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Data Center endpoints return HTTP 410 Gone
As announced on 2 June 2026, the endpoints for GET /v1/datacenters and GET /v1/datacenters/{id} are removed and now return HTTP 410 Gone.
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Omitted DNS pointers not allowed on change
As announced on 8 July 2026, when updating the PTR record (reverse DNS) for a Primary IP, Floating IP, Server, or Load Balancer, the value of dns_ptr is no longer optional and must be provided.
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Omitted TTL for changing an RRSet's TTL is not allowed
As announced on 8 July 2026, when updating the TTL of an RRSet, the value of ttl is no longer optional and must be provided. For the endpoint below, the ttl value must be set to the desired TTL, or to null to use the Zone's default TTL. Leaving the value empty will cause the request to fail. POST /zones/{id_or_name}/rrsets/{rr_name}/{rr_type}/actions/change_ttl
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Primary IP's assignee_type returns "unassigned" if IP is not assigned
Primary IP's assignee_type property now returns unassigned if the IP is not assigned (assignee_id is null). This change is required to eventually allow assigning Primary IPs to other resources. This change was previously scheduled to be released as of 1 Aug. 2026. assignee_type assignee_id Previously server null As of 23 Sept. 2026 unassigned null
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New endpoint to list the resources attached to a Network
We added a new endpoint to the API: GET /v1/networks/$ID/members The new endpoint lists the resources attached to a Network, so you no longer have to collect them from the individual Server and Load Balancer resources. Each entry in the members response field contains the following properties: Property Description type The type of the attached resource, either server or load_balancer. id The ID of…
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New requirements for deleting Buckets
You no longer need to completely empty a Bucket before deleting it. From now on, a Bucket can be deleted even if it contains up to 1,000 leftover parts from multipart uploads that are either still in progress or have been aborted. If the Bucket still contains other objects (no matter if locked or versioned), these must be removed beforehand as outlined in the documentation: How can I delete my Buc…
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Field "deprecated" will be removed
The response field deprecated of all endpoints that return "Images", "Server Types" and "Load Balancer Types" will be removed on 2 November 2026. Please use the deprecation field instead: For "Images", use the deprecation field. For "Server Types", use the deprecation field of the respective entry in locations, as announced on 24 September 2025. For "Load Balancer Types", use the deprecation field…
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Load Balancers can now be created with existing Primary IPs
Primary IPs, which were previously available exclusively for servers, are now also available for Load Balancers. When creating a Load Balancer, you can assign an existing Primary IP instead of having an IP address allocated automatically. Currently, you cannot change the Primary IP once the Load Balancer has been created. To support this change, we added the new public_net property to the request…
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Debian 11 image is deprecated
The image debian-15 (IDs 45557056 (x86) & 103907373 (arm)) is deprecated and will no longer be available when creating new servers after 30 November 2026.
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Load Balancer health checks now report why a target is unhealthy
To provide more details about failed health checks, Load Balancer requests that return the target response field in a successful (200) response now include the following additional child attributes: targets.health_status.detail targets.health_status.http_status_code The detail property is only set while a target is unhealthy, and can have one of the following values: Value Description layer4_no_co…
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Primary IP's assignee_type returns "unassigned" if IP is not assigned
Primary IP's assignee_type property now returns unassigned if the IP is not assigned (assignee_id is null). This change is required to eventually allow assigning Primary IPs to other resources. assignee_type assignee_id Previously server null As of 01 Aug. 2026 unassigned null
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EC2-compatible routes for Server Metadata were removed
As announced on 30 Jun. 2026 the EC2 compatible routes were now removed from Server Metadata.
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OpenSUSE 15 image is unavailable for new servers
The image opensuse-15 (IDs 204457491 (x86) & 204457492 (arm)) is no longer available when creating new servers.
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Omitted DNS pointers deprecated on change
When updating the PTR record (reverse DNS) for a Primary IP, Floating IP, Server, or Load Balancer, the value of dns_ptr is no longer optional and must be provided starting on 30 September 2026. For the endpoints below, the dns_ptr value must be set to the desired domain name, or to null to reset it. Leaving the value empty will no longer reset the pointer. Instead, the request will fail. POST /se…
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Omitted TTL for changing an RRSet's TTL is deprecated
When updating the TTL of an RRSet, the value of ttl is no longer optional and must be provided starting on 30 September 2026. For the endpoint below, the ttl value must be set to the desired TTL, or to null to use the Zone's default TTL. Leaving the value empty will cause the request to fail. POST /zones/{id_or_name}/rrsets/{rr_name}/{rr_type}/actions/change_ttl
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Remove Datacenters properties for Primary IPs and Servers
We removed the datacenter property in the request body and response of Servers and Primary IPs as announced on 16 December 2025.
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EC2-compatible routes for Server Metadata are deprecated
Until now Server Metadata also responded to EC2-compatible routes besides the officially documented /hetzner/v1/*. This behaviour is now deprecated and will be removed after 1 Aug. 2026. This includes the following schemas: /2009-04-04/meta-data /2009-04-04/meta-data/{key} /2009-04-04/user-data /latest/meta-data /latest/meta-data/{key} /latest/user-data
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Fedora 42 image is unavailable for new servers
The image fedora-42 (IDs 232895138 (x86) & 232895264 (arm)) is no longer available when creating new servers.
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Load Balancer Idle Timeout now configurable via the Console
After making the Load Balancer idle timeout values for HTTP/HTTPS services configurable via the API in April, you can now also use the Console to change the previously fixed timeout of 50 seconds for each service separately.
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Deprecation Info for Load Balancer Types
To communicate deprecations more clearly to API users and align with server types, we have added the deprecation field to all endpoints that return "Load Balancer Types". The field describes if, when, and how the resource was deprecated. If this field is set to null, the resource is not deprecated. If it has a value, it is considered deprecated. Learn more about the field in our API docs. This new…
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Field "deprecated" on Load Balancer Types is now deprecated
The response field deprecated of all endpoints that return "Load Balancer Types" is deprecated. Please use the new field deprecation instead.
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Deprecation Data Center endpoints
The API endpoints GET /v1/datacenters and GET /v1/datacenters/{id} are now deprecated and will be removed after 1 Oct. 2026. After this date, requests to these endpoints will return HTTP 410 Gone.
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Fedora 44 and Ubuntu 26.04 are now available
Two new Rapid Deploy Images are now available. The Ubuntu 26.04 image can be used as ubuntu-26.04 (IDs 387894169 for x86 and 387894171 for arm). Also the latest Fedora 44 release can be deployed to all Cloud servers as fedora-44 (IDs 387893188 (x86) & 387893189 (arm)).
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Private Networks auto-configuration is available via cloud-init
Images using cloud-init 25.3 or later support auto-configuration of Private Networks via cloud-init. Currently this is available in Ubuntu 22.04, 24.04 and 26.04 as well as Fedora 44. For these images, the configuration of Private Networks has been removed from hc-utils. If you are using an older version of hc-utils, you can find the latest hc-utils for these images in our documentation.
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Deleting assigned Primary IPs & Floating IPs is no longer possible
Deleting assigned Primary IPs & Floating IPs is no longer be possible. You need to unassign the Primary IP or the Floating IP before being able to delete it. You will see the error code must_be_unassigned when you try to delete an assigned Primary or Floating IP.
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All GET /<resource>/{id}/actions/{action_id} operations are deprecated
All GET /<resource>/{id}/actions/{action_id} operations are now deprecated, without planned removal: GET /certificates/{id}/actions/{action_id} GET /firewalls/{id}/actions/{action_id} GET /floating_ips/{id}/actions/{action_id} GET /images/{id}/actions/{action_id} GET /load_balancers/{id}/actions/{action_id} GET /networks/{id}/actions/{action_id} GET /primary_ips/{id}/actions/{action_id} GET /serve…
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Load Balancers idle timeout can now be configured
Load Balancers now have configurable idle timeout values for HTTP/HTTPS services. A new property, http.timeout_idle, has been added to the Load Balancer HTTP Service schema. You can change the value using the POST /load_balancers/{id}/actions/update_service endpoint. The new property allows you to adjust the previously fixed timeout of 50 seconds to a value between 30 and 300 seconds. The connecti…
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OpenSUSE 15 image is deprecated
The image opensuse-15 (IDs 204457491 (x86) & 204457492 (arm)) is deprecated and will no longer be available when creating new servers after 30 July 2026.
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Primary IP's Create property "assignee_type" is now optional
The property assignee_type of the operation POST /v1/primary_ips is now optional. Primary IPs created without assignee_type return assignee_type = server until 1 August 2026, after this date, its value will be unassigned.
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Primary IP's assignee_type will return "unassigned" if IP is not assigned
As of 1 Aug. 2026, Primary IP's assignee_type property will return unassigned if the IP is not assigned (assignee_id is null). This change is required to eventually allow assigning Primary IPs to other resources. assignee_type assignee_id Previously server null As of 01 Aug. 2026 unassigned null