---
title: "Railway Goes to the Land of Torii Gates and Cherry Blossoms"
date: 2026-04-10
number: 0285
url: https://railway.com/changelog/2026-04-10-retreat-v9
---

# Railway Goes to the Land of Torii Gates and Cherry Blossoms

こんにちは! This week, the fully remote Railway team descended on Kyoto, Japan for our biannual retreat, a week dedicated to planning, in-person collaboration, and exploring one of the most beautiful cities in the world.

Between roadmap sessions and whiteboard debates, we wandered through bamboo groves, visited ancient temples, and ate enough ramen and matcha to last us through Q2. Cherry blossom season made for a pretty spectacular backdrop to our planning sessions.

We'll be back to regularly scheduled programming next week, but in the meantime, we're hiring! If building the next-generation intelligent cloud platform sounds like your kind of challenge, check out our [open roles](https://railway.com/careers). We'd love to hear from you.

As always, thanks for being part of the journey.

## Q1 2026 Highlights

While we were planning the future, here's everything we shipped this past quarter:

- [One-click CDN](https://railway.com/changelog/2026-03-27-cdn#one-click-cdn)
- [Railway x Stripe Projects](https://railway.com/changelog/2026-03-27-cdn#railway-x-stripe-projects)
- [High-availability Postgres](https://railway.com/changelog/2026-03-27-cdn#high-availability-postgres)
- [New Dashboard Layout](https://railway.com/changelog/2026-03-20-new-dashboard-layout#new-dashboard-layout)
- [DNS Management for Railway Domains](https://railway.com/changelog/2026-03-20-new-dashboard-layout#dns-management-for-railway-domains)
- [Raw Queries for All Databases](https://railway.com/changelog/2026-03-20-new-dashboard-layout#raw-queries-for-all-databases)
- [Smart Diagnosis](https://railway.com/changelog/2026-03-20-new-dashboard-layout#smart-diagnosis-to-priority-boarding)
- [Buckets in CLI](https://railway.com/changelog/2026-03-13-highly-available-postgres#manage-buckets-from-the-railway-cli)
- [Buy Domains on Railway](https://railway.com/changelog/2026-03-06-domains-ui-layout#domains-on-railway)
- [Project UI Refresh](https://railway.com/changelog/2026-03-06-domains-ui-layout#project-ui-refresh)
- [AI Agent Panel](https://railway.com/changelog/2026-03-06-domains-ui-layout#ai-agent-panel)
- [IPv6 Support](https://railway.com/changelog/2026-02-27-smart-diagnosis#ipv6-support-to-priority-boarding)
- [Revamped Agent Skill](https://railway.com/changelog/2026-02-27-smart-diagnosis#revamped-agent-skill)
- [DDoS Protection](https://railway.com/changelog/2026-02-20-domains#ddos-protection)
- [Better Canvas State](https://railway.com/changelog/2026-02-20-domains#better-canvas-state-across-environments)
- [Chat with your Canvas](https://railway.com/changelog/2026-02-13-chat-with-your-canvas#chat-with-your-canvas-to-priority-boarding)
- [Postgres Metrics](https://railway.com/changelog/2026-02-13-chat-with-your-canvas#postgres-metrics)
- [Network Flows](https://railway.com/changelog/2026-02-13-chat-with-your-canvas#network-flows)
- [One-click DNS Setup on Cloudflare](https://railway.com/changelog/2025-02-06-magic-domains#one-click-dns-setup-on-cloudflare)
- [Deploy-less Horizontal Scaling](https://railway.com/changelog/2025-02-06-magic-domains#deploy-less-horizontal-scaling)
- [New Railway Docs](https://railway.com/changelog/2025-02-06-magic-domains#new-railway-documentation)
- [Login with Railway (OAuth)](https://railway.com/changelog/2026-01-30-db-metrics#login-with-railway)
- [Zero-downtime Volume Resizing](https://railway.com/changelog/2026-01-30-db-metrics#resize-volumes-without-restarting-your-service)
- [$100M Series B](https://railway.com/changelog/2026-01-23-100m-series-b#we-raised-a-100m-series-b)
- [Architecture View](https://railway.com/changelog/2026-01-23-100m-series-b#architecture-view)
- [Focused PR Environments](https://railway.com/changelog/2026-01-23-100m-series-b#focused-pr-environments)
- [2FA Enforcement](https://railway.com/changelog/2026-01-16-two-factor-enforcement#2fa-enforcement)
- [New CLI Command Structure](https://railway.com/changelog/2026-01-16-two-factor-enforcement#new-cli-command-structure)
- [Singapore Buckets](https://railway.com/changelog/2026-01-16-two-factor-enforcement#singapore-buckets)
- [Railway Agent Skill & Claude Plugin](https://railway.com/changelog/2026-01-09-railway-agent-skill#railway-agent-skill-and-claude-plugin)

## Fixes and improvements

- We shipped automatic updates for the [Railway CLI](https://github.com/railwayapp/cli/commit/44e09c26c02e3fc61e15f05de32700a63c14335d). The CLI now keeps itself up to date, so you're always running the latest version. Previously, you had to manually check for and install updates.
- We shipped peak hour deploy restrictions for Trial plan users. To ensure better reliability for users on paid plans, Trial plan users are restricted from deploying during peak usage periods.

Thanks for riding with us, and see you next week. ✌️🚄