Gabriele Bartolini

December 9, 2024 • 2 minutes

The CloudNativePG Community is proud to unveil the first release candidate of CloudNativePG 1.25! This release provides an opportunity to explore the exciting features and enhancements slated for the final version. While some refinements may still occur during this phase, here’s a glimpse of what’s new:

Declarative Database Management: Simplify PostgreSQL database lifecycle management with the new Database Custom Resource Definition (CRD).
Declarative Logical Replication: Use the new Publication and Subscription CRDs to manage logical replication, enabling tasks like online migrations, major version upgrades, and more, all through a declarative approach.
Enhanced Data Durability Controls: Fine-tune your synchronous replication strategy with the dataDurability option, balancing data safety and self-healing capabilities.

For a complete overview of features and updates, see the release notes.

Get Involved and Make a Difference!

This release candidate offers a unique opportunity to test the new features in your environment before the final release. Although not recommended for production use, simulating your workloads can help uncover potential issues and validate feature stability.

Your feedback is vital to ensuring that CloudNativePG 1.25 maintains its reputation as the premier Kubernetes operator for PostgreSQL.

Learn more about testing and contributing here.

There’s More…

Explore other improvements in this release, including:

Enhanced pg_dump and pg_restore Control: Streamline import phases by excluding specific objects or using parallel operations for faster data transfers.
Parallel Reconcilers: Increase efficiency through parallel processing in the cluster controller.

Dive into the full details in the release notes for 1.25 RC1.

Testing

The stability of each CloudNativePG release relies on the community’s engagement. Testing your workloads with this release candidate helps identify bugs and regressions early.

View the open issues for the 1.25 release.
Report bugs directly on GitHub.

Release Timeline

CloudNativePG 1.25 RC1 is the first in a series of release candidates. Additional RCs may follow as needed before the final release, planned in December 2024.