Deploy CenterWhat changes#
| Vercel | Render | |
|---|---|---|
| What Deploy Center does | Removes the project's Git connection. It writes down the repo and production branch in ~/.config/deploys/vercel-repos.json first. | Sets the service's auto-deploy to Off. The service stays connected to its repo. |
| Push to the production branch | Before: a production build. After: nothing. | Before: a deploy. After: nothing. |
| Push to another branch or a PR | Before: a preview build. After: nothing, since there is no Git connection. | Not changed by Deploy Center. |
| Deploying | deploys vercel deploy or the app (newest commit). Redeploy in the dashboard builds an existing deployment's commit again. | deploys render deploy, the app, or Manual Deploy in the dashboard. |
| What goes live | The newest commit of the remembered branch on GitHub. | The newest commit of the service's branch. |
| GitHub workflows, deploy hooks | GitHub workflows that deploy keep working; deploys triggers lists them. Vercel deploy hooks are set up under the Git settings: check them in the dashboard. | Keep working. A Blueprint with auto-sync can turn auto-deploy on again (see below). |
| Shown as | The row no longer says deploys on every push; deploys vercel list says manual. | The row no longer says deploys on every push; deploys render list says off. |
Render: if your services come from a Blueprint with auto-sync, add autoDeployTrigger: off to each service in render.yaml. Otherwise the next sync can set it back.
Back to auto-deploy#
For good, per project or for all:
deploys vercel autodeploy-on my-project # or --all: connects Git again from vercel-repos.json
deploys render autodeploy-on my-service # or --all: auto-deploy "On Commit"For a few hours (the guard turns it off again afterwards):
deploys autodeploy allow vercel my-project 4Vercel needs the repo in ~/.config/deploys/vercel-repos.json (each entry has org, repo and
ref, the production branch). Afterwards, check that Project → Settings → Git → Production Branch
matches ref. In the dashboard it is
Project → Settings → Git → connect the repository again.
Render in the dashboard: Service → Settings → Build & Deploy → Auto-Deploy → On Commit.
The app then shows the row as deploys on every push again, and the menu bar counts it in "Auto-deploy is still on for … projects". If the guard is on, it turns it off again within 30 minutes unless an allowance covers it.
Before you uninstall Deploy Center, keep ~/.config/deploys/vercel-repos.json until every Vercel project is connected again. For a project you disconnected with Deploy Center, it is the only record of where it deployed from.