Backups Release Notes
Validated on 26 Nov 2025
November 2025
26 November
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Usage-based backups plans are now in general availability.
October 2025
1 October
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Now in public preview, you can customize a usage-based backup plan for regular and GPU Droplets. This plan’s cost is based on your backups’ restorable file size, instead of a flat percentage of the Droplet’s cost. Additionally, you can configure how often backups happen and for how long you retain them.
October 2024
4 October
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Daily backups are now available in BLR1.
September 2024
17 September
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Daily backups are now in general availability.
3 September
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Daily backups are now available in LON1.
August 2024
27 August
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Daily backups are now available in FRA1.
June 2024
5 June
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Daily backups are now available in SYD1.
May 2024
30 May
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Daily backups are now available in SFO2 and TOR1.
April 2024
15 April
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Daily backups are now available in SGP1.
February 2024
22 February
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Daily backups are now available in NYC1 and AMS3.
6 February
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Daily backups for Droplets are in early availability. You can now enable daily backups on new and existing Droplets in NYC3 and SFO3.
October 2023
17 October
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Backups now remain available for four weeks even if the associated Droplet is deleted. Previously, deleting a Droplet would also delete its backups.
You can view your backups and their expiration dates in the control panel and convert them to snapshots.
October 2018
23 October
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Droplets created from custom images now support snapshots and backups.
June 2018
11 June
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Expanded Droplet View allows customers using the Dashboard to click a Droplet and quickly view additional information about the Droplet without having to go to the Droplet Page. It also updates the list of Droplets to display at a glance whether Backups are on/off and if a Floating IP is attached.