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Azure Static Web Apps distributed functions capability now in Public Preview
Reduced latency by distributing managed functions to regions of high demand.
November 2023
Generally available: Azure Static Web Apps now supports .NET 8
Azure Static Web Apps now supports .NET 8, enabling you to build and deploy frontend and full-stack .NET 8 web applications. With .NET 8 support, you can build and deploy Blazor WebAssembly apps to Azure Static Web Apps. You can also deploy .NET 8 managed functions to your Azure Static Web Apps.
October 2023
Public preview: Traffic Splitting for Azure Static Web Apps
Split traffic to your Azure Static Web Apps across multiple environments to gradually rollout features and compare versions being tested.
Public preview: Snippets for Azure Static Web Apps
Inject snippets into your website’s pages to add analytics, customizations and integrations, or to optimize performance without changing your source code.
May 2023
Generally Available: Linked backends for Azure Static Web Apps
You can now link your backend APIs to your Static Web Apps applications for seamless routing and integrated security.
April 2023
Generally available: API Management Authorizations
API Management Authorizations are now generally available, providing a simple and reliable way to unbundle and abstract authorizations from web APIs.
Generally available: Static Web Apps support for Python 3.10
You can now build Static Web Apps applications using Python 3.10
March 2023
Public preview: Data API builder instantly creates modern REST and GraphQL endpoints for modern databases
Improve development velocity and efficiency via modern REST and GraphQL API using the new data API builder with support for multiple Azure databases.
Public preview: Database connections support in Azure Static Web Apps
You can now make REST or GraphQL requests to a built-in `/data-api` endpoint to retrieve and modify contents of a connected database, without having to write backend code.
Public preview: Azure Static Web Apps support for A Record
You can now add an APEX custom domain to your Static Web Apps with A Records
February 2023
Public preview: Python 3.10 Support
Azure Static Web Apps now supports building and deploying full-stack Python 3.10 applications.
January 2023
General availability: Mount Azure Storage as a local share in App Service Windows Code
Mounting Azure Storage File share as a network share in Windows code (non-container) in App Service is now generally available.
December 2022
Generally available: Static Web Apps Diagnostics
You can now access guided troubleshooting information related to specific issues detected within your Azure Static Web Apps service configuration.
November 2022
Generally available: Static Web Apps support for preview environments in Azure DevOps
Deploy applications to staging environments using Azure DevOps.
Generally available: Static Web Apps support for Gitlab and Bitbucket
Deploy Static Web Apps using Gitlab and Bitbucket as CI/CD providers.
Generally available: Static Web Apps support for stable URLs for preview environments
Use stable URLs with Azure Static Web Apps preview environments.
Generally available: Static Web Apps support for skipping API builds
You can skip the default API builds via GitHub Actions and Azure pipelines.
Public preview: Azure Static Web Apps now Supports Node 18
Azure Static Web Apps now supports building and deploying full-stack Node 18 applications.
Generally available: Azure Static Web Apps now fully supports .NET 7
Azure Static Web Apps now supports building and deploying full-stack .NET 7.0 isolated applications.
October 2022
Public preview: Support for hybrid rendering with Next.js apps
Azure Static Web Apps now supports zero configuration deployment and hosting of hybrid-rendered Next.js applications.
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