September 25th marks the release of PostgreSQL 18. This article covers the March CommitFest and concludes the series covering the new features of the upcoming update. This article turned out quite large, as the last March CommitFest is traditionally the biggest and richest in new features. You can find previous reviews of PostgreSQL 18 CommitFests here: 2024-07 , 2024-09 , 2024-11 , 2025-01 . Client and Server Applications pg_dump[all]/pg_restore: dump and restore statistics Collect statistic...| postgrespro.com
We continue to follow the news about PostgreSQL 18. The January CommitFest brings in some notable improvements to monitoring, as well as other new features. You can find previous reviews of PostgreSQL 18 CommitFests here: 2024-07 , 2024-09 , 2024-11 . EXPLAIN (analyze): buffers on by default pg_stat_io: input/output statistics in bytes instead of pages pg_stat_io: WAL statistics pg_stat_get_backend_io: I/O statistics for a specific process VACUUM(verbose): visibility map information Total vac...| postgrespro.com