diff --git a/docs/release-notes/release-notes-v18.4.1.md b/docs/release-notes/release-notes-v18.4.1.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..b27545148 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/release-notes/release-notes-v18.4.1.md @@ -0,0 +1,87 @@ +# Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL 18.4.1 ({{date["18_4_1"] | default("unreleased")}}) + +--8<-- "release-notes-intro.md" + +This release of Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL is based on Percona Server for PostgreSQL 18.4.1 - a binary compatible, open source drop in replacement of [PostgreSQL Community 18.4](https://www.postgresql.org/docs/18/release-18-4.html). + +## Release Highlights + +This release continues to deliver Percona’s open source value-add components for enterprise use cases, including `pg_stat_monitor` 2.3.2 for advanced query-level observability, `pg_tde` 2.1.2 for Transparent Data Encryption and more. See the full component list below for details. + +!!! note + To upgrade from earlier versions (e.g. Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL 17.x), follow the steps in [Upgrading Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL](../major-upgrade.md). + +### Tarball updates + +The binary tarballs for x86_64 and ARM64 architectures have been updated in this release. The following libraries and components have new versions: + +- pgbouncer: 1.25.1 +- pgvector: 0.8.2 +- pgpool2: 4.7.0 +- etcd: 3.5.26 +- PostGIS: 3.5.5 +- pgBackRest: 2.58.0 +- postgresql-common: 289 +- pgBadger: 13.2 +- HAProxy: 2.8.18 +- pg_stat_monitor: 2.3.2 +- pg_tde: 2.1.2 +- postgis: 3.5.5 +- pg_oidc_validator: 1.0 +- ydiff: 1.4.2 + +See [Install Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL from binary tarballs](../tarball.md) for the download links. + +### Addressed CVEs + +This release includes important security measures that address the following CVEs: CVE-2026-2003, CVE-2026-2004, CVE-2026-2005, CVE-2026-2006, CVE-2026-2007. For more details, see the [PostgreSQL 18.3 release notes](https://www.postgresql.org/docs/18/release-18-3.html) and the [PostgreSQL 18.2 release notes](https://www.postgresql.org/docs/18/release-18-2.html). + +## Known Issues + +### For minor & major upgrades (RHEL only) + +During an upgrade on RHEL, you may encounter the following error: + +```bash +Unknown Error occurred: Transaction test error: + file /usr/share/postgresql-common/server/postgresql.mk from install of percona-postgresql-common conflicts with file from package percona-postgresql-common-dev + file /usr/share/postgresql-common/t/040_upgrade.t from install of percona-postgresql-common conflicts with file from package percona-postgresql-common-dev +``` + +To resolve this, remove the `percona-postgresql-common-dev` package and reinstall it with the new intended upgraded PPG/PSP server. + +## MD5 Authentication Deprecated + +The md5 password authentication is deprecated now and will be removed in a future release. + +## Supplied third-party extensions + +Review each extension’s release notes for What’s new, improvements, or bug fixes. + +The following is the list of extensions available in Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL. + +| Extension | Version | Description | +|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| +| [etcd :octicons-link-external-16:](https://etcd.io/) | 3.5.26 | A distributed, reliable key-value store for setting up highly available Patroni clusters | +| [python-etcd :octicons-link-external-16:](https://python-etcd.readthedocs.io/en/latest/) | 0.4.5 | A Python client library for interacting with etcd | +| [HAProxy :octicons-link-external-16:](http://www.haproxy.org/) | 2.8.18 | A high-availability and load-balancing solution | +| [Patroni :octicons-link-external-16:](https://patroni.readthedocs.io/en/latest/) | 4.1.0 | A HA (High Availability) solution for PostgreSQL | +| [PgAudit :octicons-link-external-16:](https://www.pgaudit.org/) | 18.0 | A detailed session or object audit logging via the standard logging facility provided by PostgreSQL | +| [pgAudit set_user :octicons-link-external-16:](https://github.com/pgaudit/set_user) | 4.2.0 | Provides an additional layer of logging and control when unprivileged users must escalate roles for maintenance. | +| [pgBackRest :octicons-link-external-16:](https://pgbackrest.org/) | 2.58.0 | A backup and restore solution for PostgreSQL | +| [pgBadger :octicons-link-external-16:](https://github.com/darold/pgbadger) | 13.2 | A fast PostgreSQL Log Analyzer | +| [PgBouncer :octicons-link-external-16:](https://www.pgbouncer.org/) | 1.25.1 | A lightweight connection pooler for PostgreSQL | +| [pg_gather :octicons-link-external-16:](https://github.com/jobinau/pg_gather) | v32 | An SQL script for running the diagnostics of the health of a PostgreSQL cluster | +| [pgpool2 :octicons-link-external-16:](https://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?p=pgpool2.git;a=summary) | 4.7.0 | A middleware between PostgreSQL server and client for high availability, connection pooling, and load balancing | +| [pg_repack :octicons-link-external-16:](https://github.com/reorg/pg_repack) | 1.5.3 | Rebuilds PostgreSQL database objects | +| [pg_stat_monitor](https://github.com/percona/pg_stat_monitor) | 2.3.2 | Collects and aggregates statistics for PostgreSQL and provides histogram information. | +| [pgvector :octicons-link-external-16:](https://github.com/pgvector/pgvector) | v0.8.2 | A vector similarity search for PostgreSQL | +| [PostGIS :octicons-link-external-16:](https://github.com/postgis/postgis) | 3.5.5 | A spatial extension for PostgreSQL | +| [PostgreSQL Common :octicons-link-external-16:](https://salsa.debian.org/postgresql/postgresql-common) | 289 | PostgreSQL database-cluster manager. Supports multiple PostgreSQL versions and clusters simultaneously | +| [wal2json :octicons-link-external-16:](https://github.com/eulerto/wal2json) | 2.6 | A PostgreSQL logical decoding JSON output plugin | +| [pg_tde :octicons-link-external-16:](https://github.com/percona/pg_tde) | v2.1.2 | A PostgreSQL extension that provides Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) to protect data at rest | +| [pg_oidc_validator](https://github.com/Percona-Lab/pg_oidc_validator) | 1.0 | OAuth validator library for PostgreSQL 18. | + +For Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 and compatible derivatives, Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL also includes the supplemental `python3-etcd` 0.4.5 packages, which are used for setting up Patroni clusters. + +Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL is also shipped with the [libpq](https://www.postgresql.org/docs/18/libpq.html) library. It contains "a set of library functions that allow client programs to pass queries to the PostgreSQL backend server and to receive the results of these queries." diff --git a/mkdocs.yml b/mkdocs.yml index e4ad2cea7..4edeceacb 100644 --- a/mkdocs.yml +++ b/mkdocs.yml @@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ nav: - Uninstall: uninstalling.md - Release notes: - "Release notes index": release-notes/release-notes.md + - "18.4.1": release-notes/release-notes-v18.4.1.md - "18.3.1": release-notes/release-notes-v18.3.1.md - "2025": - "18.1.1": release-notes/release-notes-v18.1.1.md diff --git a/variables.yml b/variables.yml index 975105436..f04562582 100644 --- a/variables.yml +++ b/variables.yml @@ -1,11 +1,11 @@ # PG Variables set for HTML output # See also mkdocs.yml plugins.with-pdf.cover_subtitle and output_path -release: 'release-notes-v18.3.1' -dockertag: '18.3' -pgsubversion: '18.3' +release: 'release-notes-v18.4.1' +dockertag: '18.4' +pgsubversion: '18.4' pgversion: '18' -pspgversion: '18.3.1' #change version for release note update +pspgversion: '18.4.1' #change version for release note update pgsmversion: '2.3.2' # Dates are automatically updated by CI on release merge