Vercel adds a persistent background to Agents: tasks can be processed continuously, and files are not lost even when the sandbox is destroyed.

Beating AI News Flash: Vercel unveiled Daemons at its Ship 2026 developer conference, allowing developers to directly deploy long-running background processes. Daemons can continuously pull tasks from message queues or databases, processing one after another, and automatically restart after a process crash. Previously, Vercel primarily executed code on a per-request basis, and developers often needed to deploy separate background services to run long-running tasks. Daemons is now in public beta.

Another update is the official opening of Drives, providing persistent file storage for AI Agents. Previously, when an ephemeral sandbox was shut down, the files inside would disappear. Now Agents can save code, data, and work outputs in independent storage and continue using them when a new sandbox starts next time. Developers can also copy workspaces, allowing multiple Agents to start from the same set of files and process different tasks in parallel without overwriting each other's modifications.

Vercel also added MCP Events to Connect, allowing Agents to subscribe to events from external systems. For example, when a new Issue appears on GitHub or a new comment is received on a document, a compatible MCP service can proactively send notifications, triggering the application to have an Agent handle it, eliminating the need to repeatedly poll for new tasks. This feature is still in public beta and requires external services to support event subscriptions.

These updates also expand Vercel's business scope. Developers who originally mainly used it to deploy websites can now put long-running background tasks, Agent workspaces, and event integrations together on Vercel, reducing the work of building and maintaining additional infrastructure.