# January 2026 **Features** * **Container squash and save:** Users can opt to squash and/or save their container from Control Plane on stop or restart. * **Container image clone:** users can create new base images from their container image, which can then be used to create new containers. * **Container rename:** users can rename their containers from the container Details page. * **Mounted datasets**: containers show the amount of mounted datasets attached * **Cost Control**: users can have cost control permissions enabled on their account, granting access to api key input and owned instance management and control * **Vendors**: Expanded cost control vendors list with more clouds: Latitude.sh, Vultr, Scaleway, Oracle, Lambda and Crusoe **Fixes** * **Container stability:** Improvements for container operations stability. * **Experiment checkpoint sync frequency:** the ISC will now initiate a check for checkpoint artifacts every 30 seconds (reduced from 10 minutes) and `cycle` and `interruptible` compute mode experiments no longer permit artifact upload tasks to survive the suspension of the experiment. * **Instance Status**: More accurate machine RAM usage display -> now displays in GB --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.strongcompute.com/change-log/january-2026.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.