{
  "slug": "doctl-droplets-create-adds-public-networking-0e4b16fc665b",
  "title": "doctl droplets create adds --public-networking",
  "tools": [
    "doctl"
  ],
  "tags": [
    "agent"
  ],
  "introduced_at": "2026-03-31T13:47:46.000Z",
  "announced_at": "2026-03-31T13:47:46.000Z",
  "effective_at": null,
  "date_basis": "source-publication",
  "status": "unknown",
  "how": {
    "incantation": "When creating a Droplet, set public networking explicitly with the documented doctl flag; `false` disables it and `true` enables it.",
    "examples": [
      "doctl compute droplet create <droplet-name> --size <size-slug> --image <image-slug> --enable-public-networking=false"
    ],
    "gotchas": [
      "Version: v1.154.0",
      "--enable-public-networking: Enables public networking; default is true. Set false to disable it.",
      "<droplet-name> (required): Name for the new Droplet.",
      "--size (required): Droplet size slug.",
      "--image (required): Image ID or slug for the Droplet.",
      "Prerequisite: Install doctl and authenticate it with `doctl auth init`.",
      "Prerequisite: Creating Droplets requires the `droplet:create` scope and its listed required scopes.",
      "Docs conflict: The supplied v1.154.0 release note names `--public-networking`; the current doctl CLI reference (generated for v2.0.0) documents `--enable-public-networking`. The current docs do not establish the v1.154.0 flag spelling or behavior."
    ]
  },
  "why_it_matters": "Create a droplet with a chosen public-networking setting.",
  "sources": [
    "https://github.com/digitalocean/doctl/releases/tag/v1.154.0",
    "https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/droplets/how-to/create-private-droplet/",
    "https://docs.digitalocean.com/reference/doctl/reference/compute/droplet/create/",
    "https://docs.digitalocean.com/reference/api/scopes/droplet/create/"
  ],
  "rank": 0.92025,
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    "judge_model": "codex-cli/gpt-6-luna+typesafe/jev-1.13.0",
    "prompt_version": "extract-v7+enrich-v2+judge-v2x3+jev-publish-v1"
  },
  "review_state": "approved",
  "provenance": {
    "run_id": "wave2a-20261017",
    "verdict_id": "wave2a-20261017:wave2a-20261017-6a56a38d027afc4b-0:gate",
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    "reviewer": "publication-gate",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-07T00:00:00.000Z",
    "decision": "wave2a-20261017:gate",
    "reason": "2 of 3 judge runs approved with p_yes >= 0.9 (mean 0.92 >= 0.9; 2 needed) and Jev gave 0.76 (>= 0.6 needed)."
  }
}