Change history

Render limit changes

Current and previous observations remain linked to their official sources. Detection date and effective date are kept separate when known.

Verified Aug 22, 20260 verified changes

Verified history

No verified historical change is recorded yet.
This means HyperObserve has not found sufficient first-party evidence for a dated before-and-after event. It does not mean Render has never changed. Undated values are kept in the current baseline below instead of being presented as history.

Current monitored baseline

HyperObserve currently monitors 5 scoped observations for Render. The baseline covers maximum build duration, pre-deploy duration, maximum HTTP response duration, free web service allowance, free database allowance. Each value retains its plan, product, endpoint, region, account, or runtime qualifier so a future change can be compared against the correct scope.

ConstraintCurrent valueScopeVerified source
maximum build durationOnly one build is active for a service at a time.120 minutesBuild pipelineRenderAug 22, 2026
pre-deploy durationPre-deploy runs after build and before the new service version starts.30 minutesEligible servicesRenderAug 22, 2026
maximum HTTP response durationClient, proxy, and application timeouts can still be shorter.Up to 100 minutesWeb servicesRenderAug 22, 2026
free web service allowanceThe filesystem is ephemeral and spin-up latency follows idle suspension.750 hours/month; spins down after 15 idle minutesFree web servicesRenderAug 22, 2026
free database allowanceBackups and connection pooling are not included on the free database.1 GB; expires after 30 days with 14-day graceFree PostgresRenderAug 22, 2026

Tracked constraints and impact

Build, deploy, free-instance, response, workflow, cron, and storage limits. A change is recorded only when it alters a constraint developers can act on, such as capacity planning, request shaping, model selection, deployment configuration, storage design, retry behavior, or account budgeting.

How a change is verified

  1. Compare the current first-party statement with the previously stored observation, including the exact plan, model, runtime, endpoint, region, and account scope.
  2. Separate a true product change from documentation clarification, temporary capacity, configurable account state, or a limit that applies to a different execution path.
  3. Preserve the old and new values, official source, effective date when disclosed, detection date, and practical impact. If those elements cannot be supported, no historical event is published.

Official sources monitored

These first-party documents support the current Render baseline. HyperObserve links directly to them so you can confirm the live wording before making a production decision.

Render build pipeline

Build disk, build timeout, pre-deploy, and concurrency

Render versus Vercel comparison

HTTP response, workflow task, and cron duration

Render free instances

Spin-down, monthly hours, ephemeral filesystem, and free Postgres constraints

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