This topic describes the release notes for virtual private clouds (VPCs) and provides references.
January 2026
Feature | Type | Description | Reference |
Network ACL | Update | Network access control list (ACL) rules now support prefix list references. Manage frequently used CIDR blocks in a prefix list and reference it in ACL rules. Changes to the prefix list automatically propagate to associated ACL rules. |
December 2025
Feature | Type | Description | Reference |
IPAM | Update | IP address manager (IPAM) now supports delegated administrators within resource directory. As a trusted service, IPAM allows delegated administrator accounts view VPC and vSwitch address usage across multiple enterprise accounts. |
September 2025
Feature | Type | Description | Reference |
VPC peering connection | Update | When creating a same-account VPC peering connection, select the option to automatically add the peer VPC CIDR block to the system route table. |
July 2025
Feature | Type | Description | Reference |
IPAM | Update | IPAM supports public IPv6 address pools, enabling Alibaba Cloud IPv6 CIDR blocks for network planning and IPv6 address allocation. |
May 2025
Feature | Type | Description | Reference |
Route table | Update | Perform fuzzy searches on route entries by destination CIDR block in the console, improving route management efficiency. |
April 2025
Feature | Type | Description | Reference |
VPC | Update | When deleting a VPC or vSwitch, dependent resources and guidance on how to release them are displayed in the console. | |
Network ACL | Update | You can now search for protocol types by name or number when configuring network ACL rules in the console. | |
Flow log | Update | Flow logs now support IPv6 traffic capture for analysis, auditing, and troubleshooting. Supported regions: China (Qingdao), China (Hohhot), US (Silicon Valley), US (Virginia). |
March 2025
Feature | Type | Description | Reference |
Gateway route table | Update | Gateway route tables now support binding to IPv6 gateways. You can modify system route entry next hops to control IPv6 traffic entering the VPC. | Use the gateway route table to control traffic entering the VPC |
February 2025
Feature | Type | Description | Reference |
IPAM | Update | When an organization has multiple accounts, business accounts can share resource discoveries with the network administrator for centralized management of addresses. |
January 2025
Feature | Type | Description | Reference |
VPC peering connection | Update | Inter-region connections now support two link types, Platnium and Gold, with different levels of network performance. |
December 2024
Feature | Type | Description | Reference |
IPAM | Update | When setting up virtual private clouds (VPCs), you can utilize the control policies of the resource directory to limit accounts to allocating IP addresses only from a common IPAM pool. This standardizes address usage and streamlines management. |
November 2024
Feature | Type | Description | References |
Network ACL | Update | Batch importing and exporting network access control lists (ACLs) is supported to ensure data consistency and configuration efficiency. | |
VPC peering connection | Update | You can use PrivateLink to access the OpenAPI services of VPC peering connections. |
October 2024
Feature | Type | Description | References |
Routes | Update | Custom routes now support Gateway Load Balancer (GWLB) as the next hop. | |
Update | You can modify the next hop of custom route entries to dynamically manage network traffic. | ||
VPC | Update | You can configure private domain name resolution for Elastic Compute Service (ECS) instances in VPCs. The private domain names of ECS instances are only effective when DNS hostnames are enabled for the VPC. If DNS hostnames are disabled, the private domain names will become inactive. | |
Flow logs | Update | You can configure the traffic to be captured for specific scenarios. The available options include All Traffic, Traffic Through IPv4 Gateway, Traffic Through NAT Gateway, Traffic Through VPN Gateway, Traffic Through Transit Router, Traffic That Accesses Cloud Service Through Gateway Endpoint, and Traffic That Accesses Express Connect Circuit Through Virtual Border Router (VBR). |
September 2024
Feature | Type | Description | References |
IPAM | Update | Resource discovery is automatically enabled and associated with the IPAM when you create an IPAM. You can use it to manage the IP addresses of VPCs and vSwitches. | |
Update | You can monitor IP address usage to manage capacity and scale out resources as needed. This helps to ensure network stability and security. | ||
Update | The resource owner of an IPAM pool can share the pool with other Alibaba Cloud accounts, known as principals. Principals can allocate resources from the shared IPAM pool when creating a VPC. | ||
Routes | Update | A VPC can advertise static routes to an Express Connect Router (ECR). You can advertise a custom route of a VPC system route table to an ECR to implement dynamic route advertisement. If no route conflicts occur, the data center associated with the ECR can learn the route. | |
Network ACL | Update | The following regions now support IPv6 network access control lists (ACLs): China (Hangzhou), China (Shanghai), China (Qingdao), China (Shenzhen), and US (Silicon Valley). | |
IPv6 | Update | UK (London) now supports IPv6 network ACLs. |
August 2024
Feature | Type | Description | References |
Prefix list | Update | The following regions now support associating security groups with prefix lists: China (Hangzhou), China (Shanghai), China (Nanjing - Local Region) , China (Qingdao), China (Beijing), China (Ulanqab), China (Shenzhen), China (Heyuan), China (Guangzhou), China (Chengdu), China (Hong Kong), China (Wuhan - Local Region), China (Fuzhou - Local Region), South Korea (Seoul), Singapore, Thailand (Bangkok), UAE (Dubai), and Saudi Arabia (Riyadh). | |
Network ACL | Update | The following regions now support IPv6 network ACLs: China (Beijing), China (Hohhot), China (Ulanqab), China (Guangzhou), China (Chengdu), China (Hong Kong), South Korea (Seoul), Thailand (Bangkok), UAE (Dubai), and Saudi Arabia (Riyadh). |
July 2024
Feature | Type | Description | References |
IPv4 gateway | Update | Public mode is now available for IPv4 gateway deletion, allowing for Internet access with your public IP address. This enhances product functionality by addressing the Internet access issue. | |
Prefix list | Update | The following regions now support associating security groups with prefix lists: China (Hohhot), Japan (Tokyo), Indonesia (Jakarta), Philippines (Manila), Germany (Frankfurt), UK (London), US (Silicon Valley), and US (Virginia). | |
Traffic mirror | Update | China (Ulanqab) now supports traffic mirror. | |
Network ACL | Update | The following regions now support IPv6 network ACLs: Japan (Tokyo), Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur), Indonesia (Jakarta), and US (Virginia). | |
Update | Network ACLs support adding rules to a network with several CIDR blocks. The feature streamlines configuration and ensures a consistent security policy for unified access control. |
June 2024
Feature | Type | Description | References |
Flow log | Update | Thailand (Bangkok) now supports flow flogs. | |
IPv6 | Update | China (Nanjing - Local Region) now supports IPv6. | |
Route table | Update | The option to turn on or off Accept Advertised Routes is now available. | |
You can find route sources in route tables. | |||
IPAM | New | IPAM is a tool that automates the allocation and tracking of IP addresses, making it easier to plan and manage IP addresses. |
April 2024
Feature | Type | Description | References |
Prefix list | Update | Prefix lists can be associated with Elastic Compute Service (ECS) security groups. | |
Gateway endpoint | Update | The following regions now support gateway endpoints: Singapore, UK (London), Indonesia (Jakarta), Japan (Tokyo), Germany (Frankfurt), US (Silicon Valley), and US (Virginia). | |
VPC peering connection | Update | China (Wuhan - Local Region) now supports VPC peering connections. | |
Network ACL | Update | Germany (Frankfurt) now supports IPv6 network ACLs. |
March 2024
Feature | Type | Description | References |
Route table | Update | The next hop type of a custom route supports Express Connect Router (ECR). | |
Network ACL | Update | Network ACLs support IPv4 and IPv6 quotas. | |
Advanced VPC features | Update | The Advanced VPC Feature tab is discontinued and advanced VPC features are irrelevant to ECS instance families. | |
VPC peering connection | New | You can use the reachability analyzer to check the connectivity of a VPC peering connection and troubleshoot connection errors. | |
Update | VPC peering connections support inter-region and intra-region quotas. | ||
Update | UAE (Dubai) now supports VPC peering connections. | ||
Flow log | Update | China (Fuzhou - Local Region), South Korea (Seoul), and Philippines (Manila) now support flow logs. |
February 2024
Feature | Type | Description | References |
Traffic mirror | Update | China (Fuzhou - Local Region), China East 1 Finance, and China East 2 Finance now support traffic mirror. |
January 2024
Feature | Type | Description | References |
Prefix list | Update | IPv6 prefix lists are supported in all regions. | |
VPC | Update | The following new regions support IPv6 CIDR blocks: US (Silicon Valley) and Thailand (Bangkok). | |
Flow log | Update | The following new region supports flow logs: Saudi Arabia (Riyadh). | |
Traffic mirror | Update | The following new region supports traffic mirror: Saudi Arabia (Riyadh). |
December 2023
Feature | Type | Description | References |
Prefix list | Update | Prefix lists support IPv6 CIDR blocks. Note This feature is only available in Philippines (Manila). | |
Update | Prefix lists support instance import and clone in batches. | ||
Network ACL | Update | Inbound and outbound rules of network ACLs support IPv6 CIDR blocks. Note This feature is only available in Philippines (Manila). | |
VPC | Update | The IPv6 feature is supported in China (Wuhan - Local Region) and Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur). |
August 2023
Feature | Type | Description | References |
VPC peering connection | Update | VPCs with IPv6 enabled support VPC peering connections. |
April 2023
Feature | Type | Description | References |
Reserved CIDR block | New | You can add reserved CIDR blocks to vSwitches. |
September 2022
Feature | Type | Description | References |
IPv4 gateway | New | An IPv4 gateway is a network component that connects a VPC to the Internet by handling routing and converting private IPs to public IPs. A VPC can access the Internet through an IPv4 gateway. |
August 2022
Type | Description | References | |
Prefix list | New | A prefix list consists of one or more CIDR blocks. You can use prefix lists to facilitate the configuration and management of VPC route tables and Cloud Enterprise Network (CEN) route tables. You can share prefix lists with other Alibaba Cloud accounts by using the Resource Management service. |
May 2022
Feature | Type | Description | References |
VPC peering connection | New | You can create peering connections to connect VPCs that are in the same or different regions and belong to the same or different Alibaba Cloud accounts. |
July 2021
Feature | Type | Description | References |
DHCP options set | Update | The DHCP options set feature is released. |
June 2021
Feature | Type | Description | References |
Traffic mirror | New | The traffic mirror feature can mirror packets that flow through an elastic network interface (ENI) and that meet specific filters. You can use traffic mirror to mirror network traffic from an ECS instance in a VPC and forward the traffic to a specified ENI or an internal-facing Classic Load Balancer (CLB) instance. This feature can be used in scenarios such as content inspection, threat monitoring, and troubleshooting. |
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Network ACL | Update | The network ACL feature is released. |
May 2021
Feature | Type | Description | References |
VPC sharing | New | Multiple Alibaba Cloud accounts can create cloud resources in a centrally managed and shared VPC. |
March 2021
Feature | Type | Description | References |
VPC | New | Specification checks for ECS instances in VPCs are supported. | N/A |
January 2021
Feature | Type | Description | References |
High-availability virtual IP address (HaVip) | New | HaVips can be associated with ENIs. |
September 2020
Feature | Type | Description | References |
VPC | New | Available in new regions. |
August 2020
Feature | Type | Description | References |
Network ACL | New | Network ACLs allow you to implement access control for VPCs. You can create network ACL rules and associate a network ACL with a vSwitch to control inbound and outbound traffic of ECS instances attached to the vSwitch. |
December 2019
Feature | Type | Description | References |
VPC | New | IPv4 and IPv6 CIDR blocks are supported. |
January 2019
Feature | Type | Description | References |
Flow log | Update | The log analytics report feature can be enabled when a flow log is created. |
December 2018
Feature | Type | Description | References |
vSwitch | Update | vSwitches can be queried by zone in the VPC console. | |
Flow log | New | VPC now provides the flow log feature, which records information about inbound and outbound traffic of an ENI. You can check access control rules, monitor network traffic, and troubleshoot network errors with flow logs. |
September 2018
Feature | Type | Description | References |
Route table | New | You can create a custom route table in a VPC and associate it with a vSwitch to manage the routing for that vSwitch, which is referred to as subnet routing. This allows for flexible network management. | |
Route table | New | ENIs can be specified as the next hops of custom routes. |
August 2018
Feature | Type | Description | References |
VPC | New | VPC is available for all Alibaba Cloud users for free. |
March 2018
Feature | Type | Description | References |
VPC | Update | The quota of VPCs is assigned based on the region instead of the Alibaba Cloud account. |
July 2017
Feature | Type | Description | References |
ClassicLink feature | New | VPC provides the ClassicLink feature, which allows ECS instances in classic networks to communicate with cloud resources deployed in VPCs. |
June 2017
Feature | Type | Description | References |
vSwitch | Update | API operations can be called to query the vSwitches in a region. |