Vercel AI Updates: August 2, 2026

1. Vercel Passport Reaches General Availability

Vercel. Vercel Passport is now generally available, letting developers protect deployments using external identity providers such as Okta or Microsoft Entra ID. It authenticates visitors via OIDC before granting access and forwards a signed identity token to the deployment so application code can build on visitor identity. The release adds group-based authorization, downstream token verification, access monitoring, and automation bypass options. Source

2. AI Gateway Adds 10x Capacity for Poolside’s Laguna S 2.1

Vercel. Vercel increased AI Gateway capacity tenfold for Poolside’s Laguna S 2.1 coding model, on both paid and free tiers. The added throughput supports higher-volume agentic coding and long-running tasks accessed through the AI SDK or coding agents. Developers reach the model without managing a separate Poolside account. Source

3. Chat SDK Adds Reactions and Ephemeral Messages on Teams

Vercel. The Chat SDK’s Microsoft Teams adapter gained support for reactions and ephemeral messages through the same API as its other adapters. The update also adds author email inclusion, custom token authentication, improved conversation routing, and refined mention handling. It brings the Teams integration closer to feature parity with the SDK’s other messaging surfaces. Source

4. Vercel Observability Expands Search for Workflow Runs

Vercel. Vercel added structured search for Workflows in Observability, letting developers locate runs by workflow, environment, deployment ID, region, or custom attributes. The update includes smart search suggestions and shareable filtered views. The goal is to speed up finding and investigating individual workflow runs in production. Source