--- title: Snapshots in Beta, Postgres 18 extensions, AI-ready prompts, and more --- ## Snapshots now in Beta with automated scheduling The [Backup & Restore](/docs/guides/backup-restore) page in the Neon Console is now available to all users. It combines **instant point-in-time restore** with **snapshots** to help you protect your data and recover from accidental changes, data loss, or schema issues. The **snapshots feature is now in Beta** with new capabilities for automated snapshot management. Use the **Enhanced view** toggle to access the new Backup & Restore page with snapshot capabilities, or toggle it off to return to the previous Restore page. ![Backup and restore page](/docs/changelog/backup_restore_page_beta_snapshots.png) **Snapshots (Beta):** - **Scheduled snapshots** — Automate snapshots with daily, weekly, or monthly schedules (available on paid plans, excluding the Agent plan) ![Snapshot schedule configuration showing daily, weekly, and monthly options](/docs/guides/snapshot_schedule_menu.png) - **Flexible retention** — Configure how long to keep automated snapshots before they're automatically deleted **Instant restore improvements:** - **Preview data before restoring** — The instant point-in-time restore feature now includes a **Preview data** button that lets you browse tables, run queries, and compare schemas at the selected restore point before committing to the restore operation - **Improved timezone display** — The date/time picker for instant restore now shows times in your project's region timezone, and snapshot names include the region timezone for clarity Together, these features help you maintain reliable recovery points for your production databases without manual intervention. ## Postgres extension updates We've expanded extension support for Postgres 18. **Now available on Postgres 18:** | Extension | Version | | :--------------- | :------ | | hll | 2.19 | | pgcrypto | 1.4 | | pgjwt | 0.2.0 | | pg_hashids | 1.2.1 | | rdkit | 4.8.0 | | pg_roaringbitmap | 0.5 | For a complete list of Postgres extensions supported by Neon, see [Postgres extensions](/docs/extensions/pg-extensions). ## 100x smaller Docs pages served to LLMs We've updated the serving logic in our documentation, guides, and PostgreSQL Tutorial sites to serve raw markdown in response to web requests from user-agents we can identify as LLM Agents (like ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot, etc...) The result is 80-100x smaller page sizes, 6x speed-up, and most importantly fewer tokens costing you money and occupying your context windows as you work with codegen agents to ship faster. ![Neon Docs now serve markdown to LLMs](/docs/changelog/serve-llms-markdown-in-docs.jpg) ## AI-ready prompts for faster setup We've added pre-built AI prompts to our integration guides to help you get started with Neon faster in your AI-enabled code editor. Simply copy a prompt from any guide and paste it into your AI assistant (Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, etc.) for step-by-step setup assistance tailored to your stack. ![Copy prompt for Neon guide](/docs/changelog/copy_prompt.png) **Guides with AI prompts:** - **ORMs & Drivers**: [TypeORM](/docs/guides/typeorm), [SQLAlchemy](/docs/guides/sqlalchemy), [Neon Serverless Driver](/docs/serverless/serverless-driver), [Prisma](/docs/guides/prisma) - **JavaScript/TypeScript Frameworks**: [Next.js](/docs/guides/nextjs), [Astro](/docs/guides/astro), [SvelteKit](/docs/guides/sveltekit), [Nuxt](/docs/guides/nuxt), [Solid Start](/docs/guides/solid-start), [Express](/docs/guides/express), [NestJS](/docs/guides/nestjs), [Hono](/docs/guides/hono), [RedwoodJS](/docs/guides/redwoodsdk), [Node.js](/docs/guides/node) - **Python Frameworks**: [Django](/docs/guides/django), [Reflex](/docs/guides/reflex) - **PHP Frameworks**: [Laravel](/docs/guides/laravel), [Symfony](/docs/guides/symfony) - **Ruby**: [Ruby on Rails](/docs/guides/ruby-on-rails) - **Java Frameworks**: [Quarkus (JDBC)](/docs/guides/quarkus-jdbc), [Quarkus (Reactive)](/docs/guides/quarkus-reactive), [Micronaut (Kotlin)](/docs/guides/micronaut-kotlin) - **Languages**: [Python](/docs/guides/python), [JavaScript](/docs/guides/javascript), [Go](/docs/guides/go), [Java](/docs/guides/java), [Rust](/docs/guides/rust), [Elixir](/docs/guides/elixir), [Elixir with Ecto](/docs/guides/elixir-ecto), [.NET](/docs/guides/dotnet-npgsql), [.NET Entity Framework](/docs/guides/dotnet-entity-framework) Each prompt provides your AI assistant with the context it needs to configure dependencies, set up environment variables, establish database connections, and create working examples. We're actively improving these prompts based on your feedback. Share your experience through the [Feedback](https://console.neon.tech/app/projects?modal=feedback) form in the Neon Console or join the conversation on [Discord](https://discord.gg/92vNTzKDGp). ## Neon Open Source Program We've recently launched a [Neon Open Source Program](https://neon.com/blog/neon-open-source-program) to support Postgres-powered open source projects. If your open source project uses Postgres and is ready to grow, we'd love to hear from you. Visit the [Neon Open Source Program page](https://neon.com/blog/neon-open-source-program) to learn more about the benefits and apply.
**Fixes & improvements** - **Project dashboard** - The **Network transfer** metric in the usage widget on the **Project dashboard** now displays usage in GB instead of KB for improved readability on paid plans. - **Private Networking** - Fixed an issue in the VPC endpoint restrictions view in project settings where assigned VPC endpoints were incorrectly shown as "Connection allowed: No" even when they were actively assigned to the project. - **Vercel integration fixes** - Fixed an issue in the [Vercel-Managed Integration](https://neon.com/docs/guides/vercel-managed-integration) where exceeding the data transfer limit returned a generic error. The error message is now clear and actionable. - Fixed an issue in the [Vercel-Managed Integration](https://neon.com/docs/guides/vercel-managed-integration) where removed Vercel team members were not automatically synchronized with Neon organizations. Member removals and role changes are now properly synchronized by a periodic job. - **Postgres extensions** - Fixed an issue that prevented installing the [postgis_sfcgal](/docs/extensions/postgis-related-extensions#postgis-sfcgal) extension.