to narrow supply-chain risk.

newsPRIMARY2026-04-19
Vercel reports OAuth-linked breach via compromised AI tool

Vercel disclosed unauthorized access to internal systems affecting a limited subset of customers and said a compromised Google Workspace OAuth app at a third-party AI tool was the entry point. Some non-sensitive environment variables may have been exposed, so teams should review SaaS integrations and secret handling now.

releaseSECONDARY2026-04-15
OpenAI Agents SDK adds sandbox execution and memory controls with Vercel, Modal, E2B and Daytona

OpenAI updated the Agents SDK with sandbox execution, memory controls and run snapshotting, and launch partners Vercel, Modal, E2B and Daytona shipped integrations. Long-running agents can now keep files, credentials and execution state in isolated runtimes instead of wiring harness, compute and storage layers together manually.

releaseSECONDARY2026-04-13
Open Agents launches a browser-based cloud coding platform with parallel sessions

Open Agents open-sources a browser-based cloud coding platform that keeps sessions running in parallel after a laptop closes. Use the reference stack if you want sandboxed VMs, model routing, and durable execution for internal coding-agent systems.

newsPRIMARY2026-04-11
Vercel Sandbox benchmarks sub-500 ms node -v cold starts

Vercel said Sandbox is now the fastest microVM-based runtime, with fresh node -v cold starts now largely under 500 ms after a month of tuning. The update also puts persistent sandboxes into beta and expands plans for a programmable firewall, so teams should re-check runtime and security settings.

releasePRIMARY2026-03-23
Vercel Emulate adds programmatic API for creating, resetting, and closing local emulators

Vercel Emulate added a programmatic API for creating, resetting, and closing local GitHub, Vercel, and Google emulators inside automated tests. That makes deterministic integration tests easier to wire into CI and agent loops without manual setup.

releasePRIMARY2026-03-22
Vercel Labs releases Emulate for stateful GitHub, Vercel, and Google API tests

Vercel Labs published a stateful service emulator for GitHub, Vercel, and Google integrations instead of relying on brittle mocks. It is useful when agents or CI need deterministic auth and third-party API flows in local or sandboxed runs.

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