Commercial transition
Previous stateHobby projects could retain deployments under longer user-selected policies.
→New stateThe maximum Hobby retention policy is 30 days and older out-of-window deployments are removed automatically.
Who is affected
Vercel Hobby users and teams relying on historic preview or production deployments.
Action required
Export needed artefacts and avoid using old deployments as the only audit or rollback record.
Evidence boundary
The ten most recent production deployments and aliased deployments remain preserved. Pro and Enterprise plans are unaffected.
Timeline
- Commercial change documented
From 29 April 2026 Vercel caps Hobby-plan deployment retention at 30 days and automatically removes deployments outside the retention window.
- Effective milestone
The maximum Hobby retention policy is 30 days and older out-of-window deployments are removed automatically.
Official sources
- Hobby projects now default to 30-day deployment retentionVercel · 2026-04-27 · Official product, pricing or policy source