---
title: "Scale machines UI improvements and fixes"
description: "Scaling Machines from the dashboard now creates a release, and the fly.toml page tells you when a newer version exists."
date: "2026-05-08"
author: "Lubien"
url: "https://fly.io/changelog/dashboard-machine-scaling/"
discussion: "https://community.fly.io/t/scale-machines-ui-improvements-and-fixes/27830"
---

# Scale machines UI improvements and fixes

https://fresh-produce-videos.t3.tigrisfiles.io/scale%20goodies.mp4

Hey there, it's me again, the bringer of real time UIs. Quick fresh produce about scaling machines on UI:

* The fly.toml page will notify you when there's a new release so you can press to show updated version.
* Scaling machines on UI will generate a new release so the current `[[vm]]` state wont be lost.
  * Apps that never had releases wont get this though, which are apps from customers who self-manage their apps via Machines API.
* If you used UI to launch your app from GitHub or connected your app via GitHub later you will get a notification about merging a PR with the latest fly.toml updates.
* Now everyone with access to the app can keep track of scaling in progress in real time
* Scaling UI will now use leases so you cant accidentally start scaling machines that are being affected by another process (deployments, restarts...).
* Scaling happens in the background: as soon as you see that the scaling plan started you can close this tab or leave to another page now.

Happy to receive any feedback about those!