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2023-09-14 - PostgreSQL 16 Released!

The PostgreSQL Global Development Group today announced the release of PostgreSQL 16, the latest version of the world's most advanced open source database.

PostgreSQL 16 raises its performance, with notable improvements to query parallelism, bulk data loading, and logical replication. There are many features in this release for developers and administrators alike, including more SQL/JSON syntax, new monitoring stats for your workloads, and greater flexibility in defining access control rules for management of policies across large fleets.

For the full list of features in PostgreSQL 16, please review the release notes. You can download PostgreSQL 16 from the download page.

For translations of the release announcement, please visit the press kit.

• 16.0 · 2023-09-14 · Notes
• 15.4 · 2023-08-10 · Notes
• 14.9 · 2023-08-10 · Notes
• 13.12 · 2023-08-10 · Notes
• 12.16 · 2023-08-10 · Notes
• 11.21 · 2023-08-10 · Notes

• 2023-10-03 – 2023-10-05 · PGConf NYC 2023
• 2023-10-05 · PG BootCamp Russia 2023
• 2023-10-19 · PGDay Israel 2023
• 2023-11-14 – 2023-11-17 · PASS Data Community SUMMIT 2023
• 2023-12-12 – 2023-12-15 · PGConf.EU 2023
• 2024-03-14 – 2024-03-15 · PostgreSQL@SCaLE21x

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