# Vercel Sign JWTs from your Functions without managing private keys

- Product: Vercel (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/vercel)
- Vendor: Vercel
- Date: 2026-08-18
- Original notes: https://vercel.com/changelog/sign-jwts-from-your-functions-without-managing-private-keys
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/vercel/releases/2026-08-18-sign-jwts-from-your-functions-without-managing-pr

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Vercel KMS lets you sign JWTs and arbitrary messages from your Vercel Functions using managed asymmetric signing keys, so private keys never live in your code or environment variables. Your function a…

- **added** — Vercel KMS lets you sign JWTs and arbitrary messages from your Vercel Functions using managed asymmetric signing keys without managing private keys in code or environment variables