Add changelog entry for new containers instance types

Author: gpanders

src/content/changelog/containers/2025-09-30-new-container-instance-types.mdx

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+---
+title: Larger Container instance types
+description: New Container instance types provide more resources for your container applications
+products:
+  - containers
+date: 2025-09-30
+---
+
+New instance types provide up to 4 vCPU, 12 GiB of memory, and 20 GB of disk per container instance.
+
+| Instance Type | vCPU | Memory  | Disk  |
+| ------------- | ---- | ------  | ----  |
+| lite          | 1/16 | 256 MiB | 2 GB  |
+| basic         | 1/4  | 1 GiB   | 4 GB  |
+| standard-1    | 1/2  | 4 GiB   | 8 GB  |
+| standard-2    | 1    | 6 GiB   | 12 GB |
+| standard-3    | 2    | 8 GiB   | 16 GB |
+| standard-4    | 4    | 12 GiB  | 20 GB |
+
+The `dev` and `standard` instance types are preserved for backward compatibility and are aliases for `lite` and `standard-1`, respectively. The `standard-1` instance type now provides up to 8 GB of disk instead of only 4 GB.
+
+See the [getting started guide](/containers/get-started/) to deploy your first Container,
+and the [limits documentation](/containers/platform-details/limits/) for more details on the available instance types and limits.

src/content/docs/containers/platform-details/limits.mdx

@@ -8,16 +8,23 @@ sidebar:
 ## Instance Types
 
 The memory, vCPU, and disk space for Containers are set through predefined instance types.
-Three instance types are currently available:
+Six instance types are currently available:
 
-| Instance Type | Memory  | vCPU | Disk |
-| ------------- | ------- | ---- | ---- |
-| dev           | 256 MiB | 1/16 | 2 GB |
-| basic         | 1 GiB   | 1/4  | 4 GB |
-| standard      | 4 GiB   | 1/2  | 4 GB |
+| Instance Type | vCPU | Memory  | Disk  |
+| ------------- | ---- | ------  | ----  |
+| lite          | 1/16 | 256 MiB | 2 GB  |
+| basic         | 1/4  | 1 GiB   | 4 GB  |
+| standard-1    | 1/2  | 4 GiB   | 8 GB  |
+| standard-2    | 1    | 6 GiB   | 12 GB |
+| standard-3    | 2    | 8 GiB   | 16 GB |
+| standard-4    | 4    | 12 GiB  | 20 GB |
 
 These are specified using the [`instance_type` property](/workers/wrangler/configuration/#containers) in your Worker's Wrangler configuration file. Looking for larger instances? [Give us feedback here](/containers/beta-info/#feedback-wanted) and tell us what size instances you need, and what you want to use them for.
 
+:::note
+The `dev` and `standard` instance types are preserved for backward compatibility and are aliases for `lite` and `standard-1`, respectively.
+:::
+
 ## Limits
 
 While in open beta, the following limits are currently in effect:
@@ -30,4 +37,4 @@ While in open beta, the following limits are currently in effect:
 | Image size                                             | Same as [instance disk space](#instance-types) |
 | Total image storage per account                        | 50 GB [^1]                                     |
 
-[^1]: Delete container images with `wrangler containers delete` to free up space. Note that if you delete a container image and then [roll back](/workers/configuration/versions-and-deployments/rollbacks/) your Worker to a previous version, this version may no longer work.
+[^1]: Delete container images with `wrangler containers delete` to free up space. Note that if you delete a container image and then [roll back](/workers/configuration/versions-and-deployments/rollbacks/) your Worker to a previous version, this version may no longer work.

src/content/docs/workers/wrangler/configuration.mdx

@@ -986,7 +986,7 @@ The following options are available:
 
 - `instance_type` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
   - The instance type of the container. This determines the amount of memory, CPU, and disk given to the container
-    instance. The current options are `"dev"`, `"basic"`, and `"standard"`. The default is `"dev"`. For more information,
+    instance. The current options are `"lite"`, `"basic"`, `"standard-1"`, `"standard-2"`, `"standard-3"`, and `"standard-4"`. The default is `"lite"`. For more information,
     the see [instance types documentation](/containers/platform-details#instance-types).
 
   - To specify a custom instance type, see [here](#custom-instance-types).
@@ -996,7 +996,7 @@ The following options are available:
     request to run a container than this number, the container request will error. You may have more Durable Objects
     than this number over a longer time period, but you may not have more concurrently.
 
-	- Defaults to 1. 
+  - Defaults to 1.
 
   - This value is only enforced when running in production on Cloudflare's network. This limit does not apply during local development, so you may run more instances than specified.
 
@@ -1028,7 +1028,7 @@ The following options are available:
 class_name = "MyContainer"
 image = "./Dockerfile"
 max_instances = 10
-instance_type = "basic" # Optional, defaults to "dev"
+instance_type = "basic" # Optional, defaults to "lite"
 image_vars = { FOO = "BAR" }
 
 [[durable_objects.bindings]]
@@ -1433,4 +1433,4 @@ A common example of using a redirected configuration is where a custom build too
   {
   	"configPath": "../../dist/wrangler.jsonc"
   }
-  ```
+  ```