This topic describes the release notes for Global Accelerator (GA) and provides links to the relevant references.
March 2024
Feature | Type | Description | References |
HTTP/3 | New | HTTP/3 is supported by standard Global Accelerator instances. HTTP/3 improves the stability, security, and efficiency of data transmission. |
February 2024
Feature | Type | Description | References |
CU calculator | New | The Capacity Unit (CU) calculator is available. You can use the CU calculator to estimate the instance fee and CU fee of a pay-as-you-go standard Global Accelerator instance. | |
CNAME | Updated | The regions in which the CNAME records of standard Global Accelerator instances take effect can be viewed. |
December 2023
Feature | Type | Description | References |
Connection timeout period | Updated | The idle connection timeout period and connection request timeout period can be specified for an intelligent routing listener. |
October 2023
Feature | Type | Description | References |
Forwarding rules | Updated | Regular expressions can be specified as forwarding conditions for domain name-based and path-based forwarding rules. | |
IP versions of accelerated IP addresses | Updated | Dual-stack accelerated IP addresses are supported by pay-as-you-go standard Global Accelerator instances. You can assign IPv4 and IPv6 addresses to an acceleration region to allow access from IPv4 and IPv6 clients. | |
Endpoints of standard Global Accelerator instances | Updated | Network Load Balancer (NLB) instances and elastic network interfaces (ENIs) can be specified as endpoints of standard Global Accelerator instances. |
August 2023
Feature | Type | Description | References |
GA resource plans | New | GA resource plans are available. Global Accelerator resource plans are subscription plans that apply to pay-as-you-go Global Accelerator instances. After you purchase Global Accelerator resource plans, the plans automatically offset the Capacity Unit (CU) fees and instance fees of GA instances based on specific ratios. GA resource plans are more cost-effective than the pay-as-you-go billing method. | |
Basic Global Accelerator instances | Updated | Multiple accelerated IP addresses and endpoints can be added to a basic Global Accelerator instance in a region. You can associate accelerated IP addresses with an endpoint group to specify the mappings between accelerated IP addresses and endpoints to distribute traffic to backend services. | |
Endpoints of basic Global Accelerator instances | Updated | NLB instances can be specified as endpoints for basic Global Accelerator instances. | Add and manage endpoint groups and endpoints for a basic GA instance |
July 2023
Feature | Type | Description | References |
Anti-DDoS Basic Origin | New | By default, Anti-DDoS Origin Basic is enabled for the accelerated IP addresses and the endpoint group IP addresses of Global Accelerator instances. Anti-DDoS Origin Basic can mitigate DDoS attacks of up to 5 Gbit/s. The mitigation capacity varies based on the region. | |
Bandwidth metering method | New | The pay-by-data-transfer bandwidth metering method is supported by Global Accelerator. The data transfer fees of GA are managed by Cloud Data Transfer (CDT). Global Accelerator allows you to select a line type for the elastic IP address (EIP) that is used to connect to Global Accelerator. The following line types are available: BGP (Multi-ISP) and BGP (Multi-ISP) Pro. Standard Global Accelerator instances support the following line types for the transmission network: BGP (Multi-ISP) Pro and Cross-border Express Connect. | |
Instance billing method | New | The pay-as-you-go billing method is supported by Global Accelerator. |
March 2023
Feature | Type | Description | References |
Domain names | New | The ICP filing-free service is provided by Global Accelerator for accelerated domain names. After you associate an accelerated domain name that has an ICP number with a Global Accelerator instance, Global Accelerator does not require you to complete additional ICP filing for the domain name or its subdomain names. | |
Basic bandwidth plans | Updated | Subscription basic bandwidth plans can be unsubscribed from in the Global Accelerator console or Billing Management console. | |
Standard and basic Global Accelerator instances | Updated | The buy page of Global Accelerator instances is optimized. You can select GA instances based on your business requirements. | |
Configuration wizard | New | Configuration instructions and a configuration wizard are provided by Global Accelerator to help you deploy services in a more efficient manner. |
February 2023
Feature | Type | Description | References |
Basic bandwidth plans | Updated | Basic bandwidth plans can be downgraded. | |
Standard Global Accelerator instances | Updated | The specifications of standard Global Accelerator instances can be downgraded. | |
Standard and basic Global Accelerator instances | Updated | Subscription Global Accelerator instances can be unsubscribed from in the Global Accelerator console or in the Billing Management console. |
January 2023
Feature | Type | Description | References |
Seven-day free trials of GA | Discontinued | Seven-day free trials of Global Accelerator are no longer available. If you want to use Global Accelerator, we recommend that you apply for a one-month free trial. For more information, see Time-limited one-month free trials of GA. | N/A |
December 2022
Feature | Type | Description | References |
Tags | New | Tags are supported by Global Accelerator. You can use tags to mark and classify standard Global Accelerator instances, basic Global Accelerator instances, bandwidth plans, and access control lists (ACLs). This facilitates resource search and aggregation. | |
Resource groups | New | Resource groups facilitate resource management among multiple projects or applications within your Alibaba Cloud account and simplify permission management. You can use resource groups to manage the following Global Accelerator resources: standard Global Accelerator instances, basic Global Accelerator instances, bandwidth plans, and ACLs. | |
Endpoints of basic Global Accelerator instances | Updated | Elastic Compute Service (ECS) instances can be specified as endpoints for basic Global Accelerator instances. | Add and manage endpoint groups and endpoints for a basic GA instance |
November 2022
Feature | Type | Description | References |
Instance diagnostics | New | The instance diagnostics feature helps you check the configurations and running status of standard Global Accelerator instances and provides suggestions on how to fix anomalies. | |
Certificate management | Updated | Additional certificates can be changed. When an additional certificate expires, you can replace it with a new additional certificate without the need to change its associated domain name. |
October 2022
Feature | Type | Description | References |
Origin probing | New | The origin probing feature is provided. You can use this feature to monitor network quality between a detection point and an origin server, troubleshoot network failures, and optimize the network. |
September 2022
Feature | Type | Description | References |
Custom routing listeners | New | After you configure a custom routing listener for a GA instance, the instance generates a port mapping table based on the listener port range, port ranges of the associated endpoint groups, and IP addresses of endpoints (vSwitches). The custom routing listener forwards client requests to specific IP addresses and ports in the vSwitches based on the port mapping table. |
June 2022
Feature | Type | Description | References |
Seven-day free trials of GA | New | A seven-day free trial of Global Accelerator is available. To get started with the free trial, you need to only enter the business information. Then, the system automatically creates a Global Accelerator instance. | N/A |
Types of accelerated IP addresses | New | The following types of accelerated IP addresses are supported by Global Accelerator:
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Basic Global Accelerator instances | New | Basic Global Accelerator instances are provided by Global Accelerator. You can use basic Global Accelerator instances to accelerate content delivery at Layer 3 (IP protocols). |
March 2022
Feature | Type | Description | References |
Endpoint groups | Updated | Global Accelerator You can specify a traffic distribution ratio for an endpoint group to control the percentage of client requests that are forwarded to the endpoint group. |
February 2022
Feature | Type | Description | References |
HTTP headers | New | HTTP headers can be added when you configure an HTTP or HTTPS listener for a Global Accelerator instance. | |
TLS security policies | New | Transport Layer Security (TLS) security policies can be selected when you create an HTTPS listener for a Global Accelerator instance. | |
Endpoints of standard Global Accelerator instances | New | Application Load Balancer (ALB) instances and Object Storage Service (OSS) buckets can be specified as endpoints for Global Accelerator instances. |
January 2022
Feature | Type | Description | References |
Configure health checks | New | You can enable health checks for endpoint groups of a GA instance. After you enable health checks, GA periodically checks whether the endpoints are healthy. When GA detects an unhealthy endpoint, GA distributes new requests to other healthy endpoints. When the unhealthy endpoint recovers, GA distributes requests to the endpoint again. | |
Advanced listeners | Updated | More than 300 consecutive listener ports can be specified for a TCP or UDP listener. Advanced listeners are listeners that each contain more than 300 consecutive listener ports. |
September 2021
Feature | Type | Description | References |
Client IP address preservation | Updated | Proxy Protocol can be used to retrieve client IP addresses. If backend services are accessed by IPv6 clients, we recommend that you use this method. In this mode, the client IP addresses can be retrieved only if the backend servers support Proxy Protocol. |
August 2021
Feature | Type | Description | References |
ACLs | New | Different access control modes and ACLs can be configured for different listeners of a GA instance. | |
Access logs | New | Access logs can be created to record the traffic information of endpoints. You can analyze the traffic information to verify ACL rules and troubleshoot network errors. |