Changelog

app.build

We're very happy to join the codegen community with app.build, our open-source reference implementation for building codegen products on top of Neon. app.build is an agent that converts AI-generated code snippets into complete, deployed applications. While LLMs handle isolated coding problems well, app.build uses agent architecture to create production-ready apps.

Why we built this:

• Beyond code snippets - Transforms prompts into complete, deployed applications with frontend, backend, and database
• Community-driven development - Open source for developers to bring their own models and run locally
• True agent architecture - Iterates on code, runs tests, and responds to feedback until everything works
• Instant deployment - Ships working apps with real infrastructure

Getting started:

npx @app.build/cli

With this single command, you can create and deploy a complete application with its own GitHub repository.

How it works:

The agent decomposes app creation into validated tasks, running checks at each step to ensure everything works. This divide-and-conquer approach enables reliable generation of complex applications beyond simple code snippets.

Join us: GitHub - Built in the open for developers exploring AI-powered development.

Neon Launchpad

Introducing Neon Launchpad at neon.new, which enables instant Postgres database provisioning without any configuration or account creation. This feature allows you to get a fully functional database in seconds and demonstrates Neon's claimable database capabilities in action. You can build similar experiences to Neon Launchpad in your own application using the APIs documented in the integration guide.

Key features include:

• Zero-configuration setup - No account required to get started
• Multiple access methods - Browser interface, CLI tools, and development integrations
• Claimable databases - Keep your database by claiming it with a Neon account within 72 hours

Getting started

Get started immediately by visiting neon.new in your browser, running npx neondb from the command line, or integrating automatic database provisioning into Vite projects with @neondatabase/vite-plugin-postgres.

Netlify DB: One-click Postgres powered by Neon

We're excited to announce that Neon is now powering Netlify DB, a new service that lets you provision production-ready Postgres databases directly from your Netlify project. Built on top of Neon Launchpad, Netlify DB makes it possible to spin up a fully configured Neon database with just one click in the Netlify Dashboard or a single CLI command (netlify init db).

Netlify DB is designed to be the perfect database for AI-native development, offering:

• Instant provisioning with no external signup required
• Automatic environment variable configuration
• Zero-config setup with your deployed functions
• The ability to claim your database and link it to your Neon account when you're ready

This integration is part of Netlify's Agent Week initiative, making it easier for both developers and AI agents to build applications with a production-ready database. Learn more in the Netlify DB documentation.

Add domains to Neon Auth

You can now whitelist redirect URIs for your deployed app directly in Neon Auth, without needing to create a Stack Auth account or transfer your project. This makes it easier to manage your app's authentication settings and simplifies your workflow.

Enable Neon Auth in Vercel

You can now enable Neon Auth directly from the Neon Postgres Integration on Vercel. Enable it when creating a database, or later by going to the Storage tab in Vercel, selecting your database, and updating the Settings.

Neon Auth makes it easy to add authentication to your app. User data is stored in your Neon Postgres database, so you can query it like any other table — and join it with your app data.
Learn more in the Neon Auth guide.

Backup & Restore enhancements

The Backup & Restore page (available in Early Access) includes two updates:

• The Instant point-in-time restore selector now defaults to the current time, making it easier to restore to the present or a recent point in time.

  

• You can now edit the snapshot name — an improvement based on feedback from our Early Access users.

  

New guides

We've published new guides to help you get the most out of your Postgres database:

• Getting started with ElectricSQL and Neon
• Build an AI-powered knowledge base chatbot using n8n and Neon Postgres
• Using Neon Postgres with Zapier
• Explore our latest Postgres extension guides

Neon Auth variables now set automatically in Vercel

For users of the Neon Postgres Integration on Vercel, we've made it easier to get started with Neon Auth. When you connect a Vercel project to a Neon database, the integration now sets the environment variables required to use Neon Auth in your Next.js project:

• NEXT_PUBLIC_STACK_PROJECT_ID
• NEXT_PUBLIC_STACK_PUBLISHABLE_CLIENT_KEY
• STACK_SECRET_SERVER_KEY

These variables enable quick setup of Neon Auth, which syncs user profiles to your Neon database—making them queryable via the neon_auth.users_sync table. This simplifies authentication workflows in your app and removes the need to configure these values manually in Vercel.

To try Neon Auth, you can quickly deploy the Next.js template for Neon Auth, which is preconfigured to use these variables.

For more details on how the Neon integration sets Vercel environment variables, see our Vercel Native Integration guide.

Postgres version updates

We updated supported Postgres versions to 14.18, 15.13, 16.9, and 17.5, respectively.

When a new minor version is available on Neon, it is applied the next time your compute restarts (for any reason). For more about how we handle Postgres version upgrades, refer to our Postgres version support policy.

Postgres version and region migrations using Import Data Assistant

Neon's Import Data Assistant can help you move your data when you need to update your Postgres version or change regions. Check out the docs for details on how to use it for these scenarios.

Stream Arduino sensor data into Neon with NeonPostgresOverHTTP

During this week's product team hackathon, Peter Bendel (Postgres Performance Engineer) took top prize with a hardware project that streams Arduino sensor data directly into Neon. The project uses NeonPostgresOverHTTP — an open-source library available in the official Arduino Library Manager.

New guides

We've published new guides to help you get the most out of Neon:

• HONC Guide - Building serverless Task APIs with Hono, Drizzle ORM, Neon, and Cloudflare for edge-enabled data applications
• Zero Guide - Integrating Zero by Rocicorp with Neon to build reactive, real-time applications with client-side cache and instant UI updates
• File storage integration guides for AWS S3, Azure Blob Storage, Cloudflare R2, and more - Learn how to store files in external services while tracking metadata in Neon
• RedWoodSDK Guide - Connecting Neon to RedwoodSDK, a framework for building full-stack applications on Cloudflare