PostgreSQL Versions & Features

PostgreSQL Versions & Key Features (as of April 2026)

Version Initial Release Latest Minor End of Support Key New Features
18 Sep 25, 2025 18.3 (Feb 2026) Nov 2030
  • Asynchronous I/O (AIO) subsystem
  • pg_upgrade preserves statistics
  • B-tree Skip Scan
  • UUIDv7 support
  • Virtual generated columns
  • OAuth 2.0 authentication
  • JSON_TABLE support
  • Better logical replication (DDL)
17 Sep 26, 2024 17.9 Nov 2029
  • Enhanced logical replication
  • Improved vacuum performance
  • Better monitoring
  • Incremental backup improvements
16 Sep 14, 2023 16.13 Nov 2028
  • Logical replication from standbys
  • Parallel VACUUM improvements
  • Improved query planner
15 Oct 13, 2022 15.17 Nov 2027
  • MERGE command
  • Compression (lz4, zstd)
  • Row-level security enhancements
14 Sep 30, 2021 14.22 Nov 2026
  • Schema-level privileges
  • Parallel query enhancements
  • JSON improvements
13 Sep 24, 2020 13.23 Nov 2025
  • Parallel vacuum
  • Incremental sorting
  • Logical replication enhancements

 

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