# What changed in cloudinary

> 11 changes in cloudinary 2 from its official release notes, upgrade guides and advisories: 1 breaking, 9 new APIs and options. Each one cited. Sources checked 2026-10-26. HTML: https://unstale.sh/npm/cloudinary/

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## cloudinary 2

### Breaking changes

- The slideshow API has been removed because it has been sunset. (2.10.1) — [release notes](https://github.com/cloudinary/cloudinary_npm/releases/tag/2.10.1)

### New APIs and options

- The visual_search Admin API supports image_file. (2.11.0) — [release notes](https://github.com/cloudinary/cloudinary_npm/releases/tag/2.11.0)
- UploadAPI#explicit supports clear_invalid. (2.11.0) — [release notes](https://github.com/cloudinary/cloudinary_npm/releases/tag/2.11.0)
- Debug mode captures request IDs for support debugging. (2.10.0) — [release notes](https://github.com/cloudinary/cloudinary_npm/releases/tag/2.10.0)
- The Users API adds last login filtering. (2.10.0) — [release notes](https://github.com/cloudinary/cloudinary_npm/releases/tag/2.10.0)
- Adds support for the allow_dynamic_list_values parameter when adding metadata. (2.9.0) — [release notes](https://github.com/cloudinary/cloudinary_npm/releases/tag/2.9.0)
- Adds support for the dedicated_for parameter when updating an access key. (2.9.0) — [release notes](https://github.com/cloudinary/cloudinary_npm/releases/tag/2.9.0)
- Assets can be restored by asset id. (2.8.0) — [release notes](https://github.com/cloudinary/cloudinary_npm/releases/tag/2.8.0)
- Resources can be deleted by asset_ids. (2.8.0) — [release notes](https://github.com/cloudinary/cloudinary_npm/releases/tag/2.8.0)
- Archive generation supports target_asset_folder, allowing developers to specify the target asset folder. (2.8.0) — [release notes](https://github.com/cloudinary/cloudinary_npm/releases/tag/2.8.0)

### Fixes and other changes

- The SDK supports the 429 Too Many Requests HTTP status code. (2.11.0) — [release notes](https://github.com/cloudinary/cloudinary_npm/releases/tag/2.11.0)