pgmetrics 1.18 released

Hello All,

We're happy to announce the release of v1.18 of pgmetrics. Changes since the v1.17 release include:

* Support for PostgreSQL v18.
* Support for pg_stat_statements to be installed in any schema.
* Added option to use either the simple or extended query wire protocol.
* Workaround for lock timeout during table size collection.
* Updated dependencies.
* Various bug fixes and minor improvements.

You can get the latest release from [GitHub](https://github.com/rapidloop/pgmetrics/releases/tag/v1.18.0).

Thanks to all the people who pitched in with bug reports, suggestions and patches! Keep it coming!

## About pgmetrics

pgmetrics is an open-source, zero-dependency, single-binary tool that can collect 350+ metrics from a running PostgreSQL server and display it in easy-to-read text format or export it as JSON and CSV for scripting. It also supports collection from various managed PostgreSQL services (AWS, Azure, GCP) as well as from Citus, PgBouncer and Pgpool.

Learn more at [pgmetrics.io](https://pgmetrics.io/), or see a sample report [here](https://pgmetrics.io/docs/index.html#example).

pgmetrics is an open-source project of [RapidLoop](https://www.rapidloop.com/).

Best,
-Mahadevan