Dear Alibaba Cloud Customer,
To help you better explore the features and capabilities of the Application Load Balancer (ALB) Extensible Edition, Alibaba Cloud is officially launching a public preview starting on January 26, 2026. We cordially invite you to apply and experience the new service.
Public preview period
The public preview is open from January 26, 2026. The end date will be announced separately, so please monitor our official website for updates.
Billing during the public preview
During the public preview period, ALB Extensible Edition instances will be free of charge. However, if your use case involves public network access, you will be billed for any Internet data transfers at standard Alibaba Cloud rates.
After the public preview concludes, ALB Extensible Edition will be billed according to its official commercial pricing.
Public preview restrictions
To ensure a fair and compliant environment, you must adhere to the following terms. If any of these rules are violated, Alibaba Cloud reserves the right to terminate your preview access immediately and to adjust or end the preview program at any time:
You may not transfer your preview access to any other user.
You may not use the provided preview instances for any illegal activities. You will be held solely responsible for all resulting consequences.
You may not use the provided preview instances to illegally operate an Internet business. If such activity is discovered, the service provider has the right to suspend the service without incurring any liability.
The public preview version is provided "as-is" and does not come with any Service Level Agreement (SLA) guarantees. Please do not use public preview resources for production environments or live business deployments.
How to participate
Apply for privilege: Submit an application for the ALB Extensible Edition preview privilege. You can begin using the service once your application is approved.
Get started: Log on to the ALB console to create and configure an ALB Extensible Edition instance.
Learn about the product: For an introduction to ALB Extensible Edition and its use cases, see ALB Extensible Edition overview. For a list of supported regions, see Regions and zones.
Quick start: Follow our Extensible Edition guides to experience core capabilities such as identity authentication and service extensions.