# Deployment Summary

- **Deploy** `ample deploy` on a fresh repository plans it first. With ample.toml, it creates or reuses every declared database, volume, and bucket, deploys services in order, and attaches domains.
- **Deploy** Static sites are now published as verified files and served directly, without a VM.
- **Deploy** If a new release fails to start or pass its health check, the previous release is restored and keeps serving.
- **Deploy** Unchanged deploys skip packaging; source uploads stream from the CLI, and successful results include the operation ID.
- **Runtime** Node apps ship pruned production dependencies with the release, including standard Next.js apps started with next start.
- **CLI** A Linux ARM64 build of the CLI is published. The CLI retries rate-limited requests without repeating changes it is unsure about.
- **Domains** Custom domain names are validated and stay with the account that added them. Owners can reclaim a domain after deleting its app.
- **Databases** Attached volumes mount before an app's first start and reconnect after a restart.

## Changelog Links
- [Newer **September 18, 2026: Remote MCP server, recipe catalog and six new runtimes**](/content/changelog/2026-09-18/index.html)  
- [Older **August 21, 2026: Plan limits point to the upgrade page**](/content/changelog/2026-08-21/index.html)