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April 8, 2025

Deploy AI at Scale With YugabyteDB’s First Agentic AI Application and Extensible Vector Search

Yugabyte’s next-generation agentic AI application, Performance Advisor for YugabyteDB Aeon, uses AI-first observability to deliver an agentic architecture and enable automated anomaly detection and optimization.
YugabyteDB’s new extensible indexing framework is designed to support the seamless integration of state-of-the-art vector indexing libraries and algorithms, augmenting the capabilities offered by pgvector.

PostgreSQL 15 Compatibility in YugabyteDB 2.25: Top 15 Features!

January 31, 2025

By Franck Pachot

Release Announcements

PostgreSQL 15 Compatibility in YugabyteDB 2.25: Top 15 Features!

The latest YugabyteDB preview release supports PostgreSQL 15. This represents a significant upgrade from the previous version. YugabyteDB 2.25 brings many new, long-awaited features, and this blog discusses the top 15 features (from PG12 to PG15) that will significantly benefit YugabyteDB developers.

Doubling Down on PostgreSQL Compatibility: YugabyteDB Levels Up with PG15 Features

January 30, 2025

By Anand Venkatesh

Release Announcements

Doubling Down on PostgreSQL Compatibility: YugabyteDB Levels Up with PG15 Features

The latest release of YugabyteDB delivers 15 key PostgreSQL 15 features, providing an industry-first zero-downtime PostgreSQL upgrade and downgrade experience. This gives users a truly cloud-native PostgreSQL solution. Discover how YugabyteDB 2.25 can help you confidently explore the latest PostgreSQL features and innovations while maintaining business continuity and minimizing risk.

Introducing YugabyteDB with Enhanced Postgres Compatibility: Postgres Without Limits

September 19, 2024

By Karthik Ranganathan and Suda Srinivasan

Release Announcements

Introducing YugabyteDB with Enhanced Postgres Compatibility: Postgres Without Limits

We are thrilled to announce powerful new capabilities and architectural enhancements — collectively called enhanced Postgres compatibility — that allow a broader range of Postgres apps to run on YugabyteDB. This latest development makes YugabyteDB the perfect database for companies building cloud-native applications and modernizing existing applications to a cloud-native RDBMS. Click to discover what’s new in YugabyteDB and why we decided to build these new capabilities.

YugabyteDB 2.21 Introduces Industry-First Native Orchestration. It’s Disaster Recovery Made Simple.

April 30, 2024

By Michael Haag

Release Announcements

YugabyteDB 2.21 Introduces Industry-First Native Orchestration. It’s Disaster Recovery Made Simple.

Disaster recovery is streamlined with YugabyteDB 2.21, introducing industry-first native orchestration features to ensure your data stays safe and readily accessible in today’s volatile cloud environments. This update not only simplifies resilience with the native xCluster DR but also supports database modernization and risk reduction through advanced isolation levels and Kubernetes Operator.

Announcing Enhanced Identity Security with Okta and PingOne Single Sign-On Integrations

February 22, 2024

By Michael Haag and Shreyas Agnihotri

Release Announcements

Announcing Enhanced Identity Security with Okta and PingOne Single Sign-On Integrations

YugabyteDB Managed now supports Okta and PingOne for single sign-on (SSO), offering users enhanced identity security and the flexibility to select their preferred authentication method. This update not only simplifies user access and management but also introduces key features and benefits aimed at boosting security, convenience, and scalability for organizations.

YugabyteDB 2.20 Unveiled: Elevating Change Data Capture for Cloud Native Applications

December 11, 2023

By Michael Haag

Release Announcements

YugabyteDB 2.20 Unveiled: Elevating Change Data Capture for Cloud Native Applications

YugabyteDB 2.20 revolutionizes cloud-native applications with its advanced change data capture, ensuring transactional consistency for a broader range of use cases. This latest release also introduces significant enhancements like OIDC-based authentication and online point-in-time recovery, reinforcing database resilience and performance.

Simplify The Lift and Shift of PostgreSQL Apps With Familiar Read Committed Behavior

October 11, 2023

By Soma Shivaram

PostgreSQL Release Announcements YugabyteDB

Simplify The Lift and Shift of PostgreSQL Apps With Familiar Read Committed Behavior

YugabyteDB 2.19.2 introduces full support for Read Committed Isolation with Wait-On-Conflict, essential for PostgreSQL users looking to seamlessly lift-and-shift applications to a distributed environment. This feature ensures parity with PostgreSQL while leveraging the scale and resilience of YugabyteDB, simplifying the transition for users.

Built-in Connection Manager Turns Key PostgreSQL Weakness into a Strength

September 25, 2023

By Michael Haag

Release Announcements YugabyteDB

Built-in Connection Manager Turns Key PostgreSQL Weakness into a Strength

YugabyteDB 2.19 introduces a revolutionary built-in Connection Manager, transforming PostgreSQL’s well-documented connection challenges into strengths. The enhanced manager boosts connection creation speeds up to 20x and supports up to 5x more connections, all while maintaining consistent throughput.

Live Migration with Fall Forward Adds Power to YugabyteDB Voyager 1.5

September 18, 2023

By Aneesh Makala and Michael Haag

Release Announcements YugabyteDB Voyager

Live Migration with Fall Forward Adds Power to YugabyteDB Voyager 1.5

YugabyteDB Voyager 1.5 makes it’s debut with a standout feature: live migration from Oracle and an intriguing preview of an upcoming database assessment tool. Discover more or watch our quick dem.

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