pg_vault_tde v1.7.2 : Critical crash fixes, new on-disk format, and stability improvements

From: Miriade Srl via PostgreSQL Announce <announce-noreply(at)postgresql(dot)org>
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Subject: pg_vault_tde v1.7.2 : Critical crash fixes, new on-disk format, and stability improvements
Date: 2026-10-05 01:16:05
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Version 1.7.2 of `pg_vault_tde` is now available. This is a binary patch release where extension version stays at 1.7, but users can distinguish the build at runtime using `pg_vault_tde_build_version()`.

This update focuses on critical stability, security, and correctness fixes:

* **New On-Disk Tuple Layout (v5)**: Introduces a walkable structure to fix a critical segmentation fault on `UPDATE` operations for tables with indexed variable-length columns (PSQLE-165).
* **TOAST Crash Resolved**: Fixes a segfault triggered when values crossed the `TOAST_TUPLE_THRESHOLD` only after being encrypted. Furthermore, a bug where an all-NULL row made its table unreadable has been fixed.
* **tde_btree Hardening**: The `tde_btree` index now strictly answers equality queries only, preventing incorrect row returns on range operators, `ORDER BY`, or merge joins (PSQLE-173).
* **Key Management & Reliability**: Addresses data loss and corruption vulnerabilities in `rotate_online()` concurrent access (PSQLE-184), local wallet KEK rotation (PSQLE-185), and vault-to-wallet migrations (PSQLE-188).
* **WAL & Logical Decoding**: Fixes memory accounting drift in logical decoding (PSQLE-186) and moves the Custom WAL resource manager ID from 128 to the registered ID 161 (PSQLE-172).
* **New script/checking improvement** : The development process now includes ASan testing, Semgrep security checks, extended soak testing, and release signing with a generated SBOM (PSQLE-180, PSQLE-181, PSQLE-182).

**Critical Upgrade Instructions:**

* Due to the WAL resource manager ID change, the upgrade requires a clean shutdown. If `toast_custom_rmgr` is turned on, the primary and standbys must be upgraded together, as a rolling upgrade is not possible.
* Users **must** run `VACUUM FULL` on every encrypted table after the upgrade. Existing rows in the v4 format remain readable but will crash on `UPDATE` until they are rewritten to the v5 layout.

For a complete list of fixes and detailed upgrade procedures, please refer to the ROADMAP.md file.

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