Vercel AI Updates: April 15, 2026

1. Vercel Weekly: Zero Data Retention on AI Gateway, Claude Fast Mode, Qwen 3.6 Plus

Vercel. Vercel’s April 13 weekly update added three notable capabilities to AI Gateway: Zero Data Retention (ZDR) controls that route requests only to ZDR-compliant providers for teams with strict data handling requirements, Fast Mode support for Claude Opus 4.6 delivering 2.5x faster output token speeds, and Qwen 3.6 Plus from Alibaba with a 1 million token context window and stronger agentic coding performance. The Chat SDK also gained a Liveblocks adapter enabling AI bots to participate directly in collaborative comment threads. Source

2. AI SDK Ships ai@7.0.0-beta.92 and Stable ai@6.0.161 with Workflow Package Update

Vercel. Vercel released a coordinated batch of AI SDK packages on April 15, advancing ai to 7.0.0-beta.92 on the beta channel and 6.0.161 on stable, alongside @ai-sdk/workflow@1.0.0-beta.4 and updates to the React, Vue, Svelte, RSC, and OpenTelemetry packages. The workflow package continues its beta maturation toward a stable release for cross-provider, multi-step agent pipelines with built-in serialization and observability. Source