This page summarizes Function Compute releases in 2024 and links to relevant documentation.
November 2024
| Feature | Type | Description | References |
|---|
| Temporary disk capacity | Optimized | GPU functions using 16 GB Tesla, 24 GB Ampere, or 48 GB Ada series GPUs now support 30 GB and 60 GB temporary disk options. | Create a GPU function |
| Function types and runtimes | Optimized | GPU functions are now an independent function type, separate from web functions; each function type — event, web, task, and GPU — has its own set of supported runtimes, plus the option to use a custom runtime. | Selection of methods to create functions, Create an event function, Create a web function, Create a task function, Create a GPU function |
| Default log project | Optimized | The default log project is changed to serverless-{{Region name}}-{{Random string}} with a default-log Logstore. This project and Logstore store logs from new functions using Automatic Configuration and from existing functions switched to Automatic Configuration. Free log quotas are also included for the new Logstore. | [Product changes] Default log project and Logstore |
August 2024
The billing change and automatic activation below take effect on August 27, 2024. Review the linked product change announcements to understand the impact on existing usage.
| Feature | Type | Description | References |
|---|
| Billable items, resource plans, and trial quotas | Optimized | Starting August 27, 2024, Function Compute consolidates all billing into a single compute unit (CU) usage metric, replaces previous resource plans with CU resource plans, and converts new-user trial quotas to a CU resource plan. | [Product changes] Billable items, resource plans, and trial quotas, Billing overview, Resource plans, Free trial quotas |
| Activation of Function Compute | New | Starting August 27, 2024, Function Compute is automatically activated when you register an Alibaba Cloud account — no manual activation required. | [Product changes] Automatic activation |
| Endpoints | Optimized | An endpoint for the China (Ulanqab) region is now available. | Endpoints |
| End-of-support for runtimes | Optimized | Function Compute ends support for several legacy runtimes per the deprecation policy, with the end-of-support timeline extended for a subset of those runtimes. | Runtime deprecation policy |
| GPU-accelerated instances | New | Function Compute now supports Ada series GPU-accelerated instances, adding the fc.gpu.ada.1 specification. | Instance specifications |
March 2024
| Feature | Type | Description | References |
|---|
| Tags | New | Attach tags to function resources to organize, search, and aggregate them, and assign different permissions to different roles based on tags. | Manage tags |
| Bill splitting | New | Add tags to functions and use them to split bills. | Split bills |