Edge Config is now Global Config

Edge Config is now Global Config. This rename better reflects that it is a globally replicated data store with ~1ms reads in every region, built for the configuration that applications read at runtime, such as feature flags, redirects, and experimentation settings.

Global Config stores can now hold up to 1 MB on every plan, and Pro and Enterprise teams can create unlimited stores with more writes per day. The rename also ships with a new server-side SDK, @vercel/global-config, and a new environment variable.

What changed

• Name: Global Config is the new name for Edge Config. The store itself is unchanged.
• Package: @vercel/global-config replaces @vercel/edge-config as a drop-in replacement.
• Environment variable: Connecting a Global Config store to a project creates a GLOBAL_CONFIG environment variable instead of EDGE_CONFIG.
• Limits: Raised on every plan. Pricing is unchanged.

What you need to do

• Existing projects: no action required. Deployments, connected stores, and the EDGE_CONFIG environment variable continue to work.
• Upgrading proactively is safe. The new SDK reads GLOBAL_CONFIG by default and falls back to EDGE_CONFIG, so it works with stores connected before and after the rename. You can switch packages today without touching your stores.
• Creating stores and pushing new config values work without upgrading. Neither depends on which SDK version your project uses.
• Upgrade before connecting new stores to a project. Connecting a store now creates a GLOBAL_CONFIG environment variable, and the legacy SDK only reads EDGE_CONFIG by default. A project still on @vercel/edge-config cannot read a newly connected store.

To upgrade, install the new package and update imports:

New limits

Limit

Hobby

Pro

Enterprise

Stores

1 (unchanged)

Unlimited (was 3)

Unlimited (was 10)

Writes

250/month (unchanged)

100/hour (was 480/day)

100/hour (was 480/day)

Store size

1 MB (was 8 KB)

1 MB (was 64 KB)

1 MB (was 512 KB)

Pricing is unchanged at $3 per 1,000,000 reads and $1 per 100 writes.

See the Global Config migration guide for custom setups and the full list of changes.

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