Changelog

More projects on the Free plan

Another week, another increase: The Neon Free plan now includes:

• 50 projects
• 60 projects

More projects means more room to experiment, prototype, and build without worrying about limits.

This change applies automatically to all Free plan users. No action required. For more information about plan limits, see Neon plans.

Learn about why we're increasing project limits on the Free plan

AI-powered Neon setup expands to VS Code and Claude

The one-command Neon setup, which configures the Neon MCP Server for AI-assisted project onboarding, now supports VS Code with GitHub Copilot and Claude Code CLI in addition to Cursor.

Run this command in your project directory:

npx neonctl@latest init

┌  Adding Neon to your project
│
◆  Which editor(s) would you like to configure? (Space to toggle each option, Enter to confirm your selection)
│  ◼ Cursor
│  ◼ VS Code
│  ◻ Claude CLI
│
◒  Authenticating
┌────────┬──────────────────┬────────┬────────────────┐
│ Login  │ Email            │ Name   │ Projects Limit │
├────────┼──────────────────┼────────┼────────────────┤
│ alex   │ alex@domain.com  │ Alex   │ 60             │
└────────┴──────────────────┴────────┴────────────────┘
◇  Authentication successful ✓
│
◇  Installed Neon MCP server
│
◇  Success! Neon is now ready to use with Cursor / VS Code.
│
│
◇  What's next? ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│                                                                            │
│  Restart Cursor / VS Code and type in "Get started with Neon" in the chat  │
│                                                                            │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯

After setup, ask your AI assistant to "Get started with Neon" to launch an interactive onboarding guide. The guide analyzes your codebase and walks you through selecting or creating a project, configuring connection strings, installing dependencies, and more, all with contextual recommendations.

For more details about this feature, see our blog post.

HIPAA support now available for Postgres 18

HIPAA compliance is now supported for Postgres 18 projects in AWS regions. You can now create Postgres 18 projects in HIPAA-enabled Neon organizations and enable HIPAA compliance on existing Postgres 18 projects.

For more information, see HIPAA compliance.

Four ways platforms integrate with Neon

Whether you're building an agent platform, a developer tool that needs instant Postgres, or a SaaS that offers databases to users, there's a platform integration path designed for your use case:

☑ AI Agents integration — For codegen and agent platforms that need database versioning and isolated environments (platforms like Replit and CMS systems like Strapi)

☑ Claimable database flow — For plugins and platforms that want instant Postgres as part of their developer experience, with no signup required upfront (see TanStack, Netlify DB, or try Instagres at neon.new)

☑ Embedded Postgres — For SaaS platforms offering Postgres to users (platforms like Retool, which manages 300k+ databases, and Koyeb, which offers serverless Postgres)

☑ OAuth integration — For tools that interact with existing Neon accounts (platforms like Hasura Cloud, which uses OAuth for authentication and database provisioning)

If you're building an agent platform, check out the Neon Agent Plan, designed specifically for platforms that need to manage large fleets of databases with flexible resource limits and instant provisioning. Early-stage startups can also apply to the Neon Startup Program for startup credits.

More projects on the Free plan

We've increased the Free plan project limit again! The Neon Free plan now includes:

• 30 projects
• 50 projects

This gives you even more room for side projects, prototypes, experiments, and learning new stacks.

This change applies automatically to all Free plan users. No action required. For more information about plan limits, see Neon plans.

Branch anonymization APIs

Last week, we announced Data masking for creating anonymized branches (see the November 14 changelog). This week, you'll find the APIs for this feature available in the Neon API reference.

Example request:

curl -X POST \
  'https://console.neon.tech/api/v2/projects/{project_id}/branch_anonymized' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer $NEON_API_KEY' \
  -H 'Accept: application/json' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
    "masking_rules": [
      {
        "database_name": "neondb",
        "schema_name": "public",
        "table_name": "users",
        "column_name": "email",
        "masking_function": "anon.dummy_free_email()"
      },
      {
        "database_name": "neondb",
        "schema_name": "public",
        "table_name": "users",
        "column_name": "age",
        "masking_function": "anon.random_int_between(25,65)"
      }
    ],
    "start_anonymization": true
  }'

The new APIs include:

• Create anonymized branch
• Get masking rules
• Update masking rules
• Start anonymization
• Get anonymization status

For usage examples and request/response details, see Data anonymization APIs.

Neon status page migration

We've migrated neonstatus.com to a new provider. The domain remains the same and all historical incident data has been preserved.

If you've previously subscribed to the Neon Status page via RSS, you'll need to update your feed. For instructions, see Neon status.

Data masking (Beta)

Neon now offers a data masking feature that makes it easy to create anonymized branches for development and testing. Define masking rules through the Neon Console or API to protect sensitive data like email addresses, names, phone numbers, and other personally identifiable information. Apply these rules to create a branch with production-like data that's safe to share with your team.

This feature uses the PostgreSQL Anonymizer extension (anon) under the hood.

For more information, see Data anonymization.

Branch auto-deletion enabled by default

When creating a branch in the Neon Console, auto-delete is now enabled by default (set to 1 day). You can uncheck this option or adjust the timeframe as needed. This new default helps reduce storage costs and prevent the accumulation of unused branches.

Console only: This change only affects branches created through the Neon Console. Branches created via API or CLI are unaffected.

This change will be rolled out to all Console users in the coming days.

For more information, see Branch expiration.

More MCP Server tools

We've added several new capabilities to the Neon MCP Server:

• Search across resources - You can now search across all your Neon resources with a single query. Ask your AI assistant:

  Can you search for "production" across my Neon resources?

  The assistant will search through organizations, projects, and branches, returning structured results with direct links to the Neon Console. Use the companion fetch tool to get detailed information about any resource.

• Read-only mode - We've added read-only mode for safe operation in cloud and production environments. Enable it by adding the x-read-only: true header to your MCP configuration:

  {
    "mcpServers": {
      "Neon": {
        "url": "https://mcp.neon.tech/mcp",
        "headers": {
          "x-read-only": "true"
        }
      }
    }
  }

  When enabled, the server restricts all operations to read-only tools. Only list and describe tools are available, and SQL queries automatically run in read-only transactions, providing a safe method for querying and analyzing production databases without any risk of accidental modifications.

• Guided onboarding - The new load_resource tool provides comprehensive getting-started guidance directly through your AI assistant. Ask "Get started with Neon" or "Help me set up my first project," and the assistant will load detailed instructions covering organization setup, project configuration, connection strings, schema creation, and migrations. This works in IDEs that don't fully support MCP resources and ensures onboarding guidance is explicitly loaded when you need it.

For more information, see Neon MCP Server.

WebSocket connection reliability improvements

WebSocket connections are now more stable during long-running queries and in edge runtime environments. The serverless proxy now prevents connection timeouts during idle periods, particularly benefiting applications with long-duration queries, analytics workloads, or deployments on edge runtimes like Vercel Edge Runtime.