Re: [Patch] Mention md5 is deprecated in postgresql.conf.sample

On Fri, Nov 14, 2025 at 5:48 AM Michael Banck <mbanck(at)gmx(dot)net> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> while looking through postgresql.conf on PG18, I noticed that
> password_encryption mentions md5 as valid alternative to scram-sha-256.
> I think it would be useful to mention md5 is deprecated so that people
> looking at it (but have otherwise not gotten the memo) will realize and
> hopefully act on it.
>
> Patch attached, I think it would be a candidate for being back-patched
> to PG18 if accepted.
>

+1 to the general idea, though I think it should go the other way
around (it is a small enough grammatical point I'm sure some would
argue the other way around).

# password_encryption = scram-sha-256 # scram-sha-256 or md5 (deprecated)

Also +1 for backpatching. IIRC this would only show up in new
clusters, but we're still pretty early on in the cycle, so it seems
worth it.

Robert Treat
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