# Protect production deployments for free on every plan

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- Publisher: Vercel
- Author credit: Kit Foster; Caleb Boyd; Tim White; Jas Garcha
- Category: Cloud
- Original publication time: 2026-09-09T06:00:00Z
- Original update time: 2026-09-09T06:00:00Z
- First observed by NexusTechWire: 2026-10-01T20:28:47Z
- Original source: https://vercel.com/changelog/protect-production-deployments-for-free-on-every-plan
- NexusTechWire record: https://nexustechwire.com/news/news-7836e043434ab718c0d0

## The brief

Vercel's September 9 update extends free Vercel Authentication protection to production deployments on every plan. Visitors must sign in with an account authorized for the project. Teams can apply protection to all deployments and make that setting the default for new projects. Deployment Protection Exceptions are also free, allowing selected preview domains to remain publicly accessible.

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