August 2025 Updates – Smarter Autoscaling, Build Summaries, Metrics Revamp, and More

Hello from the NeetoDeploy team!

This month we focused on making apps more reliable, builds easier to debug, and metrics more actionable. We introduced powerful new autoscaling features, optimized resource usage, revamped application metrics, and rolled out more safeguards to keep your apps running smoothly.

Here’s a look at what we’ve been up to.

Platform & Scaling Enhancements

Revamped Autoscaling + New Scheduled Autoscaling

We’ve revamped the autoscaling feature to make it more reliable and predictable. Alongside this, we introduced scheduled autoscaling, so you can automatically scale your apps based on specific time windows — ensuring cost efficiency during off-hours and high performance during peak usage.

Dyno Disruption Budgets

We added new disruption budgets for dynos to optimize node resources and minimize downtime during scaling events or upgrades.

Build System Improvements

AI-Powered Build & Release Summaries

We introduced automatic AI-generated summaries for build and release logs, helping you quickly understand what went wrong without digging through lengthy logs.

Support for Yarn 4.9.2

Builds now support Yarn 4.9.2, giving you access to the latest Yarn features and improvements.

Build Timeout Safeguards

We enhanced the build system to ensure stuck builds don’t run indefinitely — saving resources and keeping queues flowing smoothly.

Monitoring & Alerts

Email Alerts for Resource Usage

Users will now receive email alerts when dynos or addons consume more than 80% of their allocated resources. This ensures you can take proactive steps before performance is impacted.

Addon Exporter Improvements

We revamped addon metrics exporters by moving from ConfigMap to Redis and removing redundant Prometheus targets on scale-down, improving both performance and reliability.

Metrics Revamp

Application Metrics (Released)

We rolled out the first phase of our metrics revamp with improved application-level metrics, making it easier to track performance and resource usage in real time.

Addon Metrics (In Progress)

Addon metrics are also being revamped, with a release planned for the coming weeks. This will give deeper visibility into how your databases are performing.

Free Tier Limit Checker

We’ve added a backend check to ensure apps running on the free tier are tracked properly against usage limits.

Bug Fixes & Optimizations

SSL Certificate Reliability

We fixed a critical loophole in CertManager that occasionally caused SSL certificates to fail renewal. Certificates now renew reliably across all apps.

Playwright Test Stability

We resolved 5XX errors affecting Playwright tests by optimizing the Postgres addon. Tests now run more consistently without unexpected timeouts.

Node Resource Optimization

We fine-tuned resource scheduling for review app addons, reducing default CPU and memory allocations to optimize cluster efficiency.

Prometheus Fixes

We fixed a Prometheus OOM-killing issue caused by huge volume of Traefik metrics, ensuring monitoring remains stable even under heavy load.

Postgres Performance

We’ve fine-tuned our PostgreSQL addon by optimizing key parameters such as work_mem, shared_buffers, and max_connections. These adjustments ensure better memory usage, more efficient query execution, and improved connection handling.

The upgraded addons have already been rolled out to high-traffic apps like NeetoCal, NeetoRecord, and NeetoPlaydash, where we’ve observed significant performance gains. Users on these apps now experience faster page loads, smoother handling of concurrent requests, and greater overall stability.

Looking Ahead

In the coming months, we’ll be working on:

• Finalizing the Addon Metrics Revamp

We’ll complete the rollout of the new addon metrics system, giving you deeper insights into the performance and health of your PostgreSQL, Redis, and Elasticsearch addons.

• Configurable Postgres Settings

Users will soon be able to adjust key PostgreSQL parameters (like work_mem and max_connections) directly, making it easier to fine-tune performance based on your app’s needs.

• Log-Based Alerts

We’re adding alerting capabilities tied to logs, so you’ll be notified proactively when issues occur — instead of discovering them after the fact.

• Audit Logs

A much-requested feature, Audit Logs will give organization admins visibility into key activities (like deployments, scaling, or addon changes), improving transparency and compliance.

• UI/UX Enhancements

Expect a cleaner, faster, and more intuitive experience as we continue refining the NeetoDeploy dashboard with user feedback in mind.

• Running NeetoDeploy on NeetoDeploy

A big milestone: we’re working to migrate the last remaining components off Heroku so that NeetoDeploy runs entirely on NeetoDeploy. This will make our platform truly self-hosted and more resilient.

That’s all for this month’s update!

As always, thank you for being part of Neeto. Your feedback helps us prioritize improvements and keep making the platform better for you.