MongoDB high availability, custom headers for project webhooks, MySQL PITR

It's Friday and you know what that means! Here's a summary of the stuff we shipped this week

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Changelog

It's Friday and you know what that means! Here's a summary of the stuff we shipped this week

Railway

PRODUCT UPDATE

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Changelog time!
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It's Friday and you know what that means! Here's a summary of the stuff we shipped this week:

•MongoDB high availability

•Custom headers for project webhooks

•MySQL point-in-time recovery

•Fixes and improvements

Read the changelog ( https://railway.com/changelog/2026-10-02-mongodb-high-availability?utm_campaign=Changelog&utm_content=Changelog+Template&utm_medium=email_action&utm_source=customer.io )

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Accession: nse/railway/2026-10-02/3102
From: Railway · hello@news.railway.app
Sent: 2 October 2026 · 21:00 UTC

This email by the numbers

Counted from the email itself. Medians are across the whole archive.

Length: 96 words; median 166 words across the archive
Links: 5; median 8 links across the archive
Images: 1; 7 KB · 1 with alt text
Width: 624 px; with mobile styles
Arrived: day 32; median day 11 across the archive

Notes on this email

The subject line is 74 characters, considerably longer than the archive median of 39.

What works

Call to action
The email includes 5 links, fewer than the archive median of 8.
Design & layout
The email contains 1 image, fewer than the archive median of 5.
Design & layout
The image weight is 7 KB, lighter than the archive median of 79 KB.
Design & layout
The email has 1 heading, more than the archive median of 0.

Where it is weaker

Subject & preheader
The subject line is 74 characters, longer than the archive median of 39.
Copy
The email body contains 96 words, fewer than the archive median of 166.
Copy
The average sentence length is 5.1 words, shorter than the archive median of 9.5.

Reduce the subject length to be closer to the archive median.

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