Snapshots Release Notes

Validated on 13 Apr 2026

April 2026

13 April

• You can now transfer Droplet snapshots between accounts using the DigitalOcean API. Read How to Transfer a Droplet Snapshot to learn how to transfer snapshots using the API or Control Panel.

April 2024

22 April

• We’ve corrected a bug where image types other than snapshots could be listed using the GET /v2/snapshots endpoint. This behavior was strictly limited to image types that the user was properly authorized to access, such as backups and custom images.

January 2024

16 January

• We’ve corrected a bug where image types other than snapshots could be retrieved using the GET /v2/snapshots/$SNAPSHOT_ID and DELETE /v2/snapshots/$SNAPSHOT_ID endpoints. This behavior was strictly limited to image types that the user was properly authorized to access, such as backups and custom images.

July 2022

1 July

• The following pricing changes are now in effect:

  • A new $4 Droplet with 512 MB of memory, 10 GB of storage, 1 vCPU, and 500 GB of outbound data transfer is now available in NYC1, FRA1, SFO3, SGP1, and AMS3. The slug is s-1vcpu-512mb-10gb.

  • We have simplified pricing for DigitalOcean Kubernetes and some managed databases for better accuracy and predictibility.

  • The prices of Droplets, Snapshots, Load Balancers, Reserved IPs, and Custom Images have increased.

  There is no change to pricing for Spaces, backups, volumes, DigitalOcean Container Registry, or App Platform. There are also no changes to inbound data transfer or bandwidth pricing.

  This is our first major price change in 10 years, and we believe the new model better fits our understanding of our customers and the expanded breadth of our offerings. For a more detailed breakdown of the changes, see our blog post on our new pricing.

June 2022

27 June

• To improve security, DigitalOcean no longer accepts TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1 connections. This includes connections to www.digitalocean.com, cloud.digitalocean.com, and api.digitalocean.com.

November 2021

30 November

• To improve collaboration on our platform, a percentage of new signups on DigitalOcean will begin with a team account.

August 2019

19 August

• You can now create a maximum of one snapshot of a volume every 10 minutes. See the snapshots overview for more details.

October 2018

23 October

• Droplets created from custom images now support snapshots and backups.