Happy Thanksgiving to those celebrating! 🦃 We've got something to be thankful for — Buckets are now generally available! No more reaching for third-party storage solutions; Railway's got you covered.

This week we're shipping Buckets for everyone, expanding Magic Config with AI-powered intelligence, introducing Restricted Environments for teams with strict security requirements, updating our Template Kickback program, and shipping CLI improvements that make linking services and checking deployment status a breeze.

After weeks of battle-testing in Priority Boarding, Object Storage is ready for prime time. Buckets are now 

 — S3-compatible storage that lives right alongside your services on Railway. 

No more juggling credentials from external storage providers, just 

 in your project canvas, Choose “+ New service” and then select 

, choose a region and you're ready to store files.

Here's what you need to know about pricing:

Buckets are available on the Free plan with sensible limits to get you started. You get 50GB while on the 30 day free trial, after that you you can store up to 10 GB. Perfect for side projects, prototypes, and learning the ropes.

 — Download as much as you need without worrying about surprise charges

 — We don't nickel-and-dime you for every PUT, GET, or LIST request

 — Simple, predictable pricing based on what you store. $0.015 per GB-month

Hobby plan: you can create up to 50 buckets and store up to 1TB across your workspace

Pro plan: you can create up to 100 buckets, with no limit on the amount of data you can store

Buckets serve private files only. Your data stays secure, and you control access through your services. If you need public file serving, deploy a public proxy service to handle that layer — giving you full control over caching, access patterns, and CDN configuration.

 a few weeks back and Template creators can include storage-backed resources that deploy cleanly in one click. When someone deploys your template, Railway automatically provisions the bucket and wires up credentials to the services that need them.

Magic Config Gets Smarter — Now Powered by AI

Magic Config now detects docker-compose files and suggests project structure

Magic Config continues to evolve. After launching 

, we've been shipping improvements that make service configuration even more seamless. Here's what's new

 file, and Railway will now use it to scaffold your entire project. Under the hood, we're now using AI to make this even smarter:

, and other config files to suggest a meaningful project name

 — Determines if a service should be publicly accessible and adds a domain if needed

 — Sets up reference variables between services (e.g., connecting your backend to a database URL)

Build & deploy the necessary services and databases automatically

Pull variables from your code and give them initial values or set generator functions

This is another step toward Railway understanding your application and configuring everything automatically. Connect your repo, and let Magic Config handle the setup.

Try it out in Priority Boarding and share your feedback in 

For teams with strict security requirements, not everyone should have access to production. Restricted Environments let you lock down sensitive environments so that non-admin members can see they exist but cannot access their resources — variables, logs, metrics, services, or configurations.

The key detail: Workspace members who have the “Member” and “Deployer

” can still trigger deployments via git push

. This means your CI/CD pipelines keep working, but engineers without admin access can't peek at production secrets or logs.

 — Full administration of the workspace and all projects

 — Access to all workspace projects with the ability to create and configure services, but can't delete or manage workspace settings

 — View projects and trigger deployments through GitHub, but can't access logs, variables, or configuration

Restricted Environments add another layer of control for your most sensitive workloads.

To enable Restricted Environments for your Enterprise workspace, 

 switch for any environment you want to lock down.

We're actively working on even more granular controls. What would you like to see? Let us know in 

Templates now have dedicated support sections on Central Station

 lets you earn money when users deploy your templates. You get 25% of what Railway makes from template deployments — no limits, no minimum amount required. 

 are available in $100–$10,000 increments via Stripe Connect.

Here's the thing: templates require maintenance. Minor patches, security updates, and sometimes major upgrades that require template updates. Great templates need ongoing care, and we want to incentivize that.

To do that, we're restructuring how the 25% cut is distributed:

 from template usage (when users deploy and run your template)

 for answering questions about your template

This brings balance to the template ecosystem. Users can deploy templates with confidence knowing the creator is incentivized to provide support, and creators are rewarded for maintaining and supporting their work — not just for the initial publish.

 now has a dedicated section for templates. A 

 users have asked about your templates will be displayed, and you can earn that additional 10% by helping them out.

Railway partners also now get dedicated pages where you can view all Railway templates that’s using their project.

View all templates that are using a Railway Partner’s technology

The Railway CLI now has dedicated service subcommands

 just got a quality-of-life upgrade with new subcommands for the 

Status output includes service name, deployment ID, and color-coded status:

This makes it easier to script deployment checks in CI/CD pipelines or quickly see what's running across your environment.

 -  Check deployment status for your services with color-coded output:

 timing accuracy. Previously, scheduled jobs could occasionally run late. Now, cron executions are punctual and consistent.

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Buckets, AI Magic Config, Restricted Environments, and more

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