PostgreSQL: CloudNativePG 1.26.0 and 1.25.2 Released!

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The CloudNativePG Community is pleased to announce the release of:

• CloudNativePG 1.26.0, featuring major enhancements and new capabilities
• CloudNativePG 1.25.2, a maintenance update for the 1.25.x series
• CloudNativePG 1.24.4, the final patch for the now unsupported 1.24.x series

This is our first release since CloudNativePG officially entered the CNCF Sandbox, a major milestone that reinforces our commitment to sustainable, community-driven innovation.

What’s New in CloudNativePG 1.26.0?

Declarative Offline In-Place Major Upgrades of PostgreSQL

You can now declaratively trigger offline in-place major upgrades of PostgreSQL by simply updating the container image to a newer major version. The cluster shuts down safely, and pg_upgrade performs the upgrade, ensuring consistency. This long-awaited feature simplifies major upgrades while maintaining declarative workflows.

Enhanced Startup and Readiness Probes for Replicas

We've enhanced startup and readiness probes for replicas, enabling both startup and readiness to be gated by replication lag. This means you can restrict promotion to only lag-free, synchronous replicas—greatly improving your high availability posture.

Declarative Management of Extensions and Schemas

The Database resource now supports the declarative creation of:

• PostgreSQL extensions
• SCHEMA objects

This makes...

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