Learn about the feature updates and related documentation for Global Accelerator (GA).
March 2026
Feature | Change type | Description | Related documentation |
Support for managed WAF 3.0 on pay-as-you-go standard GA instances | New feature | Pay-as-you-go standard Global Accelerator (GA) instances now support one-click integration with Web Application Firewall (WAF) 3.0. When enabled, managed WAF operates in sidecar mode within the acceleration region. It performs traffic detection and protection without participating in traffic forwarding. You can enable or disable WAF without modifying your network architecture. This provides a flexible way to enhance application security. |
January 2026
Feature | Change type | Description | Related documentation |
Custom tls security policies for pay-as-you-go Standard GA instances | New feature | Pay-as-you-go Standard GA instances now support custom tls security policies. You can specify the tls protocol version and disable specific cipher suites for an https listener to meet your security and compliance requirements. |
October 2025
Parameter | Change type | Description | Related documentation |
Traffic mirroring for Layer-7 HTTP(S) listeners on pay-as-you-go standard GA instances | New feature | Forwarding rules for Layer-7 HTTP(S) listeners on pay-as-you-go standard GA instances support traffic mirroring. This feature lets you replicate traffic to another backend service. GA automatically ignores responses from the mirrored backend, ensuring that processing of the original request is unaffected. | |
Custom HTTP headers in access logs for pay-as-you-go standard GA instances | New feature | Access logs for Layer-7 HTTP(S) listeners on pay-as-you-go standard GA instances support custom HTTP headers. You can specify which HTTP headers to log, and GA writes the matched values to the |
July 2025
Feature | Change type | Description | Related documentation |
Pay-as-you-go standard GA instances support multiple endpoint groups for Layer 7 (HTTP/HTTPS) listeners | Update | Pay-as-you-go standard Global Accelerator (GA) instances now let you configure multiple default endpoint groups in different regions for a single HTTP or HTTPS listener. You can set traffic dialing values for the endpoint groups to control the percentage of traffic routed to each endpoint group. This update also includes:
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Pay-as-you-go standard GA instances now integrate with Anti-DDoS Pro and Anti-DDoS Premium | New feature | Pay-as-you-go standard GA instances now integrate with Anti-DDoS Pro and Anti-DDoS Premium. This integration uses Alibaba Cloud's global scrubbing centers to provide terabit-scale DDoS mitigation for the secure CNAME (secure accelerated IP address) of a GA instance. |
June 2025
Feature | Change type | Description | Related documentation |
New acceleration area available | Update | Pay-as-you-go standard Global Accelerator (GA) instances support Mexico as an acceleration area. | |
Anycast EIPs for pay-as-you-go standard instances | New feature | Pay-as-you-go Standard GA accelerated IP addresses now support Anycast EIP. When you use an Anycast EIP as an acceleration IP address, GA provides a unified IP entry point across multiple global regions. You do not need to select an acceleration area or a region, and users from different regions can automatically connect to the nearest Alibaba Cloud acceleration network through an Anycast EIP or a CNAME. |
May 2025
Feature | Change type | Description | Related documentation |
Backend IP address protocol for pay-as-you-go standard Global Accelerator instances | New feature | You can now set the backend IP address protocol for pay-as-you-go standard Global Accelerator instances to IPv4-only, IPv6-only, or IPv4/IPv6 protocol affinity. You can choose the IP protocol for communication between GA and your backend services based on your deployment. This ensures full-path accelerated access across different network protocol environments. |
February 2025
Feature | Change type | Description | Related documentation |
Port mapping for TCP and UDP listeners | New feature | Standard GA instances now support port mapping for TCP and UDP listeners. This feature lets you customize the mapping between listener ports and backend application ports to enhance the flexibility and security of your application deployments. | |
Client IP preservation for UDP listeners | New feature | UDP listeners on standard GA instances now support the Preserve Client IP option to retrieve the source IP addresses of clients. | |
Multiple port ranges for TCP and UDP listeners | Update | You can now configure multiple consecutive port ranges for a single TCP or UDP listener on pay-as-you-go standard GA instances. The supported port range is 1 to 65499. | |
New backend service type for standard GA instances | New feature | Endpoints for standard GA instances now support the Custom Private IP backend service type. If you need to use GA to accelerate unsupported Alibaba Cloud backend service types or on-premises IDC services, and you want GA to connect to the backend services over a private network, you can use a Custom Private IP endpoint. |
December 2024
Feature | Update type | Description | References |
Listener-granularity monitoring | New feature | Pay-as-you-go standard GA instances now support listener-granularity monitoring metrics. |
July 2024
Feature | Update type | Description | References |
Connect to backend services over HTTP/2 | New | Standard GA instances now support connecting to backend services over HTTP/2. This configuration allows backend services to take full advantage of the protocol, significantly improving performance while reducing latency and network overhead. |
May 2024
Feature | Update type | Description | Related documentation |
Instance monitoring | Update | You can now monitor CU Usage and Processed Traffic for pay-as-you-go standard GA instances. |
March 2024
Feature | Update type | Description | Related documentation |
HTTP/3 support | New feature | Standard GA instances now support HTTP/3, enabling more stable, secure, and efficient data transmission. |
February 2024
Feature | Update type | Description | Related documentation |
cu calculator | New | Use the cu calculator to estimate instance fees and CU fees for pay-as-you-go standard Global Accelerator instances. | |
CNAME records | Update | Check DNS records to view the regions where a standard Global Accelerator instance's CNAME records are effective. |
December 2023
Feature | Update type | Description | Documentation |
Connection timeout | Update | Smart routing listeners now let you specify the idle connection timeout and connection request timeout. |
October 2023
Feature | Change type | Description | Related documentation |
Forwarding rules | Update | Forwarding rules now support regular expression matching for domain name and path-based conditions. | |
Accelerated IP protocol version | Update | Pay-as-you-go standard GA instances now support dual-stack accelerated IP addresses. You can assign both IPv4 and IPv6 accelerated IP addresses to an acceleration area, enabling both IPv4 and IPv6 clients to access your IPv4 services. | |
New backend service types for standard GA instances | Update | Endpoints for standard GA instances now support Network Load Balancer (NLB) and Elastic Network Interface (ENI) as backend service types. |
August 2023
Feature | Change type | Description | Related documentation |
GA resource plans | New | GA resource plans are prepaid packages for pay-as-you-go GA instances. After a resource plan is purchased and takes effect, it automatically deducts the CU fees and instance fees generated by GA, which is more cost-effective than the pay-as-you-go billing method. | |
Basic GA instances support multiple accelerated IP addresses and endpoints | Update | You can now add multiple accelerated IP addresses and endpoints to a Basic GA instance in the same region. You can map accelerated IP addresses to endpoint groups to distribute traffic to your backend services. | |
New backend service type for Basic GA instances | Update | You can now use Network Load Balancer (NLB) as a backend service type for endpoints in Basic GA instances. |
July 2023
Feature | Update type | Description | References |
Basic DDoS protection | New | Basic DDoS protection is enabled by default for accelerated IP addresses of Global Accelerator instances and public IP addresses of endpoints. It provides up to 5 Gbps of DDoS mitigation. The maximum amount of free mitigation traffic varies by region. | |
Bandwidth billing method | New | Global Accelerator now offers a pay-by-traffic bandwidth billing method. Traffic charges for accessing the Global Accelerator network are billed by CDT. Global Accelerator instances allow you to select the quality of public network access, including BGP (Multi-ISP) and BGP (Multi-ISP) Pro. Standard Global Accelerator instances offer two types of transmission network quality: Premium Bandwidth For Cross-domain Acceleration and Leased Line For Cross-domain Acceleration. | |
Instance billing method | New | Global Accelerator now offers the pay-as-you-go billing method for instances. |
March 2023
Feature | Change type | Description | Related documentation |
Domain name management | New feature | Global Accelerator now waives the Alibaba Cloud-specific ICP filing requirement for accelerated domain names. You can associate a domain name that has completed an ICP filing with a GA instance. The waiver applies to the accelerated domain name and all of its subdomains. | |
Self-service unsubscription for basic bandwidth plans | Update | You can now unsubscribe from subscription basic bandwidth plans in the GA console or the Expenses and Costs console. | |
Instance purchase page optimization | Update | The Global Accelerator instance purchase page has been optimized to help you select a configuration that meets your business needs. | |
Business configuration wizard | New feature | Global Accelerator now provides configuration prompts and a business configuration wizard to guide you through the deployment process. |
February 2023
Feature | Change type | Description | Related documentation |
Downgrading basic bandwidth plans | Update | You can downgrade basic bandwidth plans. | |
Downgrading standard GA instances | Update | You can downgrade the specifications of standard GA instances. | |
Self-service unsubscription from subscription GA instances | Update | You can request to unsubscribe from subscription GA instances in the GA console or the Expenses and Costs console. |
January 2023
Feature | Update type | Description | Related documentation |
Configuration-free 7-day free trial | Discontinued | The configuration-free 7-day free trial for Global Accelerator has ended. To try the service, we recommend our limited-time first-month free trial. For more information, see [Trial] Limited-Time First-Month Free Trial. | None |
December 2022
Feature | Change type | Description | Related documentation |
tags | New feature | You can now use tags to categorize standard GA instances, basic GA instances, bandwidth plans, and access control policies in GA. This simplifies resource search and aggregation. | |
resource groups | New feature | Resource groups help you manage resources and user permissions for multiple projects or applications within a single Alibaba Cloud account. GA supports resource group management for the following resources: standard GA instances, basic GA instances, bandwidth plans, and access control policies. | |
New backend service type for basic GA instances | Update | Endpoints for basic GA instances now support Elastic Compute Service (ECS) as a backend service. |
November 2022
Feature | Update type | Description | References |
Instance diagnosis | New | The instance diagnosis feature helps you detect configuration and operational issues with a standard GA instance and provides intelligent remediation recommendations for any issues found. | |
Certificate management | Update | Use this operation to replace an expired additional certificate without changing its associated domain name. |
October 2022
Feature | Update type | Description | References |
Origin probing | New | Origin probing monitors the end-to-end network quality from probing points to the origin server in real time, helping you quickly locate network issues and make targeted optimizations. |
September 2022
Feature | Change type | Description | Related documentation |
Custom routing listener | New feature | GA generates a port mapping table based on the configured listener port range, the destination port range of the endpoint group, and the IP address information of the endpoints (vSwitches). A custom routing listener uses this port mapping table to route client traffic to specific IP addresses and ports in the vSwitch. |
June 2022
Feature | Change type | Description | Related documentation |
Configuration-free 7-day free trial | New feature | Alibaba Cloud Global Accelerator now offers a configuration-free 7-day free trial. Simply enter your business information, and the system automatically provisions a Global Accelerator instance, eliminating complex configuration. | None |
Accelerated IP address type | New feature | Standard Global Accelerator instances now support two types of accelerated IP addresses:
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Basic GA instances | New feature | Global Accelerator now supports Basic Global Accelerator instances, which are designed for Layer 3 (IP) network acceleration. |
March 2022
Feature | Update type | Description | References |
Endpoint groups | Update | Global Accelerator (GA) now lets you configure multiple endpoint groups in different regions for a single TCP or UDP listener and use traffic dialing to control the traffic distribution among them. |
February 2022
Feature | Update type | Description | References |
Additional HTTP header fields | New | GA now supports adding HTTP header fields when you configure an HTTP or HTTPS listener for a GA instance. | |
TLS security policies | New | GA now supports selecting a TLS security policy when you configure an HTTPS listener for a GA instance. | |
New backend service types for standard GA instances | New | GA now supports Application Load Balancer (ALB) instances and Object Storage Service (OSS) buckets as backend service types. |
January 2022
Feature | Change type | Description | Related documentation |
Health checks | New feature | You can enable health checks for the endpoint groups of a GA instance. After you enable health checks, if an endpoint becomes unhealthy, GA automatically routes new requests to other healthy endpoints. When the unhealthy endpoint recovers, GA automatically resumes sending traffic to it. | |
Large-scale port listeners | Update | This update allows you to create large-scale port listeners by configuring a single TCP or UDP listener with more than 300 consecutive ports. |
September 2021
Feature | Update type | Description | Related documentation |
Preserve client IP | update | This update adds support for the Proxy Protocol. We recommend this method when IPv6 clients access backend services. The backend server must support parsing the Proxy Protocol to obtain the client's source IP address. |
August 2021
Feature | Update type | Description | References |
Access control | New feature | You can configure access control methods and access control policies for different listeners. | |
Access log | New feature | The access log records all request traffic to endpoints, helping you check access control rules and troubleshoot network issues. |