> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.hivenet.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.
# Changelog
> Product updates and announcements for Compute with Hivenet, including new API endpoints, guides, and platform changes for developers.
> ## Manage existing Compute instances through the Hivenet API.
**Public Compute API documentation**
The new [Compute API documentation](/public-api) is now available for developers building scripts, tools, and integrations with Hivenet.
The documentation covers:
* Listing, inspecting, starting, stopping, and terminating existing instances
* Reading recent instance logs
* Listing supported region codes and available hardware presets
* Authentication, pagination, error handling, and rate limits
* Request and response examples for every documented endpoint
See the [API changelog](/public-api/api-changelog) for endpoint additions and changes that may affect your integration.
> ## More accurate instance availability, Falcon-OCR inference, and more predictable networking.
**More accurate instance availability**
Instance presets now reflect real-time capacity more accurately. Configurations that can’t currently be provisioned appear disabled instead of disappearing from the list.
Sold-out and storage-constrained states are now more precise, reducing cases where an instance looked available but failed to launch.
**Inference improvements**
Falcon-OCR is now available in the managed model catalog.
Managed models now start faster and more reliably by loading weights from a local cache at launch instead of pulling them from an external endpoint.
vLLM runtime behavior is also more stable, with pinned dependencies and cleaner shutdown handling.
**Storage capacity checks improved**
Compute now checks available disk capacity more accurately before launch, including scheduling limits, disk reservations, and live replica state.
**Networking improvements**
Per-instance network controls now apply to both VM and container instances, helping make network behavior more predictable and reducing noisy-neighbor variability.
> ## More reliable GPU VM restarts, cleaner billing, and easier instance access.
**GPU VM reliability improved**
* Fixed several issues that could prevent GPU VMs from restarting, booting, or recovering cleanly, especially on Ubuntu GPU VMs and larger eight-GPU configurations.
* NVIDIA driver configuration now persists more reliably across package reinstalls and kernel upgrades, reducing the chance of GPU drivers breaking after a reboot.
**Instance lifecycle fixes**
* Stuck instances are now detected and recovered more reliably.
* Deleted instances now clean up related resources more consistently and are marked as terminated correctly.
* Deprecated Ubuntu and older image variants have been removed from the template catalog so unsupported builds can no longer be launched.
**Connectivity improvements**
* Instance connection panels now show full access URLs for each open port, making it easier to open Jupyter and custom services.
Fixed an issue where newly created instances could show an external TCP port as `0` in the Connectivity panel.
**Billing reliability improved**
* Fixed billing drift on stopped and errored instances.
* Compute now checks stopped instances regularly and closes any billing records that should no longer be active.
> Additional infrastructure and monitoring improvements were added to support more reliable regional routing and faster issue detection.
> ## This release improves GPU VM reliability, instance cleanup, SSH compatibility, and auto top-up stability.
**GPU VMs**
* Fixed GPU driver issues that could prevent GPU VMs from starting correctly on supported operating systems.
* Prevented automatic OS updates from breaking GPU drivers after a reboot on GPU VM images.
* Fixed a boot issue that could affect 8-GPU VMs.
* Improved image tagging for more predictable deployments across environments.
**Instance lifecycle**
* Fixed cleanup issues that could leave resources behind after an instance was terminated.
* Fixed an issue that could incorrectly show some instances as sold out in certain environments.
* Instances stuck in an error state are now automatically terminated and cleaned up.
* Fixed several edge cases affecting instance status updates and restart flows.
**SSH and security**
* Added ECDSA SSH key support.
* Enforced a minimum RSA key length of 2048 bits.
* Improved SSH connection performance for large file transfers.
**Infrastructure**
* Improved the reliability of auto top-up credit handling for accounts with automatic billing enabled.
> ## Improvements to instance management, billing, and reliability, plus a few UI polish updates.
**Instances**
* Instances can now be terminated while starting.
* Stopped instances are now retained for 10 days instead of 5.
* Improved the instance experience across several flows.
* Fixed OS image name display.
**Billing and transactions**
* Added a transaction history view.
* Lowered the minimum custom top-up amount from €20 to €10.
* Sold-out states are now handled more gracefully.
**Infrastructure and reliability**
* Improved SSH key validation.
**Copy and UI**
* Updated UI text and labels across the product.
> ## Lower GPU pricing, faster startup, and smoother custom networking.
**Pricing update:**
* RTX 4090: **0.20 EUR/hour**
* RTX 5090: **0.40 EUR/hour**
Hivenet now offers the most affordable high-quality GPU compute available.
**Enhanced networking:**
* Custom TCP, UDP, and HTTPS port configuration for improved flexibility.
* Upgraded SSH documentation and in-app help link for easier setup.
**Upgraded base container images:**
* Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, CUDA 12.8, and pre-configured Hugging Face cache.
* Faster time-to-first-training and consistent environments across GPUs.
**User experience improvements:**
* Updated sign-up profiling questions for clarity.
* Last seen tracking for active users on Compute.
> ## Expanded vLLM model catalog, faster launch times, and improved stability.
New pre-packaged vLLM models added (total of 10 now available):
* Meta Llama-3.1 8B Instruct
* Mistral Small-3.1 24B Instruct
* Llama 3.3 70B Instruct
* Mistral Small-24B Instruct
* Qwen-2.5 VL 32B Instruct
* GPT OSS 20B
Improved launch speed for LLM models with local caching (70B models can take up to 45 minutes).
Custom credit amounts now available for customers.
New user profiling on first sign-up or login (optional).
Stability improvements and bug fixes across workflows.
> ## HTTPS support, new inference options, and smoother instance setup.
HTTPS services are now available.
vLLM inference servers added.
Improved instance flow for smoother setup and management.
More connectivity options introduced.
> ## Instance controls, custom templates, and RTX 5090 support.
Stop and start your Compute instances.
Custom templates now supported.
Added RTX 5090 support.