# March 2026

### **What's New**

* New PoP locations deployed across multiple regions to improve global performance and reduce latency:
  * **South America**: São Paulo, Lima, Bogotá
  * **Oceania**: Australia
  * **Pakistan**: Rahim Yar Khan
  * **MENA**: Iraq, Lebanon (GDS, Zina), Jordan (Umniah), Egypt (Etisalat), Iraq (Najaf)
* [Stook Object Storage Analytics](https://clients.medianova.com/products/object-storage-stook/analytics) enhancements:
  * Detailed traffic, request, and content usage analysis
  * Time-based trend tracking and traffic source visibility
  * Unified monitoring for CDN, GPU, Security, and Storage via [Medianova Control Panel](https://cloud.medianova.com).
* [Stook Advanced Permissions](https://clients.medianova.com/products/object-storage-stook/manage-access-keys):
  * Fine-grained access control (e.g., `GetObject`, `PutObject`, `DeleteObject`)
  * Extended authorization capabilities beyond basic read/write
  * Simplified credential management
* Introduction of [Large Streaming platform](https://clients.medianova.com/products/performance-cdn/static-content-delivery/create-large-cdn-resource):
  * Unified streaming and Large platform architecture
  * Improved performance and stability
  * Built-in failover support
* Advanced Origin Management for streaming:
  * Routing rules based on path, URI, or file extension
  * Dedicated backup origins
  * Automatic failover support
  * See: [Advanced Origin Settings](https://clients.medianova.com/products/performance-cdn/static-content-delivery/advanced-configuration/origin-settings/advanced-origin-settings)

### **Improvements**

* Configuration deployment performance significantly improved:
  * End-to-end deployment time reduced from **5–7 minutes to \~1 minute (\~85% faster)**
  * Per-machine update time reduced from **4–6 minutes to \~20 seconds (\~93% faster)**
* Improved traffic routing efficiency across newly deployed PoPs, resulting in better delivery performance

### **Fixes**

* No major fixes reported in this release

### **Upcoming Changes**

* New WAF engine with integrated ML/AI capabilities
* Transition to a next-generation PostgreSQL-based Origin Shield infrastructure
* Gradual deprecation of the current live streaming architecture


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