Released and documented A shared object storage service with an S3-compatible API, so applications no longer each need their own storage stack for the images and files they hold.

What shipped

A shared object storage service now runs alongside the platform, offering the standard S3 interface that applications already know how to talk to.

Before this, an application that needed somewhere to keep images or uploaded files had to solve that on its own. Each one ended up with a slightly different arrangement, its own credentials to look after, and its own gap in the backup story.

What it means for you

Nothing to configure — this sits underneath the services you use. What it changes is how quickly a feature that stores files can be added to any of them, and how consistently those files are looked after once stored.

The first service using it stores the logos and images you see on this site.