Making Builds More Flexible and Performant

Render has introduced two new features aimed at enhancing service builds: the pre-deploy command and the Performance build pipeline. The pre-deploy command allows users to run specific tasks, such as database migrations, just before each deploy, even for services deploying a prebuilt Docker image, thus providing a more organized workflow. Logs for these commands are included in deploy logs, and failures result in canceled deployments. Meanwhile, the Performance build pipeline offers increased memory and CPU resources for build tasks, beneficial for apps with heavy-duty builds, and is available at a higher cost than the Starter tier. These features are designed to streamline infrastructure management, allowing developers to focus on application development and customer satisfaction while Render handles the underlying cloud infrastructure.