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Introducing global replica credentials
With global replica credentials, you can now automatically route reads to the closest replica.
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Introducing schema recommendations
Automatically receive recommendations to improve database performance, reduce memory and storage, and improve your schema based on production database traffic.
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OAuth applications are now available to everyone
You can now build integrations that seamlessly authenticate with PlanetScale and allow management access to your users’ organizations and databases from your application.
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Introducing the Vantage and PlanetScale integration
The Vantage + PlanetScale integration is now available.
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$ pscale ping
How close am I to PlanetScale? Use our new CLI command, pscale ping, to find out.
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Announcing foreign key constraints support
You can now use foreign key constraints in PlanetScale databases.
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Introducing Insights Anomalies
This new update to PlanetScale Insights introduces smart query monitoring to detect slower than expected queries in your database.
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Announcing the Fivetran integration
Learn how you can extract, load, and transform your PlanetScale data with Fivetran.
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Safely dropping MySQL tables
Learn how to safely drop tables in MySQL by checking if the table is still in use and how PlanetScale makes this process much easier.
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Introducing webhooks
You can now automatically trigger HTTP callbacks on events in PlanetScale to build custom integrations, notifications, and workflows.
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Introducing PlanetScale Managed on AWS and GCP
Deploy PlanetScale in your AWS or GCP account with our Enterprise PlanetScale Managed plan.
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Introducing database reports
Bringing weekly reports of the most important parts of your database, straight to your inbox.
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PlanetScale Managed is now PCI compliant
PlanetScale Managed on AWS is now PCI compliant.
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Streamline database management using the PlanetScale Netlify integration
Learn how to use the new PlanetScale Netlify integration to simplify the process of wiring up a database to your Netlify applications.
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What makes up a PlanetScale database?
Learn about all of the tech driving every PlanetScale database.
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Introducing IP restrictions
PlanetScale now supports IP restrictions for database passwords as another tool to operate your database securely.
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Is your database bleeding money?
Databases can cost your company millions if they don’t function as they should. What are the biggest pitfalls, and how can you avoid them?
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PlanetScale Boost is now available to everyone
PlanetScale Boost is now in public beta — up to 1,000× faster database queries with just a few clicks.
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How PlanetScale unlocks developer productivity
A guide on what slows developers down, why it matters, and how a better database can unlock developer productivity.
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Announcing the Hightouch integration
Learn how to sync data between PlanetScale and other platforms using Hightouch.
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Pulling back the curtain: the new database overview page
Learn about the latest updates we made to our database overview page: load balancers, shards, and more.
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Query performance analysis with Insights
You can now use Insights to view time-series performance data on a per-query pattern basis.
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Safely making database schema changes
How to prevent schema changes from being scary with database best practices and PlanetScale.
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An update to our workflow: safe migrations
Learn about our latest update safe migrations and how it affects our branching workflow.
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Announcing the PlanetScale GitHub Actions
Easily integrate common PlanetScale operations directly into your GitHub Actions Workflows.
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Improvements to database branch pages
Learn about some of the latest enhancements we made to the Branching page in the PlanetScale dashboard.
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Introducing the PlanetScale API and OAuth applications
Manage your databases programmatically with the PlanetScale API.
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All of the tech PlanetScale replaces
PlanetScale is more than just a drop-in replacement for MySQL. Learn about everything PlanetScale can do for you
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Introducing PlanetScale Boost
Up to 1 000× faster queries in just a few clicks with our groundbreaking caching technology.
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