Vercel Tightens Deployment Retention for Hobby Projects.

Vercel Deployment Retention now keeps fewer deployments for Hobby projects. Each project retains its three most recent production deployments and its three most recent deployments of any type, regardless of age.

The change is designed to stop dormant projects consuming storage needed by active work. Hobby teams receive 10GB of Deployment Storage, and every retained deployment counts towards that allowance. Exceeding the limit can block new deployments until storage is freed.

According to the Vercel changelog, the updated policy applies to existing Hobby projects from 16 September 2026.

Preview deployments no longer receive a separate protected allocation. They can still appear among the three most recent deployments of any type, but they do not have their own retention bucket.

The two groups of three can overlap. A production deployment may also be one of the project’s three most recent deployments of any type.

Protection for active work remains in place. Vercel will not delete the project’s current production deployment. Deployments with aliases and deployments connected to active branches are also exceptions to the retention policy.

Hobby teams already over the 10GB Deployment Storage limit face a faster cleanup. Deployments outside the retention exceptions are now deleted immediately rather than remaining available for another 30 days.

This means old deployments across dormant projects can disappear as soon as the updated policy applies. The retained production deployments, recent deployments and listed exceptions remain available under the new rules.

Projects below the storage limit are still subject to the smaller retention set once deployments move beyond the standard 30-day window. The policy works at project level, while the 10GB Deployment Storage allowance belongs to the Hobby team.

What is Vercel Deployment Retention?

Deployment Retention is the policy that determines how long deployments stay stored. For Hobby projects, it now preserves the three most recent production deployments and the three most recent deployments of any type, alongside protected exceptions.

Which Vercel plan has the new retention policy?

The change applies to Hobby teams. Hobby teams receive 10GB of Deployment Storage, and retained deployments count towards that limit.

When does the new Deployment Retention policy apply?

The policy applies to existing Hobby projects from 16 September 2026. Teams already above the 10GB limit can have deployments outside the protected exceptions deleted immediately.