Vercel escapes contempt rap after admitting it botched FBI warrant response

Vercel will escape civil penalties over a contempt of court case brought by the US government, but has admitted wrongdoing and overhauled its data retention practices. The cloud hosting provider failed to comply in a timely manner with a federal search warrant issued in August 2025 at the FBI's request, sought in connection with an unidentified individual's Vercel account, which was deleted before the company acted on the warrant. At the heart of the legal issue was that the user's account was p