PostgreSQL 18 Released

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The latest version includes many performance enhancements.

The PostgreSQL team has released version 18 of the open source database.

According to the announcement, PostgreSQL 18 offers improved performance through “a new I/O subsystem that has demonstrated up to 3× performance improvements when reading from storage.” This new asynchronous I/O subsystem “lets PostgreSQL issue multiple I/O requests concurrently instead of waiting for each to finish in sequence.”

Other PostgreSQL 18 features include:

  • Faster upgrade times
  • Improved text processing
  • A uuidv7() function for improved indexing and read performance for UUIDs
  • Easier integration with single-sign on (SSO) systems with support for OAuth 2.0 authentication
  • Accelerated query performance

Learn more at PostgreSQL.
 
 

 
 
 

10/06/2025

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